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In Memoriam: Orlando Cepeda
When Orlando Cepeda stood on the podium in Cooperstown, New York, for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999, “It is likely that no man had followed a more difficult path, or that any man was any happier to attain the honor,” as Mark Armour wrote in his SABR biography. “Cepeda escaped the slums of Puerto Rico to attain stardom at a very young age, and he overcame numerous injuries during his career, and even worse personal difficulties after leaving baseball. Although he had two remarkable comeback seasons in his baseball career, he had his biggest and most impressive comeback years later, when after a decade of humiliation he again stood on a ball field and listened to the roar of a crowd.”
Known as the “Baby Bull,” Cepeda starred for 17 seasons with the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, and four other teams, winning National League Rookie of the Year honors in 1958 and a unanimous Most Valuable Player Award and World Series championship in 1967. He died at th
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For the second time in a month, the San Francisco Giants have lost a Hall of Famer and a cherished member of its baseball family. Orlando Cepeda, a Rookie of the Year, an MVP and an 11-time All-Star, died on June 28 at the age of 86, According to his wife Nydia, he died at home, listening to his favorite music and surrounded by his loved ones. His death comes just 10 days after Willie Mays passed away at age 93. Both men helped bring winning baseball to San Francisco, Mays as the veteran holdover from the New York Giants and Cepeda as the popular rookie. In his 17-year career, Cepeda played for the San Francisco Giants (1958-66), St. Louis Cardinals (1966-68), Atlanta Braves (1969-72), Oakland Athletica (1972), Boston Red Sox (1973) and Kansas City Royals (1974).
Orlando Manuel Cepeda was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on September 17, 1937. His father, Pedro “Perucho” Cepeda, was a star ballplayer in Puerto Rico but was never given the opportunity to play professionally in Major League Baseball because of the league’s refusal to integrate. Both
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Orlando Cepeda: 1937—: Baseball Player
Orlando Manuel Cepeda was born on September 17, 1937, in the seaport city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Like many Puerto Ricans during this time period, Cepeda lived with few physical possessions and had little formal education. Yet his life was filled with hope and inspiration, much of it stemming from his father, Perucho Cepeda. Perucho was a baseball player who excelled in the Caribbean leagues, playing on Dominican club teams alongside Negro League greats Satchel Paige, James "Cool Papa" Bell, and Josh Gibson. He was nicknameded the "Bull" and because he was a power hitter was known as "the Babe Ruth of Puerto Rico." But the Caribbean leagues were difficult for even the best players and as Perucho began to get older, he found himself moving around from team to team, often living in destitution away from his family, and what money he did not send back to his wife and children, he gambled away.
Perucho passed on his love of baseball to Cepeda at an early age and whenever he was not off chasing a job on a Caribbean league team, he was teaching C
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