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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
2	2	Apr 8	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 9	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
4	4	Apr 10	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
5	5	Apr 11	ATL	@	HOU	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
6	6	Apr 12	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
7	7	Apr 13	ATL		SFG	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	9	5	0	14	3	1B
8	8	Apr 14	ATL		SFG	L,11-15	CG	50	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
9	9	Apr 15	ATL		SDP	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
10	10	Apr 16	ATL		SDP	L,4-5	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	2	1B
11	11	Apr 18	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
12	12	Apr 19	ATL		LAD	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
13	13	Apr 20	ATL		CIN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
14	14	Apr 21	ATL		CIN	L,8-13	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
15	15	Apr 23	ATL	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
16	16	Apr 24	ATL	@	PIT	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
17	17	Apr 25	ATL	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
18	19 (1)	Apr 28	ATL	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
19	20	Apr 29	ATL	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
20	21	Apr 30	ATL		CHC	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 1	ATL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
22	23	May 2	ATL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
23	24	May 4	ATL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
24	25	May 5	ATL		PIT	W,12-6	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
25	26	May 6	ATL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
26	27	May 8	ATL		STL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
27	28	May 9	ATL		STL	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
28	29	May 10	ATL		STL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
29	30	May 11	ATL	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	49	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
30	31	May 12	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
31	32	May 15	ATL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
32	33	May 16	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
33	34	May 17 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
34	35	May 17 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	65	14.1	14	1	1	16	1	1B
35	36	May 19	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
36	37	May 20	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	42	11.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
37	38	May 21	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
38	39	May 22	ATL	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
39	40	May 23	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
40	41	May 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
41	42	May 26	ATL		HOU	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
42	43	May 27	ATL		HOU	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	1	5	4	1B
43	44	May 29	ATL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
44	45	May 30	ATL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
45	46	May 31	ATL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 2	ATL		NYM	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
47	48	Jun 4	ATL		NYM	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	13	1	1	15	0	1B
48	49	Jun 5	ATL		MON	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
49	50	Jun 6	ATL		MON	L,4-12	GS	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
50	51	Jun 7	ATL		MON	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
51	52	Jun 9	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
52	53	Jun 10	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
53	54	Jun 11	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
54	55	Jun 12	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
55	56	Jun 13	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
56	57	Jun 14	ATL	@	NYM	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
57	58	Jun 16	ATL	@	MON	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
58	59	Jun 17	ATL	@	MON	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
59	60	Jun 18	ATL	@	MON	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
60	61	Jun 19 (1)	ATL		HOU	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
61	62	Jun 19 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
62	63	Jun 20	ATL		HOU	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
63	64	Jun 21	ATL		HOU	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
64	65	Jun 22	ATL		LAD	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
65	66	Jun 23	ATL		LAD	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
66	67	Jun 24	ATL		LAD	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
67	68	Jun 26	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
68	69	Jun 27	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
69	70	Jun 28 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	43	9.2	7	1	0	8	1	1B
70	71	Jun 28 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
71	72	Jun 30	ATL	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	73	Jul 1	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
73	74	Jul 2	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
74	75	Jul 3 (1)	ATL		SDP	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
75	76	Jul 3 (2)	ATL		SDP	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
76	77	Jul 4	ATL		SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
77	78	Jul 5	ATL		SDP	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
78	79	Jul 6	ATL		SFG	W,12-4	GS	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
79	80	Jul 7	ATL		SFG	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
80	81	Jul 8	ATL		SFG	L,0-13	GS	38	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
81	82	Jul 9	ATL		SFG	L,6-7	CG	52	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
82	83	Jul 10 (1)	ATL		CIN	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
83	84	Jul 10 (2)	ATL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	10	2	1	13	1	1B
84	85	Jul 11	ATL		CIN	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
85	86	Jul 12	ATL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
86	87	Jul 16	ATL	@	STL	W,7-3	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
87	88	Jul 17	ATL	@	STL	L,6-11	GS	30	5.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
88	89	Jul 18	ATL	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	49	11.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
89	90	Jul 19	ATL	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
90	94 (3)	Jul 22	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
91	95	Jul 23	ATL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
92	96	Jul 24	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-11	CG	47	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
93	97	Jul 25	ATL	@	CHC	W,9-0	GS	26	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
94	98	Jul 26 (1)	ATL	@	CHC	W,8-3	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
95	99	Jul 26 (2)	ATL	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	35	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
96	100	Jul 28	ATL		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
97	101	Jul 29	ATL		STL	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
98	102	Jul 30	ATL		STL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
99	103	Jul 31	ATL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	104	Aug 1	ATL		PIT	L,10-20	CG	54	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
101	105	Aug 2	ATL		PIT	L,7-10	GS	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
102	106	Aug 3 (1)	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
103	107	Aug 3 (2)	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
104	108	Aug 4	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
105	109	Aug 5	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-12	GS	33	5.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
106	110	Aug 6	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
107	111	Aug 7 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
108	112	Aug 7 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
109	113	Aug 9	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
110	114	Aug 11	ATL		MON	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
111	115	Aug 12	ATL		MON	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
112	117 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	ATL		NYM	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
113	118	Aug 14 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
114	119	Aug 15	ATL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
115	120	Aug 16	ATL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
116	121	Aug 18	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
117	122	Aug 19	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
118	123	Aug 20	ATL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
119	124	Aug 21	ATL	@	MON	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
120	127 (2)	Aug 25	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
121	128	Aug 26	ATL	@	NYM	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
122	129	Aug 27	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
123	130	Aug 28	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
124	131	Aug 29	ATL	@	PHI	L,9-10	CG	40	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
125	132	Aug 30	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	133	Sep 1 (1)	ATL		LAD	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
127	134	Sep 1 (2)	ATL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
128	135	Sep 2	ATL		LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
129	136	Sep 3	ATL		LAD	W,11-4	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
130	137	Sep 5 (1)	ATL		SFG	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
131	139 (1)	Sep 6	ATL		SFG	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
132	140	Sep 7 (1)	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
133	141	Sep 7 (2)	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-6	GS	36	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
134	142	Sep 8	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
135	143	Sep 9 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-3	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
136	145 (1)	Sep 10	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
137	146	Sep 11	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
138	147	Sep 12	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	10	4	0	14	0	1B
139	148	Sep 13	ATL	@	HOU	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	1B
140	151 (2)	Sep 16	ATL	@	SFG	W,10-7	GF	8	2.0	3	1	0	4	2	PH 1B
141	152	Sep 18	ATL		CIN	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
142	153	Sep 19	ATL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
143	154	Sep 20	ATL		CIN	W,11-2	GS	21	5.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
144	158 (3)	Sep 25	ATL		HOU	L,4-7	CG	53	12.0	2	0	0	2	2	1B
145	159	Sep 26	ATL		HOU	L,2-5	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
146	160	Sep 27	ATL		HOU	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
147	161	Sep 29	ATL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
148	162	Oct 1	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
							148gm		1276.0	1288	112	12	1412	100