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Orlando
Cepeda		  
Nickname: Cha Cha
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 17, 1937 in P.R., , PONCE
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1958   
Gold Glove 1958    1959    1965    1966    1967    1969   
All-Star Selections 1958    1960    1961    1962    1963    1964    1965    1966    1967   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 20 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
1959 21 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1960 22 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1961 23 DET AL $ 4,278,571   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1962 24 DET AL $ 5,514,286   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1963 25 DET AL $ 7,840,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1964 26 DET AL $ 7,840,000   8 8 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1965 27 DET AL $ 7,840,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1966 28 DET AL $ 7,840,000   9 9 9 8 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1967 29 DET AL $ 7,840,000   8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 4 4 8 8 8
1968 30 DET AL $ 7,840,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1969 31 DET AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1970 32 DET AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1971 33 DET AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 34 DET AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1973 35 DET AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1974 36 DET AL $ 2,000,000   4 4 4 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
1975 37 DET AL $ 2,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,840,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 20 DET AL 147 614 100 205 50 6 23 102 0 0 28 81 .334 .363 .547 .911 104.5 22.0
1959 21 DET AL 156 626 104 179 46 8 28 107 0 0 35 112 .286 .328 .519 .847 100.8 21.0
1960 22 DET AL 156 602 84 179 40 7 31 101 1 0 49 83 .297 .354 .542 .896 105.4 21.1
1961 23 DET AL 155 608 98 221 56 2 22 90 0 0 57 79 .363 .419 .571 .990 120.2 26.5
1962 24 DET AL 157 599 89 198 41 2 25 90 0 0 45 76 .331 .380 .531 .911 106.0 24.3
1963 25 DET AL 159 602 101 195 35 2 29 112 1 0 43 69 .324 .372 .533 .905 106.7 25.5
1964 26 DET AL 155 590 81 184 35 2 26 91 0 0 44 78 .312 .366 .510 .877 98.8 22.2
1965 27 DET AL 155 611 88 188 44 1 29 105 1 1 30 77 .308 .344 .525 .869 96.9 22.7
1966 28 DET AL 157 607 85 189 33 1 18 72 3 2 41 66 .311 .361 .458 .819 88.2 18.4
1967 29 DET AL 144 559 76 168 38 2 21 73 0 0 31 75 .301 .338 .488 .827 82.5 15.4
1968 30 DET AL 157 582 69 154 31 2 24 77 2 0 51 98 .265 .325 .448 .774 75.7 10.4
1969 31 DET AL 154 565 63 148 35 0 19 76 1 0 43 82 .262 .319 .425 .744 73.6 19.9
1970 32 DET AL 122 469 54 125 29 2 14 56 1 0 26 76 .267 .317 .426 .743 59.1 10.3
1971 33 DET AL 156 581 58 151 25 2 12 76 0 0 45 94 .260 .314 .372 .686 65.3 9.8
1972 34 DET AL 152 597 87 180 30 2 27 114 3 1 37 77 .302 .347 .494 .841 94.6 18.8
1973 35 DET AL 146 558 72 150 39 2 9 64 1 1 37 92 .269 .317 .394 .712 65.0 8.2
1974 36 DET AL 133 495 49 123 17 3 5 41 0 0 25 134 .248 .291 .325 .616 45.4 3.8
1975 37 DET AL 151 643 40 112 23 3 1 24 1 2 42 149 .174 .226 .224 .450 22.9 0.0
18 Years Sim 2712 10508 1398 3049 647 49 363 1471 15 7 709 1598 .290 .339 .465 .803 1511.6 300.4
162 Game Average 627 83 182 38 2 21 87 0 0 42 95 .290 .339 .465 .803 90.3  
Career Highs 159 643 104 221 56 8 31 114 3 2 57 149 .363 .419 .571 .990 120.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   7133 906 2035 425 26 235 967 11 3 464 1099 .285 .333 .451 .784 1015.3
vs LH   3375 492 1014 222 23 128 504 4 4 245 499 .300 .350 .494 .843 544.7
Home 1358 5195 694 1531 352 28 203 766 9 3 318 785 .295 .339 .490 .829 805.9
Away 1354 5313 704 1518 295 21 160 705 6 4 391 813 .286 .339 .439 .778 754.1
RISP   2436 0 736 144 10 97 1025 0 0 276 368 .302 .371 .489 .860 426.9
