Orlando Cepeda
Orlando Manuel (Penne) Cepeda (Cha Cha and Baby Bull)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 17, 1937 in Ponce, P.R.
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: September 19, 1974
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1999.
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 SFG NL 20 1B 147 147 1318.2 1435 1322 97 16 131 .989 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 2.4 -2.7 0 9.68 9.65 .990 6.82 6.80 MVP-9,RoY-1
1959 SFG NL 21 1B 122 102 943.2 1015 929 70 16 74 .984 -2.5 -3.2 -1.5 -2.0 0.5 -1 9.53 8.19 .988 9.54 8.04 AS,MVP-19
1959 SFG NL 21 LF 44 43 346.2 70 65 2 3 0 .957 -1.0 -3.5 -1.0 0.2 -1.3 0 1.74 1.52 .971 2.04 1.59 AS,MVP-19
1959 SFG NL 21 OF 44 43 346.2 68 64 1 3 0 .956 -1.0 -3.5 -1.0 0.2 -1.3 0 1.69 1.48 .978 2.21 1.90 AS,MVP-19
1959 SFG NL 21 3B 4 4 33.0 8 2 3 3 0 .625 -2.8 -101.8 -2.8 0.0 -2.8 0 1.36 1.25 .962 2.97 2.65 AS,MVP-19
1960 SFG NL 22 LF 91 86 746.0 175 162 10 3 3 .983 1.4 2.3 -1.6 -2.1 0.5 3 2.08 1.89 .974 1.98 1.54 AS
1960 SFG NL 22 OF 91 86 746.0 176 163 10 3 3 .983 1.4 2.3 -1.6 -2.1 0.5 3 2.09 1.90 .978 2.20 1.92 AS
1960 SFG NL 22 1B 63 61 542.0 555 518 27 10 37 .982 -0.7 -1.5 -0.7 -2.2 1.5 0 9.05 8.65 .990 9.57 8.20 AS
1961 SFG NL 23 1B 81 75 664.2 693 644 47 2 50 .997 -0.9 -1.6 -0.9 -0.1 -0.8 0 9.36 8.53 .990 9.82 8.57 AS,MVP-2
1961 SFG NL 23 OF 80 76 658.1 137 130 4 3 0 .978 0.7 1.3 -0.3 2.0 -2.3 1 1.83 1.68 .977 2.16 1.86 AS,MVP-2
1961 SFG NL 23 LF 63 59 512.2 107 104 2 1 0 .991 3.9 9.1 2.9 2.5 0.4 1 1.86 1.68 .973 1.88 1.50 AS,MVP-2
1961 SFG NL 23 RF 18 17 145.2 26 23 1 2 0 .923 -3.2 -26.4 -3.2 -0.5 -2.7 0 1.48 1.33 .977 1.93 1.60 AS,MVP-2
1962 SFG NL 24 1B 160 154 1367.2 1454 1353 88 13 125 .991 -6.1 -5.4 -6.1 -3.5 -2.6 0 9.48 9.01 .990 6.58 6.25 AS,MVP-15
1962 SFG NL 24 OF 2 2 14.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -0.5 -42.9 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 1.93 1.50 .975 2.06 1.80 AS,MVP-15
1962 SFG NL 24 LF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -100.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.40 AS,MVP-15
1962 SFG NL 24 RF 1 1 8.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .975 1.91 1.60 AS,MVP-15
1963 SFG NL 25 1B 150 147 1300.2 1366 1262 83 21 91 .985 -10.2 -9.4 -10.2 -6.4 -3.8 0 9.31 8.97 .989 6.92 6.67 AS
1963 SFG NL 25 LF 3 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.37 AS
1963 SFG NL 25 OF 3 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.73 AS
1964 SFG NL 26 1B 139 139 1232.2 1309 1211 80 18 89 .986 -4.2 -4.1 -4.2 0.7 -4.9 0 9.43 9.29 .990 7.30 7.19 AS
1964 SFG NL 26 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.30 AS
1964 SFG NL 26 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70 AS
1965 SFG NL 27 1B 4 3 18.2 29 27 2 0 1 1.000 0.1 6.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 13.98 7.25 .990 10.03 8.60
1965 SFG NL 27 LF 2 2 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 1.65 1.40
1965 SFG NL 27 OF 2 2 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 1.95 1.75
1966 TOT NL 28 1B 126 125 1113.1 1240 1164 63 13 116 .990 1.2 1.3 2.2 -0.9 3.1 -1 9.92 9.74 .989 8.46 8.34 MVP-13
1966 SFG NL 28 LF 8 8 53.0 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -1.4 -31.7 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 0 1.19 0.88 .967 1.73 1.35 MVP-13
1966 SFG NL 28 OF 8 8 53.0 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -1.4 -31.7 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 0 1.19 0.88 .978 2.04 1.78 MVP-13
