Orlando Cepeda
Orlando Manuel Cepeda Penne ( born September 17, 1937 in Ponce, Puerto Rico ) is a former Puerto Rican baseball player in Major League Baseball. His nicknames are Cha Cha or Baby Bull
Biography
Orlando Cepedo was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. His father, Pedro Cepeda was a famous baseball player in the Caribbean and was partially as well as Babe Ruth of the Caribbean called. Cepedo made his debut as a first baseman in the National League with the San Francisco Giants on April 15, 1958. Equal in his first game he hit a home run and helped his team to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale with her. Overall, he came in his first year to 25 home runs and 38 doubles. His batting average was 31.2 %. Cepeda was elected Rookie of the Year in the National League.
In 1961 he led the National League in home runs and RBI. A year later won the Giants the title in the NL and played against the New York Yankees in the World Series, in which they were subject, however, in five games. In 1966 he was transferred to the St. Louis Cardinals.
With the Cardinals Cepeda won the championship in the NL and the title win in the World Series against the Boston Red Sox. With a batting average of 32.5 % and 111 RBI Cepeda was elected MVP of the National League, this was the first unanimous decision since the election of Carl each bump in 1936.
Further stations of his career were the Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals and the Red Sox. In Boston, Cepeda was the first designated hitter of the team. Cepeda played his last game on September 19, 1974. Seven times he had been appointed in his career in the All -Star game. His career batting average was 29.7% with 397 home runs and 1365 RBI in 17 seasons.
After his career, he was transferred to the airport of San Juan of the marijuana smuggling and sentenced to a prison term. This is considered a reason why Cepeda was appointed in 1999 by the Veterans Committee in the Baseball Hall of Fame.