Dec 19, 2024 · One of baseball’s first great Puerto Rican players, Cepeda rose from humble origins to stardom while hitting behind Mays and Willie McCovey in the Giants lineup.

Dec 31, 2024 · Smashing Hurrah for the Lakers: One big reason the Lakers are shattering attendance records is the performance of their wondrous back courtman, Jerry West—junior partner in the point-making...

Jul 3, 2024 · Cepeda scuffled to a 109 OPS+ with 22 homers in 1969, but clubbed the 300th home run of his career on August 4, a solo shot off the Expos’ Jerry Robertson in Montreal.

Jun 29, 2024 · Decades after he retired, he was elected to the MLB Hall of Fame -- the second Puerto Rican player to ever receive the honor -- and the Giants placed a statue of Orlando outside their stadium ......

Jul 3, 2024 · Sadly, 10 days after Mays’ dying on the age of 93, the 86-year-old Cepeda handed away as effectively. The Giants and the Cepeda household introduced his dying on Friday evening — fittingly, throughout a recreation in opposition to the Dodgers; followers at Oracle Park stood to look at a second of silence.

Jul 9, 2024 · Abel and Cepeda join Basketball Hall of Famers Bill Walton and Jerry West, Football Hall of Famer and former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Larry Allen and Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays who have passed away recently.

Sep 15, 2024 · SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants channeled the spirit of Orlando Cepeda on Sunday, blasting salsa music and donning white panama hats as part of the celebration of life for the late Hall of Famer at Oracle Park.

Jul 1, 2024 · Orlando Cepeda was a Hall of Fame baseball player who was an 11-time All-Star, MVP winner, and a longtime teammate of Willie Mays (1931–2024) on the San Francisco Giants.

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Dec 19, 2024 · One of baseball’s first great Puerto Rican players, Cepeda rose from humble origins to stardom while hitting behind Mays and Willie McCovey in the Giants lineup.