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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.
St. Louis Cardinals' Orlando Cepeda scores in the eighth inning of a baseball game as New York Mets catcher J.C. Martin, right, and umpire Tim McCarver, left, watch at Shea Stadium in New York in ...
First baseman Orlando Cepeda won the MVP Award this year, batting .325, with 25 home runs and 111 RBIs. He was the first unanimous selection (all 20 first-place votes for 280 points) for the award in the history of the National League. [ 3 ]
Cepeda was placed on the disabled list with a left knee injury. He had 10 knee operations in all, sidelining him four different years. Cepeda had been a first baseman and outfielder before joining the first class of baseball’s designated hitters under the new American League rule. “They were talking about only doing it for three years ...
San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals great Orlando Cepeda died, the Giants announced Friday. He was 86 years old. Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 via the veterans ...
June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball draft. Willie Wilson was drafted by the Royals in the 1st round (18th pick). [5] Scott Sanderson was drafted by the Royals in the 11th round, but did not sign. [6] June 11, 1974: Doug Corbett was signed by the Royals as an amateur free agent. [7] August 6, 1974: Orlando Cepeda signed as a free agent by ...
Orlando Cepeda, the slugging Hall of Fame first baseman nicknamed "Baby Bull," has died at 86 Macklin Celebrini selected No. 1 by San Jose at NHL draft where Las Vegas and hockey royalty mix Gymnast Simone Biles moves closer to a third trip to the Olympics after solid opening performance at the U.S. trials
The Kokomo Dodgers were a Minor League Baseball team based in Kokomo, Indiana, between 1955 and 1961.After playing the 1955 season as the Kokomo Giants, a New York Giants, the 1956 "Dodgers" became charter members of the Midwest League, as the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League, as the changed Mississippi–Ohio Valley League names following the 1955 season.