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.

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Jul 4, 2024 · 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 …

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.

Dec 31, 2024 · In 2024, baseball also lost Rocky Colavito, Whitey Herzog, Orlando Cepeda, Luis Tiant and Carl Erskine, the last of the Boys of Summer. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela delivers...

Jun 12, 2024 · Jerry West – legendary NBA player and inspiration for the league’s current logo – has died, according to the Los Angeles Clippers. He was 86. The Clippers said West passed away Wednesday...

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 28, 2024 · 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 the age of 86 on June 28, 2024.

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.