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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.
Jun 29, 2024 · 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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Jun 29, 2024 · 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.
Jun 29, 2024 · “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. ...
Jun 29, 2024 · 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.
Jun 29, 2024 · 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 ...
Jun 29, 2024 · 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 ...
Jun 29, 2024 · 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.
Jun 29, 2024 · 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."
