Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda dies at age 86

[pwaldo]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ml...ys-Giants.html

Baseball legend and Puerto Rican icon Orlando Cepeda has died at age 86 just 10 days after his long-time teammate and fellow Hall of Famer, Willie Mays.

Known as 'Baby Bull,' Cepeda was the unanimous National League Most Valuable Player winner in 1967 as he led the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series championship over the Boston Red Sox.

The announcement came from the San Francisco Giants, for whom Cepeda played the first nine seasons of his 17-year career beginning in 1958. The Giants held a moment of silence before the sixth inning of Friday's 5-3 win against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers.

Cepeda clubbed 379 home runs, drove in 1,365 runs and hit .297 with an OPS of .849 while playing primarily for the Giants, Cardinals and Atlanta Braves, before finishing with the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals.

Cepeda won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1958, the Giants' first season in San Francisco after leaving New York City's Polo Grounds. He hit .312 with 25 homers, 96 RBIs and an NL-best 38 doubles in 148 games.

[Davz13]

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The 2nd Giants legend in 10 days