1966 SFG NL 28 1B 6 5 42.0 56 55 1 0 5 1.000 2.2 62.9 2.2 1.2 1.0 0 12.00 9.33 .989 9.90 8.50
1966 STL NL 28 1B 120 120 1071.1 1184 1109 62 13 111 .989 -1.0 -1.1 0.0 -2.1 2.1 -1 9.84 9.76 .989 8.40 8.33
1967 STL NL 29 1B 151 150 1338.0 1404 1304 90 10 103 .993 3.5 3.1 3.5 0.5 3.0 0 9.38 9.23 .991 6.73 6.62 AS,MVP-1
1968 STL NL 30 1B 154 154 1388.1 1469 1362 90 17 109 .988 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 1.2 -1.5 0 9.41 9.43 .992 6.48 6.49
1969 ATL NL 31 1B 153 152 1313.2 1428 1318 101 9 91 .994 11.6 10.6 11.6 2.9 8.8 0 9.72 9.27 .992 6.85 6.54 MVP-36
1970 ATL NL 32 1B 148 147 1276.0 1412 1288 112 12 100 .992 2.7 2.5 2.7 -2.7 5.4 0 9.87 9.46 .992 7.05 6.76
1971 ATL NL 33 1B 63 63 563.0 640 586 49 5 60 .992 -0.6 -1.3 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 0 10.15 10.08 .992 9.88 8.58
1972 ATL NL 34 1B 22 21 176.0 184 171 13 0 15 1.000 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7 0.5 0 9.41 8.36 .992 9.73 8.42
1973 BOS AL 35 DH 142 MVP-15
1974 KCR AL 36 DH 26
15 Seasons 1B 1683 1640 14557.0 15633 14459 1012 162 1192 .990 -6.7 -0.6 -4.7 -10.4 5.6 -2 9.57 9.19 .990 7.53 7.13
8 Seasons OF 231 217 1833.1 395 368 15 12 3 .970 -1.1 -0.7 -5.1 -1.0 -4.2 4 1.88 1.66 .977 2.18 1.88
8 Seasons LF 213 199 1679.2 363 340 14 9 3 .975 2.1 1.5 -1.9 -0.5 -1.5 4 1.90 1.66 .973 1.95 1.53
2 Seasons DH 168
2 Seasons RF 19 18 153.2 30 26 1 3 0 .900 -3.2 -25.0 -3.2 -0.5 -2.7 0 1.58 1.42 .977 1.93 1.60
1 Season 3B 4 4 33.0 8 2 3 3 0 .625 -2.8 -101.8 -2.8 0.0 -2.8 0 1.36 1.25 .962 2.97 2.65
17 Seasons TOT 1918 1861 16423.1 16036 14829 1030 177 1195 .989 -10.6 -0.8 -12.6 -11.4 -1.4 4 -2 8.69 8.27 .979 6.92 6.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 SFG NL 20 148 147 148 148 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 SFG NL 21 151 149 151 151 0 0 122 0 4 0 44 0 0 44 0 1
1960 SFG NL 22 151 147 151 151 0 0 63 0 0 0 91 0 0 91 4 0
1961 SFG NL 23 152 151 152 152 0 0 81 0 0 0 63 0 18 80 1 0
1962 SFG NL 24 162 156 162 162 0 0 160 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0
1963 SFG NL 25 156 147 156 156 0 0 150 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 0
1964 SFG NL 26 142 139 142 142 0 0 139 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
1965 SFG NL 27 33 5 33 33 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 27 0
1966 STL NL 28 123 120 123 123 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1966 SFG NL 28 19 13 19 19 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 5 0
1967 STL NL 29 151 150 151 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968 STL NL 30 157 154 157 157 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1969 ATL NL 31 154 152 154 154 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1970 ATL NL 32 148 147 148 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 ATL NL 33 71 63 71 71 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1972 ATL NL 34 28 21 28 28 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1972 OAK AL 34 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1973 BOS AL 35 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0
1974 KCR AL 36 33 25 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 8 0
17 Seasons 2124 2028 2124 1949 0 0 1683 0 4 0 213 0 19 231 167 89 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 SFG NL 20 5768 63% 78% 26% 304 94% 3 1321 55 1255 11 148 98 69 19 1 5 16 0 13 3 11 132 1 0 5 124 6 8 3 5 16 100%
1959 SFG NL 21 4152 59% 76% 27% 234 92% 1 930 24 898 12 124 72 50 15 0 5 16 4 6 6 11 80 0 0 1 73 1 7 2 5 21 95%
