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Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes (Spanish pronunciation: [oɾˈlando seˈpeða]; September 17, 1937 – June 28, 2024), nicknamed "the Baby Bull" and "Peruchin", was a Puerto Rican first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for six teams from 1958 to 1974, primarily the San Francisco Giants.
3 days ago · Orlando Cepeda was born in Ponce, P.R., on Sept. 17, 1937. His father, though a baseball hero in Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the Caribbean, was a victim of the major leagues’ color barrier.
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3 days ago · SAN FRANCISCO — Orlando Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed "Baby Bull" who became a Hall of Famer among the early Puerto Ricans to star in the major leagues, has died. He was 86.
3 days ago · “Orlando Cepeda was one of the best hitters of his generation. He starred for three historic National League franchises, and the 11-time All-Star played alongside Hall of Fame players throughout his career," Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. "Orlando was the 1958 National League Rookie of the Year when Major League Baseball debuted in San Francisco, where later ‘The Baby Bull’s’ number 30 was retired. ...
2 days ago · Cepeda finished with a career .297 batting average, 379 home runs and 1,365 RBI’s. Cepeda made his major league debut with the Giants in 1958 – the year they moved from New York to San Francisco.
2 days ago · Orlando Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby Bull” who was an 11-time All-Star over the course of his Hall of Fame career, dies at age 86. Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco Giants ...
2 days ago · Orlando Cepeda, one of baseball’s most feared hitters in the 1950s and 1960s, who played in three World Series but whose path to the Hall of Fame was slowed by a drug conviction after his ...
3 days ago · MLB mourns the passing of Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda at the age of 86. Known as "Cha-Cha" and "The Baby Bull," Cepeda slugged 379 home runs, batted .297, and made 11 All-Star teams over 17 seasons.
4 days ago · Orlando Cepeda, a power-hitting first baseman who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after a groundbreaking 17-year major league career, died Friday. He was 86 years old. Cepeda famously was known as the "Baby Bull," a nickname that was passed down from his father, a star in their native Puerto Rico. Cepeda's father was nicknamed "Perucho," which translated to "Bull," and Orlando then became the "Baby Bull."