Pinch Hitting   113 23 36 5 0 8 24 0 0 12 12 .319 .384 .575 .959 23.3
Close/Late   1231 149 351 72 6 38 153 0 0 114 188 .285 .352 .446 .798 184.6
Mar/Apr 444 1730 217 507 121 10 70 265 2 2 128 305 .293 .343 .496 .839 277.2
May 474 1840 252 516 116 10 61 244 2 3 122 290 .280 .330 .454 .784 260.0
June 458 1759 245 504 107 7 58 246 2 1 118 261 .287 .336 .454 .791 253.5
July 425 1672 219 511 109 8 52 217 1 1 110 236 .306 .353 .474 .827 258.5
August 454 1732 220 507 101 9 58 243 4 0 126 258 .293 .344 .462 .806 261.1
Sep/Oct 457 1775 245 504 93 5 64 256 4 0 105 248 .284 .327 .450 .777 249.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 20 DET AL LF 147 144 1289.0 275 23 0 4 1.000 2.08   2.5
1959 21 DET AL LF 154 147 1317.7 267 17 0 3 1.000 1.94   2.1
1960 22 DET AL LF 148 147 1333.7 217 5 0 0 1.000 1.50   6.0
    1B 3 0 6.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1961 23 DET AL LF 151 149 1341.7 225 3 0 1 1.000 1.53   3.9
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 2 0 0 1.000 14.40   0.0
1962 24 DET AL LF 148 146 1318.0 238 13 0 1 1.000 1.71   4.8
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1963 25 DET AL LF 149 144 1291.3 262 14 0 3 1.000 1.92   4.3
    1B 5 0 8.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 26 DET AL LF 147 147 1312.0 266 9 0 3 1.000 1.89   3.1
    1B 4 0 7.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29   0.0
1965 27 DET AL LF 151 148 1326.7 298 15 2 1 .994 2.12   3.6
    1B 4 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40   0.0
1966 28 DET AL LF 147 147 1311.7 276 10 1 1 .997 1.96   1.2
    1B 6 0 15.0 11 3 0 1 1.000 8.40   0.0
1967 29 DET AL LF 138 137 1206.7 249 6 0 1 1.000 1.90   2.4
    1B 4 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1968 30 DET AL LF 149 147 1319.7 245 13 2 2 .992 1.76   4.4
    1B 4 0 10.3 15 0 0 4 1.000 13.07   0.0
1969 31 DET AL LF 149 147 1275.0 300 12 3 1 .990 2.20   4.3
    1B 5 0 8.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 10.13   0.0
1970 32 DET AL LF 116 116 1037.0 208 6 2 1 .991 1.86   1.4
    1B 3 0 4.0 5 0 1 0 .833 11.25   0.0
1971 33 DET AL LF 76 73 661.7 136 5 1 0 .993 1.92   1.9
    1B 5 0 11.0 16 3 0 1 1.000 15.55   0.0
1972 34 DET AL 1B 2 0 5.0 7 1 1 0 .889 14.40   0.0
1973 35 DET AL 1B 17 15 132.7 167 8 2 23 .989 11.87   0.3
    LF 11 10 91.0 18 0 1 0 .947 1.78   0.2
    RF 2 2 18.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.50    
1974 36 DET AL RF 12 12 107.7 29 0 1 0 .967 2.42   0.3
    1B 8 7 59.0 75 5 0 4 1.000 12.20   0.2
    LF 6 5 45.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60    
1975 37 DET AL 1B 1 1 8.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 10.13   0.0
  LF 1987 1954 17477.6 3488 151 12 22 .997 1.87   46.1
  1B 74 23 294.0 367 24 4 36 .990 11.97   0.6
  RF 14 14 125.7 34 0 2 0 .944 2.44   0.3
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   2076 1991 17899.3 3889 175 18 58 .996 2.04   47.0
Career Highs   155 149 1346.7 309 23 4 23 1.000 14.40    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 24 DET AL 5 22 4 7 0 0 3 6 0 0 1 2 .318 .348 .727 1.075
1963 25 DET AL 7 27 3 8 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 2 .296 .321 .556 .877
1964 26 DET AL 7 27 4 6 3 1 1 4 0 0 2 4 .222 .276 .519 .794
1972 34 DET AL 10 43 7 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 .209 .292 .256 .547
Career Post-Season Batting 29 119 18 30 6 1 6 17 0 0 8 17 .252 .305 .471 .775
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1958-1-.334
1960-5-.297
1961-1-.363
1962-1-.331
1963-1-.324
1964-6-.312
1965-6-.308
1966-5-.311
1967-9-.301
1972-10-.302
 On-Base Pct
1961-1-.419
1962-5-.380
1963-8-.372
 Slugging Pct
1958-5-.547
1959-7-.519
1960-4-.542
1961-2-.571
1962-3-.531
1963-3-.533
1964-7-.510
1965-2-.525
1967-7-.488
1972-7-.494
 OPS
1958-4-.911
1959-9-.847
1960-4-.896
1961-2-.990
1962-4-.911
1963-4-.905
1964-5-.877
1965-4-.869
 XR
1958-6-104.5
1959-5-100.8
1960-4-105.4
1961-2-120.2
1962-3-106.0
1963-4-106.7
