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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 29)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	ATL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
2	2	Apr 8	ATL		SFG	W,10-2	GS	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
3	3	Apr 9	ATL		SFG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
4	4	Apr 11	ATL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
5	5	Apr 12	ATL		CIN	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
6	6	Apr 13 (1)	ATL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
7	7	Apr 13 (2)	ATL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
8	8	Apr 15	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
9	9	Apr 16	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
10	10	Apr 17	ATL	@	HOU	W,9-3	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
11	11	Apr 19	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
12	12	Apr 20	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
13	13	Apr 21	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
14	14	Apr 22	ATL	@	SDP	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
15	15	Apr 24	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
16	16	Apr 25	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	17	1	0	18	1	1B
17	17	Apr 26	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
18	18	Apr 27	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-10	GS	29	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
19	19	Apr 28	ATL		HOU	W,12-1	GS	29	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
20	20	Apr 29	ATL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
21	21	Apr 30	ATL		SDP	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	ATL		SDP	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
23	23	May 2	ATL		LAD	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
24	24	May 3	ATL		LAD	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
25	25	May 4	ATL		LAD	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
26	26	May 6	ATL		MON	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
27	27	May 7	ATL		MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
28	28	May 10	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
29	29	May 11	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
30	30	May 13	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
31	31	May 14	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-9	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
32	32	May 15	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
33	35 (2)	May 21	ATL		NYM	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
34	36	May 22	ATL		NYM	W,15-3	GS	25	7.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
35	37	May 23	ATL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
36	38	May 24	ATL		PHI	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
37	39	May 25	ATL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
38	40	May 26	ATL		STL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
39	41	May 27	ATL		STL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
40	42	May 28	ATL		STL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
41	43	May 30	ATL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
42	44	May 31	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	45	Jun 1	ATL	@	CHC	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
44	46	Jun 2	ATL	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
45	47	Jun 3	ATL	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
46	48	Jun 4	ATL	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
47	49	Jun 6	ATL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
48	50	Jun 7	ATL		PIT	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
49	51	Jun 8 (1)	ATL		PIT	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
50	52	Jun 8 (2)	ATL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
51	53	Jun 10	ATL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
52	54	Jun 11	ATL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
53	55	Jun 12	ATL		CHC	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
54	56	Jun 13	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
55	57	Jun 14	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
56	58	Jun 15	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
57	61 (2)	Jun 17	ATL		HOU	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
58	62	Jun 18	ATL		HOU	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
59	63	Jun 20	ATL		SFG	W,4-3	GS	4	1.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
60	64	Jun 21	ATL		SFG	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
61	65	Jun 22 (1)	ATL		SFG	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	12	4	0	16	2	1B
62	66	Jun 22 (2)	ATL		SFG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
63	67	Jun 23	ATL		LAD	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
64	69 (1)	Jun 25	ATL		LAD	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
65	70	Jun 26	ATL		LAD	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
66	71	Jun 27	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	45	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
67	72	Jun 28	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
68	73	Jun 29	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
69	74	Jun 30	ATL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	75	Jul 1	ATL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
71	76	Jul 2	ATL		CIN	W,9-4	GS	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
72	77	Jul 3	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
73	78	Jul 4 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	L,6-7	CG	44	9.1	5	1	0	6	1	1B
74	80 (1)	Jul 5	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
75	82 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
76	83	Jul 7	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
77	84	Jul 8 (1)	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
78	87 (2)	Jul 10	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
79	88	Jul 11	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
80	89	Jul 12	ATL	@	SDP	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
81	90	Jul 13	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
82	91	Jul 15 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
83	92	Jul 15 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
84	94 (1)	Jul 17	ATL	@	CIN	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
85	95	Jul 18 (1)	ATL		SDP	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
86	96	Jul 18 (2)	ATL		SDP	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
87	97	Jul 19	ATL		SDP	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
88	98	Jul 20	ATL		SDP	W,10-0	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
89	99	Jul 24	ATL		MON	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
90	100	Jul 25	ATL		MON	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
91	101	Jul 26	ATL		MON	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
92	102	Jul 27	ATL		MON	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
93	103	Jul 30 (1)	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
94	104	Jul 30 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
95	105	Jul 31 (1)	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
96	106	Jul 31 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	107	Aug 1	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
98	108	Aug 2	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
99	109	Aug 3	ATL	@	NYM	L,5-6	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
100	110	Aug 4	ATL	@	MON	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
101	111	Aug 5 (1)	ATL	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
102	112	Aug 5 (2)	ATL	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
103	113	Aug 6	ATL	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
104	114	Aug 8 (1)	ATL		NYM	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
105	115	Aug 8 (2)	ATL		NYM	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
106	116	Aug 9	ATL		NYM	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
107	117	Aug 10	ATL		NYM	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
108	118	Aug 13 (1)	ATL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
109	119	Aug 13 (2)	ATL		PHI	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
110	120	Aug 14	ATL		PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
111	121	Aug 15	ATL		STL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
112	122	Aug 16	ATL		STL	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
113	123	Aug 17	ATL		STL	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
114	124	Aug 19	ATL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
115	125	Aug 20	ATL	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
116	126	Aug 21	ATL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
117	127	Aug 22	ATL	@	STL	L,2-4	GS	25	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
118	128	Aug 23	ATL	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
119	129	Aug 24	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	53	14.0	14	3	0	17	1	1B
120	130	Aug 26	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
121	131	Aug 27	ATL	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
122	132	Aug 28	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
123	133	Aug 29	ATL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
124	134	Aug 30	ATL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
125	135	Aug 31	ATL		CHC	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	136	Sep 1	ATL		PIT	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
127	137	Sep 3	ATL		PIT	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
128	138	Sep 5	ATL	@	CIN	W,11-2	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
129	139	Sep 6	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
130	140	Sep 7	ATL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
131	141	Sep 8	ATL		LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
132	142	Sep 9	ATL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
133	143	Sep 10	ATL		SFG	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
134	144	Sep 11	ATL		SFG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
135	145	Sep 12	ATL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
136	146	Sep 13	ATL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
137	147	Sep 14	ATL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
138	148	Sep 15	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	8	2	1	11	1	1B
139	149	Sep 16	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
140	150	Sep 17	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	50	12.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
141	151	Sep 18	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
142	152	Sep 19	ATL	@	SDP	W,12-3	GS	33	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
143	153	Sep 20	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
144	154	Sep 21	ATL	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
145	155	Sep 22	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
146	156	Sep 23	ATL	@	HOU	W,10-2	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
147	157	Sep 24	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
148	158	Sep 26	ATL		SDP	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
149	159	Sep 27	ATL		SDP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
150	160	Sep 28	ATL		SDP	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
151	161	Sep 30	ATL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
152	162	Oct 2	ATL		CIN	L,3-8	GS	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
							153gm		1313.2	1318	101	9	1428	91