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Orlando Cepeda Orlando Manuel (Penne) Cepeda (Cha Cha,Baby Bull) Bats Right, Throws Right Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb. MLB Debut April 15, 1958 Final Game September 19, 1974 Born September 17, 1937 in Ponce, P.R. Died June 28, 2024 (age 86)

• Hit 3 home runs in a game for MLN vs. LAN on April 22, 1961   (10 inning game)
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for MLN vs. CIN on July 8, 1964
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for ATN vs. PIN on July 14, 1969

 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 20 MLN NL  154  624   89  195  30   6  23  101  24   2   37  102  .312  .353  .490  .844   119   306   0   5  10   5  11  MVP-8
 1959 21 MLN NL  153  645   92  177  34   3  27   99  10   5   23  124  .274  .305  .462  .767   107   298   0   4   4   7  15  
 1960 22 MLN NL  154  613   99  195  29   3  37  114  16   6   42   93  .318  .367  .556  .923   132   341   0   3   6   7   9  MVP-5
 1961 23 MLN NL  154  613   93  189  28   1  45  125   5   6   51  104  .308  .365  .577  .943   129   354   0   7  22   8  22  MVP-5
 1962 24 MLN NL  162  638   84  190  23   1  35  101   1   2   34  100  .298  .336  .502  .837   117   320   0  11  10   8  23  MVP-7
 1963 25 MLN NL  160  610  101  186  34   4  40  105   7   0   59   80  .305  .378  .570  .949   138   348   0   3  11  15  18  MVP-6
 1964 26 MLN NL  152  573   81  170  18   2  42  131   6   2   48  102  .297  .359  .555  .914   132   318   0   4  13  10  23  MVP-6
 1965 27 MLN NL   28   37    4    6   2   0   2    4   0   0    3   19  .162  .225  .378  .603    86    14   1   0   0   0   0  
 1966 28 SLN NL  136  493   71  159  33   0  22   71  10   9   23   82  .323  .363  .523  .886   126   258   0   8   1  13  11  
 1967 29 SLN NL  160  597   87  178  28   0  27  103  14   2   67   84  .298  .374  .481  .855   129   287   0   6  29   9  18  MVP-8
 1968 30 SLN NL  125  318   35   83  13   4  15   41   4   7   18   46  .261  .306  .469  .774   121   149   0   1   2   3   5  
 1969 31 ATN NL  158  605   78  151  25   1  28   93  17   8   47   89  .250  .306  .433  .739   108   262   0   6   2   5  16  
 1970 32 ATN NL  161  634  104  178  37   1  32  105   4   4   43   73  .281  .338  .494  .831   115   313   0   5   1  14  28  MVP-12
 1971 33 ATN NL  103  264   41   83  18   0  18   56   4   9   16   27  .314  .351  .587  .938   132   155   0   2   2   0   8  
 1972 34 ATN NL   38   83   10   18   6   0   4   14   0   0   10   18  .217  .301  .434  .735   105    36   0   0   1   0   3  
 1973 35 DEA AL  133  524   56  140  18   0  16   60   0   0   27   93  .267  .305  .393  .698    95   206   0   1   7   2  18  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     2131 7871 1125 2298 376  26 413 1323 122  62  548 1236  .292  .344  .504  .847        3965   1  66 121 106 228
 Per 600 PA           550   79  160  26   2  29   92   9   4   38   86                                 277   0   5   8   7  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With ATN     1577 5939  876 1738 284  22 333 1048  94  44  413  931  .293  .344  .516  .860        3065   1  50  82  79 176
   With SLN      421 1408  193  420  74   4  64  215  28  18  108  212  .298  .355  .493  .848         694   0  15  32  25  34
   With DEA      133  524   56  140  18   0  16   60   0   0   27   93  .267  .305  .393  .698         206   0   1   7   2  18
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2124 7927 1131 2351 417  27 379 1365 142  80  588 1169  .297  .350  .499  .849        3959   4  74 154 102 218
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1958 20 MLN NL  23  109   6.6   0   0   0  .000  12   51   25  .490    0    0  .000  1B   3e16      -10   
 1959 21 MLN NL  19   85   4.7   0   0   0  .000  12   56   30  .536    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e15 -111   
 1960 22 MLN NL  24  124   7.7   0   0   0  .000  19   56   20  .357    0    0  .000  UT              83   
 1961 23 MLN NL  26  119   7.0   0   0   0  .000   7   53   26  .491    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e8   -27   
 1962 24 MLN NL  22  100   5.6   0   0   0  .000  16   48   24  .500    0    0  .000  UT             -28   
 1963 25 MLN NL  26  130   7.9   1   1   0 1.000  20   64   29  .453    0    0  .000  1B   2e25       20   
 1964 26 MLN NL  23  107   6.7   7   4   1  .571  14   50   32  .640    0    0  .000  1B   2e22       14   
 1965 27 MLN NL  93    3   2.8  16   1   1  .062   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e25       84   
 1966 28 SLN NL  32   90   6.7  11   3   1  .273   9   49   28  .571    0    0  .000  1B   3e17       52   
 1967 29 SLN NL  29  106   6.5   0   0   0  .000  13   51   34  .667    0    0  .000  1B   2e11      -68   
 1968 30 SLN NL  55   42   4.6  24   5   0  .208  10   20    8  .400    0    0  .000  1B   2e18       90   
 1969 31 ATN NL  29   77   4.3   3   1   0  .333   7   51   37  .725    0    0  .000  1B   2e10      -14   
 1970 32 ATN NL  30   96   5.3   3   2   1  .667   8   51   29  .569    0    0  .000  1B   2e13      -77   
 1971 33 ATN NL  70   47   6.3  44  14   5  .318   2   15   11  .733    0    0  .000  1B   3e13      116   
 1972 34 ATN NL  67   10   4.1  21   7   2  .333   1    5    2  .400    0    0  .000  1B   4e4       -93   
 1973 35 DEA AL  36   57   3.9   2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH             -95   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1309   6.0 132  38  11  .288 150  621  335  .539    0    0  .000                 -13   8
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #9 (Class of 1958): 12 of 16 votes, 75.0% -- ELECTED

Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1958 20 MLN NL  1B   154  1318    94   12  121   .992   154  1361.2   9.33
 1959 21 MLN NL  LF   127   236     1    8    0   .967   123  1119.0   1.91
                 1B    30   251    19    4   28   .985    30   260.0   9.35
 1960 22 MLN NL  1B    95   874    82   18   70   .982    93   815.0  10.56
                 LF    63   113     3    1    0   .991    61   546.0   1.91
 1961 23 MLN NL  LF   103   163     6    3    0   .983    99   889.0   1.71
                 1B    49   413    37    2   29   .996    44   397.1  10.19
                 RF    11    17     0    2    0   .895    11    84.0   1.82
 1962 24 MLN NL  LF   102   163     1    9    1   .948   100   840.2   1.76
                 1B    67   556    45    7   53   .988    61   552.0   9.80
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     7.0   1.29
 1963 25 MLN NL  1B    99   905    98   10   63   .990    95   870.1  10.37
                 LF    65   127     3   10    2   .929    64   547.2   2.14
 1964 26 MLN NL  1B   148  1369   135   14  117   .991   143  1300.1  10.41
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   1.50
 1965 27 MLN NL  1B    13    60     2    0    5  1.000     7    58.0   9.62
 1966 28 SLN NL  1B    81   749    72    4   60   .995    80   726.0  10.18
                 LF    44    88     1    5    0   .947    42   381.2   2.10
 1967 29 SLN NL  1B   160  1478   132   13  115   .992   160  1451.2   9.98
 1968 30 SLN NL  1B   105   694    41   10   61   .987    70   729.2   9.07
 1969 31 ATN NL  1B   155  1385   110    7  115   .995   155  1394.2   9.65  GG
 1970 32 ATN NL  1B   158  1345   118    8  133   .995   158  1421.2   9.26
 1971 33 ATN NL  1B    55   525    43    2   64   .996    54   502.1  10.18
 1972 34 ATN NL  1B    17   145    12    1   18   .994    17   145.0   9.74
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B  1386 12067  1040  112 1052   .992  1321 11985.2   9.84
                 LF   505   891    15   36    3   .962   490  4330.0   1.88
                 RF    12    18     0    2    0   .900    12    91.0   1.78
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1968 WS    SLN DEA   L    3   5  0  3  0  0  0   1  0  1  .600  .600  .600  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Draft History

• 1965: Round 1 (#3 overall) by MLN
• 1969: Round 1 (#8 overall) by ATN (claim)
• 1973: Round 3 (#43 overall) by DEA

Transaction History

• No transactions for this player.

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1958 MLN 80-74 John Storer 1959 MLN 91-63 Jeff Tripodi 1960 MLN 75-79 Jeff Tripodi 1961 MLN 81-73 Jeff Tripodi 1962 MLN 79-83 Jeff Tripodi 1963 MLN 63-99 Ron Tidrow 1964 MLN 80-82 James Taglia, Drew Kennedy 1965 MLN 75-87 James Taglia 1966 SLN 83-79 Mike Rescigno 1967 SLN 98-64 Mike Rescigno 1968 SLN 105-57 Mike Rodriguez 1969 ATN 85-77 Brandon Colvin 1970 ATN 81-81 Brandon Colvin 1971 ATN 89-73 Brandon Colvin 1972 ATN 75-87 Rich McCoy, Tom Austad 1973 DEA 79-83 Dennis Van Langen

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