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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-36 / in Starts: 33-30
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	17 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	1 in 9 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	13

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 276 PAs	44
Actual Runners on Base	189 (93-60-36)
Avg. MLBer w/ 276 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	168 (86-53-27)

Most Driven In
Self	14
R Garr	11
S Jackson	8
H Aaron	7
F MillÃ¡n	4
M Lum	0
Z Versalles	0

Most Driven In By
Self	14
C Boyer	3
E Williams	3
F MillÃ¡n	2
H Aaron	1
H King	1
S Jackson	1
Z Versalles	1

1971 Batting Game Log

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1971 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1848	1	Apr 5	ATL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1.04	-0.110	1.66	-0.11%	-0.29	1B
2	1849	2	Apr 7	ATL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	4	1.04	-0.066	1.84	-0.07%	-0.23	1B
3	1850	3	Apr 9	ATL		PIT	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	4	.60	0.029	.92	0.03%	-0.10	1B
4	1851	4	Apr 10	ATL		PIT	W,5-4	CG(12)	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.235	.263	.353	.616	4	1.83	0.007	2.54	0.01%	0.95	1B
5	1852	5	Apr 11	ATL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.500	.773	4	.95	0.206	1.38	0.18%	0.57	1B
6	1853	6	Apr 12	ATL		CIN	L,3-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.259	.560	.819	4	.71	-0.098	1.25	-0.10%	-0.42	1B
7	1854	7	Apr 13	ATL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.290	.586	.877	4	1.78	0.302	3.10	0.32%	1.24	1B
8	1855	8	Apr 14	ATL		CIN	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.531	.817	4	.83	0.004	1.37	0.00%	-0.13	1B
9	1856	9	Apr 16	ATL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.275	.541	.816	4	.35	-0.041	.46	-0.03%	-0.83	1B
10	1857	10	Apr 17	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.289	.595	.884	4	.88	0.207	1.22	0.17%	0.55	1B
11	1858	11	Apr 18	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.360	.723	1.083	4	1.82	0.697	2.72	0.62%	2.77	1B
12	1859	12	Apr 20	ATL	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.353	.370	.706	1.076	4	.73	0.048	1.10	0.04%	0.42	1B
13	1860	13	Apr 21	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-10	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.327	.345	.655	.999	4	.91	-0.024	1.49	-0.02%	-0.39	1B
14	1861	14	Apr 22	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.333	.617	.950	4	.83	-0.038	1.32	-0.04%	-1.17	1B
15	1862	15	Apr 24	ATL		SDP	L,2-3	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.344	.358	.672	1.030	4	1.55	0.033	2.38	0.03%	0.69	1B
16	1863	16	Apr 25 (1)	ATL		SDP	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.338	.352	.691	1.043	4	1.26	0.017	1.78	0.01%	0.22	1B
17	1864	17	Apr 25 (2)	ATL		SDP	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.338	.368	.690	1.059	4	2.09	0.022	2.77	0.02%	-0.46	1B
18	1865	18	Apr 27	ATL		SFG	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.354	.662	1.017	4	.73	-0.057	1.49	-0.07%	-0.58	1B
19	1866	20 (1)	Apr 29	ATL		SFG	L,2-5	CG(13)	6	6	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.353	.663	1.015	4	1.19	0.163	1.87	0.15%	1.39	1B
20	1867	21	Apr 30	ATL		LAD	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.313	.337	.639	.976	4	1.24	-0.072	1.42	-0.05%	-1.04	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	1868	22	May 1	ATL		LAD	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.355	.644	.999	4	.66	0.043	.81	0.03%	0.46	1B
22	1869	23	May 2	ATL		LAD	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.330	.351	.659	1.010	4	.75	0.165	.99	0.13%	1.01	1B
23	1870	27 (3)	May 7	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.337	.632	.968	4	1.90	-0.222	3.30	-0.23%	-1.23	1B
24	1871	28	May 8	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.303	.324	.606	.930	4	1.08	-0.172	1.70	-0.16%	-1.55	1B
25	1872	29	May 9 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.321	.588	.909	4	.70	-0.017	1.29	-0.02%	-0.07	1B
26	1873	30	May 9 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	4	2	2	0	0	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.333	.642	.975	4	2.42	0.397	4.01	0.40%	3.73	1B
27	1874	31	May 11	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.309	.339	.636	.975	4	.66	-0.028	.91	-0.02%	-0.59	1B
28	1875	32	May 12	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.328	.614	.942	4	.78	-0.078	.96	-0.06%	-0.90	1B
29	1876	33	May 14	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.325	.627	.953	4	1.20	0.067	1.09	0.04%	0.29	1B
30	1877	34	May 15	ATL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.298	.331	.620	.951	4	.43	-0.008	.42	-0.01%	0.14	1B
31	1878	35	May 16	ATL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.298	.336	.613	.949	4	1.18	-0.008	1.20	-0.01%	-0.05	1B
32	1879	36	May 17	ATL		NYM	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.338	.628	.966	4	2.00	0.407	1.87	0.23%	0.57	1B
33	1880	37	May 18	ATL		NYM	W,8-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.295	.336	.614	.949	4	.34	-0.007	.35	0.00%	-0.78	1B
34	1881	38	May 19	ATL		MON	W,10-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.294	.333	.603	.936	4	.52	-0.132	.55	-0.08%	-1.67	1B
