Orlando Cepeda

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: September 17, 1937 in Ponce, Puerto Rico pr

Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 20-210d, 11,504th in major league history)
vs. LAD 5 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1974 (Age 37-002d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1999. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Orlando Cepeda's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Orlando Manuel Cepeda

Nicknames: Cha Cha or Baby Bull

Pronunciation: \suh-PAY-duh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.1

7927

2351

379

.297

1131

RBI

1365

142

OBP

.350

SLG

.499

OPS

.849

OPS+

133

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	SFG		MLN	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
2	2	Apr 11	SFG		MLN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 12	SFG		MLN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
4	4	Apr 13	SFG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
5	5	Apr 14	SFG		CIN	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
6	6	Apr 15	SFG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
7	7	Apr 16	SFG		LAD	W,19-8	GS	38	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	1B
8	8	Apr 17	SFG		LAD	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
9	9	Apr 18	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
10	10	Apr 19	SFG	@	MLN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
11	11	Apr 21	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
12	12	Apr 22	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	32	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
13	13	Apr 23	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
14	14	Apr 24	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
15	15	Apr 25	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
16	16	Apr 27	SFG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
17	17	Apr 28	SFG		CHC	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
18	18	Apr 29 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
19	19	Apr 29 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
20	20	Apr 30	SFG		PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	SFG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
22	22	May 2	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
23	23	May 3	SFG		PIT	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
24	24	May 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
25	25	May 5	SFG	@	CHC	L,8-12	CG	45	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
26	26	May 6	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
27	27	May 8	SFG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
28	28	May 9	SFG	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
29	29	May 10	SFG	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	31	8.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
30	30	May 11	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-7	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
31	31	May 12	SFG	@	HOU	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
32	32	May 13	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
33	33	May 15	SFG		STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
34	34	May 16	SFG		STL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
35	35	May 17	SFG		STL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
36	36	May 18	SFG		HOU	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
37	37	May 19	SFG		HOU	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
38	38	May 20 (1)	SFG		HOU	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
39	39	May 20 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
40	40	May 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	3	1B
41	41	May 22	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
42	42	May 23	SFG		PHI	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
43	43	May 24	SFG		PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
44	44	May 25	SFG		PHI	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
45	45	May 26	SFG		NYM	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
46	46	May 27 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
47	47	May 27 (2)	SFG		NYM	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
48	48	May 30 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
49	49	May 30 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
50	50	May 31	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 1	SFG	@	NYM	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
52	52	Jun 2 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,10-1	GS	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
53	53	Jun 2 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
54	54	Jun 3	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	55	Jun 5	SFG	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
56	56	Jun 6	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
57	57	Jun 7	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
58	58	Jun 8	SFG	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
59	59	Jun 9	SFG	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
60	60	Jun 10 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	17	4.1	4	0	0	4	2	PH 1B
61	61	Jun 10 (2)	SFG	@	STL	L,3-13	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
62	62	Jun 12 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
63	63	Jun 12 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
64	64	Jun 13	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
65	65	Jun 14	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
66	66	Jun 15	SFG		STL	L,2-5	GS	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
67	69 (2)	Jun 19	SFG		HOU	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
68	70	Jun 20	SFG		HOU	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
69	71	Jun 22	SFG		MLN	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
70	72	Jun 23	SFG		MLN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
71	73	Jun 24	SFG		MLN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
72	74	Jun 25	SFG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
73	75	Jun 26	SFG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
74	76	Jun 27	SFG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
75	77	Jun 28	SFG		PHI	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
76	78	Jun 29	SFG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
77	79	Jun 30	SFG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	80	Jul 1	SFG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
79	81	Jul 2	SFG		NYM	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
80	82	Jul 3	SFG		NYM	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
81	83	Jul 4 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,11-4	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
82	84	Jul 4 (2)	SFG		NYM	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	4	1B
83	85	Jul 5	SFG		LAD	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
84	86	Jul 6	SFG		LAD	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	1B
85	87	Jul 7	SFG		LAD	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
86	88	Jul 8	SFG		LAD	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
87	89	Jul 12	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
88	90	Jul 13	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
89	91	Jul 14	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	15	3.2	7	0	0	7	0	PH 1B
90	93 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
91	94	Jul 16	SFG	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
92	95	Jul 17	SFG	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
93	96	Jul 18	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
94	97	Jul 19	SFG	@	MLN	W,7-3	GS	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
95	98	Jul 20	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
96	99	Jul 21	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	45	10.1	5	2	0	7	2	1B
97	100	Jul 22	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
98	101	Jul 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
99	102	Jul 24	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
100	103	Jul 25	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
101	104	Jul 27	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
102	105	Jul 28	SFG	@	LAD	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
103	106	Jul 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	107	Aug 1	SFG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
105	108	Aug 2	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
106	109	Aug 3	SFG		PIT	L,2-5	GS	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	LF 1B
107	110	Aug 4	SFG		PIT	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
108	111	Aug 5	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
109	112	Aug 6	SFG		PHI	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
110	113	Aug 7	SFG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
111	114	Aug 8	SFG		NYM	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
112	115	Aug 9	SFG		NYM	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
113	116	Aug 10	SFG		LAD	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
114	117	Aug 11	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
115	118	Aug 12	SFG		LAD	W,5-1	GS	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
116	119	Aug 14	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
117	120	Aug 15	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
118	121	Aug 16	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
119	122	Aug 17	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
120	123	Aug 18	SFG	@	MLN	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
121	125 (1)	Aug 20	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
122	126	Aug 22	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
123	127	Aug 23	SFG	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
124	128	Aug 24	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
125	129	Aug 25	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
126	130	Aug 26	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
127	131	Aug 28	SFG		MLN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
128	132	Aug 29	SFG		MLN	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
129	133	Aug 30	SFG		MLN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
130	134	Aug 31	SFG		CIN	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	135	Sep 1	SFG		CIN	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
132	136	Sep 2	SFG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
133	137	Sep 3	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
134	138	Sep 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
135	139	Sep 5	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
136	140	Sep 6	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
137	141	Sep 7	SFG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
138	142	Sep 8	SFG		CHC	W,7-2	GF	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
139	143	Sep 9	SFG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	10	3	0	13	3	1B
140	144	Sep 10	SFG		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
141	145	Sep 11	SFG		PIT	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
142	146	Sep 12	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	17	0	1	18	1	1B
143	147	Sep 13	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	6	0	2	8	1	1B
144	148	Sep 14	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
145	149	Sep 15	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
146	150	Sep 16	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-6	GF	15	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
147	151	Sep 17	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
148	152	Sep 19	SFG	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
149	153	Sep 20	SFG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
150	154	Sep 21	SFG	@	HOU	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
151	155	Sep 22	SFG	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	11	1	0	12	2	1B
152	156	Sep 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
153	157	Sep 25	SFG		STL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
154	158	Sep 26	SFG		STL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
155	159	Sep 27	SFG		STL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	3	1B
156	160	Sep 29 (1)	SFG		HOU	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
157	161	Sep 29 (2)	SFG		HOU	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
158	162	Sep 30	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
159	163	Oct 1	SFG		LAD	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
160	164	Oct 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	6	1	0	7	0	1B
161	165	Oct 3	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
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