1960 SFG NL 22 2343 62% 76% 25% 130 92% 1 515 24 487 4 68 29 20 7 1 0 10 0 7 3 6 38 1 1 1 38 3 0 0 0 16 75%
1961 SFG NL 23 2925 59% 76% 24% 166 94% 1 643 65 568 11 57 47 29 8 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 51 0 0 3 42 2 9 3 6 12 100%
1962 SFG NL 24 5930 61% 78% 26% 340 91% 2 1365 88 1252 24 153 86 55 18 2 4 13 1 8 4 10 125 0 3 2 107 5 18 5 12 15 87%
1963 SFG NL 25 5657 58% 77% 25% 322 93% 1 1275 105 1158 14 123 86 54 18 2 4 21 2 13 6 17 91 0 0 5 77 7 14 2 12 23 91%
1964 SFG NL 26 5277 61% 76% 33% 287 90% 1 1217 88 1125 6 98 80 60 13 3 2 17 2 12 3 13 91 1 1 1 76 3 15 5 10 15 87%
1965 SFG NL 27 86 43% 80% 30% 5 100% 0 22 2 20 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 28 4580 66% 79% 28% 232 94% 1 1112 72 1026 15 98 58 40 7 2 4 13 3 8 2 6 111 1 0 0 99 1 11 2 9 21 90%
1966 SFG NL 28 166 52% 77% 36% 16 94% 0 61 4 56 1 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1967 STL NL 29 5705 68% 77% 26% 311 95% 3 1306 111 1182 13 99 95 67 16 1 6 10 3 7 0 3 102 1 1 2 91 4 11 3 7 12 100%
1968 STL NL 30 5766 67% 78% 26% 352 93% 0 1359 124 1223 12 120 94 69 19 0 4 17 6 10 1 11 110 2 3 1 98 6 12 4 8 24 75%
1969 ATL NL 31 5387 62% 77% 24% 331 96% 1 1208 102 1080 27 136 90 66 14 4 5 9 2 7 0 5 85 0 2 3 76 5 9 3 6 22 95%
1970 ATL NL 32 5434 62% 76% 24% 256 93% 0 1136 68 1056 11 90 100 71 14 1 2 12 0 12 0 8 87 0 0 2 81 3 6 2 4 18 72%
1971 ATL NL 33 2352 61% 80% 26% 133 97% 1 552 40 504 10 51 45 30 7 1 1 5 3 2 0 2 56 0 3 2 52 4 4 2 2 5 100%
1972 ATL NL 34 794 55% 81% 25% 40 100% 0 166 7 158 1 19 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 13 0 2 0 2 4 100%
15 Seasons 62322 62% 77% 26% 3459 93% 16 14188 979 13048 172 1395 997 696 176 19 43 161 27 106 28 104 1180 7 14 28 1053 51 126 36 88 225 88%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 SFG NL 21 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 17 15 0 7 2 0 5 3 1 2 1 0 3 3 0 34 24 70.6% 9 1 2.9% 1 1476 59% 77% 27% 139 47%
1960 SFG NL 22 3 0 3 0 2 10 0 2 2 5 17 14 1 20 1 1 18 10 2 13 4 2 7 7 0 75 36 48.0% 33 6 8.0% 4 3285 59% 78% 27% 309 55%
1961 SFG NL 23 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 11 8 1 12 3 0 10 5 0 5 1 0 8 8 0 46 25 54.3% 20 1 2.2% 1 2221 58% 75% 30% 183 58%
1962 SFG NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 30 53% 90% 17% 4 25%
1963 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 40 55% 80% 35% 1 0%
1964 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 100% 100% 0
1965 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 25 64% 76% 28% 2 50%
1966 SFG NL 28 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 241 58% 76% 22% 17 41%
8 Seasons 9 0 9 0 4 14 0 2 5 6 51 43 2 41 6 1 34 18 3 20 6 2 20 20 0 166 93 56.0% 65 8 4.8% 6 7319 59% 77% 28% 655 53%
MLB Averages 57.3% 2.5% 61% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 SFG NL 23 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 16 6 37.5% 9 1 6.3% 0 638 63% 78% 25% 55 44%
1962 SFG NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 45 78% 78% 27% 6 50%
2 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 3 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 19 8 42.1% 10 1 5.3% 0 683 64% 78% 25% 61 44%
MLB Averages 42.1% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 SFG NL 21 150 65% 77% 23% 6 50% 0 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 150 65% 77% 23% 6 50% 0 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 64%

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