35	1882	39	May 20	ATL		MON	L,3-4	CG(14)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.289	.327	.585	.911	4	1.47	-0.277	1.75	-0.20%	-1.47	1B
36	1883	40	May 21	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.323	.568	.891	4	.75	-0.053	.79	-0.03%	-1.12	1B
37	1884	41	May 22	ATL	@	NYM	L,7-8	CG(11)	6	5	0	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.298	.341	.576	.918	4	3.30	0.392	3.27	0.23%	2.65	1B
38	1885	42	May 23	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.339	.568	.907	4	.67	-0.047	.65	-0.03%	-0.71	1B
39	1886	43	May 24	ATL	@	MON	W,9-4	CG	5	2	3	2	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.358	.599	.957	4	1.07	0.346	.89	0.17%	2.81	1B
40	1887	44	May 25	ATL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.367	.606	.973	4	1.37	0.116	1.30	0.07%	1.36	1B
41	1888	45	May 26	ATL	@	MON	L,1-11	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307	.361	.595	.956	4	.51	-0.040	.42	-0.02%	-0.70	1B
42	1889	46	May 27	ATL	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.370	.594	.964	4	.59	0.052	.37	0.02%	0.75	1B
43	1890	47	May 28	ATL	@	STL	L,0-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307	.368	.590	.958	8	3.31	-0.073	2.58	-0.03%	-0.45	PH
44	1891	49 (1)	May 30	ATL	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.365	.580	.945	4	.50	-0.011	.27	0.00%	-0.35	1B
45	1892	50	May 31	ATL	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.306	.368	.578	.946	4	2.35	0.104	.97	0.03%	0.02	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	1893	51	Jun 1	ATL		HOU	L,6-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.364	.584	.948	4	.79	-0.056	.27	-0.01%	1.02	1B
47	1894	52	Jun 2	ATL		HOU	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.300	.361	.578	.939	4	1.53	0.029	.50	0.01%	0.07	1B
48	1895	53	Jun 3	ATL		HOU	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.359	.571	.930	4	.95	0.072	.41	0.02%	0.28	1B
49	1896	54	Jun 4	ATL		CHC	L,0-11	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.354	.561	.916	4	.24	-0.019	.10	-0.01%	-0.53	1B
50	1897	55	Jun 5	ATL		CHC	W,6-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.346	.547	.893	4	1.96	-0.281	.86	-0.07%	-1.85	1B
51	1898	57 (1)	Jun 7	ATL		STL	L,6-7	GS-10	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.282	.342	.538	.881	4	1.42	-0.047	.61	-0.01%	-0.40	1B
52	1899	58	Jun 8	ATL		STL	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.285	.344	.550	.894	4	.86	0.069	.30	0.02%	1.30	1B
53	1900	59	Jun 9	ATL		STL	W,8-3	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.346	.547	.893	4	1.26	-0.005	.57	0.00%	-0.04	1B
54	1901	60	Jun 10	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.349	.546	.895	4	.73	0.047	.45	0.02%	0.58	1B
55	1902	61	Jun 11	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.294	.352	.545	.897	4	1.27	0.188	1.07	0.10%	1.84	1B
56	1903	62	Jun 12	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.350	.542	.893	7	1.29	-0.031	.80	-0.01%	-0.09	PH
57	1904	63	Jun 13	ATL	@	HOU	W,9-0	CG	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.347	.532	.880	4	.25	-0.019	.12	-0.01%	-0.91	1B
58	1905	64	Jun 14	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.346	.527	.873	4	.80	-0.091	.40	-0.03%	-1.05	1B
59	1906	65	Jun 15	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.345	.525	.870	4	.88	-0.004	.41	0.00%	0.07	1B
60	1907	66	Jun 16	ATL	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.344	.524	.868	4	.80	-0.029	.29	-0.01%	-0.15	1B
61	1908	71 (4)	Jun 20 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.343	.522	.864	9	1.23	-0.032	.35	-0.01%	-0.32	PH
62	1909	78 (6)	Jun 26	ATL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.337	.513	.850	4	.71	-0.070	.15	-0.01%	-0.73	1B
63	1910	79	Jun 27	ATL		CIN	L,5-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.335	.509	.843	4	.86	-0.042	.16	-0.01%	-0.44	1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	1911	96 (16)	Jul 18 (1)	ATL		SFG	L,4-5	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.333	.506	.840	9	1.70	-0.043	1.10	-0.02%	-0.10	PH
65	1912	98 (1)	Jul 19	ATL		SFG	L,8-11	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.336	.508	.844	9	3.99	0.152	2.82	0.06%	0.53	PH
66	1913	99	Jul 20	ATL		SDP	W,3-1	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.335	.506	.841	5	4.70	-0.115	1.28	-0.02%	-0.74	PH
67	1914	100	Jul 21 (1)	ATL		SDP	W,8-7	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.333	.504	.838	6	6.38	-0.154	2.45	-0.04%	-0.74	PH
68	1915	101	Jul 21 (2)	ATL		SDP	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.274	.330	.498	.828	4	1.32	-0.162	.60	-0.04%	-1.10	1B
69	1916	102	Jul 22	ATL		SDP	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.326	.492	.818	4	1.18	-0.091	.59	-0.03%	-0.67	1B
70	1917	103	Jul 23	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.331	.494	.825	4	.45	0.055	.24	0.02%	1.15	1B
71	1918	104	Jul 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	12-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.330	.492	.822	9	4.62	-0.098	3.38	-0.04%	-0.43	PH
							35-36		276	250	31	69	10	1	14	44	22	7	29	0	0	4	2	12	3	6	.276	.330	.492	.822		1.17	1.368	1.21	1.40%	1.87

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