1964-3-98.8
1965-2-96.9
1972-10-94.6
CAR-24-1511.6
 Games
1959-8-156
1960-5-156
1961-8-155
1962-3-157
1963-2-159
1964-9-155
1966-2-157
1968-5-157
1971-3-156
CAR-10-2712
At-Bats
1958-3-614
1959-1-626
1960-7-602
1961-4-608
1962-6-599
1963-4-602
1964-4-590
1965-2-611
1966-1-607
1968-8-582
1975-1-643
CAR-4-10508
 Runs
1958-6-100
1959-3-104
1961-5-98
1962-7-89
1963-4-101
1965-10-88
CAR-37-1398
 Hits
1958-2-205
1959-4-179
1960-6-179
1961-1-221
1962-1-198
1963-1-195
1964-2-184
1965-1-188
1966-1-189
1967-6-168
1972-7-180
CAR-4-3049
 Total Bases
1958-3-336
1959-3-325
1960-2-326
1961-2-347
1962-1-318
1963-1-321
1964-1-301
1965-2-321
1966-3-278
1967-8-273
1968-6-261
1972-5-295
CAR-8-4883
 Singles
1958-7-126
1961-2-141
1962-4-130
1963-9-129
1964-8-121
1965-8-114
1966-5-137
CAR-9-1990
 Doubles
1958-2-50
1959-1-46
1960-3-40
1961-1-56
1962-2-41
1963-4-35
1964-5-35
1965-2-44
1966-10-33
1967-5-38
1969-8-35
1973-4-39
CAR-6-647
Triples
1958-5-6
1959-2-8
1960-6-7
 Homeruns
1960-5-31
1963-6-29
1964-5-26
1965-5-29
1968-7-24
1972-7-27
 RBIs
1958-7-102
1959-5-107
1960-6-101
1961-7-90
1962-10-90
1963-4-112
1964-4-91
1965-3-105
1972-4-114
CAR-32-1471
 Strikeouts
1974-2-134
1975-1-149
CAR-25-1598
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 228    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Detroit in 1958
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1958, off Stu Miller (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1958, off Tex Clevenger (BSN)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 6/20/1958
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1958, hitting .565 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Injured on 9/25/1958 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won Bronze Rookie in 1958, hitting .334 with 23 HR, 102 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1958
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1959
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1960, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Montreal on 6/12/1961
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1961, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,514,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Worcester on 4/7/1962
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1962, hitting .545 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
9/22/1962: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $7,840,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1963, hitting .370 with 6 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1963, hitting .379 with 10 HR, 24 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Worcester, driving in 4 runs on 6/24/1964
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1964, hitting .652 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1964, hitting .418 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1965, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 2 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1965, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1965, hitting .400 with 7 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1965, hitting .364 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1965
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 5/13/1966
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1966
Injured on 4/21/1967 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1967, hitting .519 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1967
Had 2000th career hit on 7/14/1968, off Terry Fox (TOR)
9/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1969
Injured on 7/7/1970 with a Broken Foot, out for 5 weeks
Drove in 8 runs against Kansas City on 4/4/1972
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1972, hitting .450 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis on 9/11/1972
Had 3000th career hit on 7/8/1975, off Rick Reuschel (LAD)
 
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