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ORLANDO MANUEL CEPEDA PENNES
"BABY BULL" "CHA-CHA"
SAN FRANCISCO, N.L., 1958 - 1966, ST. LOUIS, N.L., 1966 - 1968
ATLANTA, N.L., 1969 - 1972, OAKLAND, A.L., 1972
BOSTON, A.L., 1973, KANSAS CITY, A.L., 1974
A POWERFUL FIRST BASEMAN AND CONSISTENT RUN PRODUCER FOR
17 MAJOR LEAGUE SEASONS, NOTWITHSTANDING CHRONIC KNEE
PROBLEMS. HIS ABILITY TO DRIVE THE BALL WITH AUTHORITY
WAS RESPECTED AND FEARED BY THE OPPOSITION. UNANIMOUS
SELECTION FOR BOTH THE 1958 N.L. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD
AND 1967 MVP HONORS. THE 11-TIME ALL-STAR LED THE N.L. IN
HOME RUNS (46) AND RBI (142) IN 1961 BATTED .300 NINE TIMES AND
SLUGGED 379 HOME RUNS. HIS STALWART LEADERSHIP PROPELLED
-HIS CLUBS TO THREE WORLD SERIES.
NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM®
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NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
AND MUSEUM®
COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK
Plaque of
ORLANDO MANUEL CEPEDA PENNES
Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
1999
Baseball Hall of Fame Committee on Baseball Veterans
Date of Printing July 1999
C38318
Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.
Published for National Baseball
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Copyright © 1999 National Baseball Hall of Fame