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Cepeda, Orlando

LC control no.n 83221355
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Personal name headingCepeda, Orlando
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1937-09-17
Place of birthPonce (P.R.)
AffiliationSan Francisco Giants (Baseball team) St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) Oakland Athletics (Baseball team)
Profession or occupationBaseball players
Found inHis High & inside, 1983: CIP t.p. (Orlando Cepeda) data sheet (b. 9/17/37)
LC data base, 8/19/83 (hdg.: Cepeda, Orlando)
African American National Biography, accessed January 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cepeda, Orlando; Manuel Orlando Cepeda y Pennes; baseball player; born 17 September 1937 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States; signed contract with the Giants (1955); named Giants MVP by Bay Area fans, San Francisco (1958); earned Rookie of the Year award; traded to St. Louis Cardinals (1966); won Sporting News's Comeback Player of the Year award (1966); played with Atlanta Braves (1968); traded to Oakland Athletics (1972); retired (1974); embraced Buddhism (1980s); attended a Giants fantasy camp and was given a job as special assistant for player development (1985); elected to the Puerto Rican Hall of Fame (1993) and to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (1999))