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Orlando Cepeda
	Orlando Manuel (Penne) Cepeda
	(Cha Cha,Baby Bull)

	Born: September 17, 1937 in Ponce, P.R.
	75 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'2"	Wt: 210

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1999
- Signed by the New York Giants as an Amateur Free Agent in 1955

Comparison

First Basemen				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willie McCovey	1959 - 1980	1B	64.4	Pl		71.7	-21.8	0.0	-14.6
2	Harmon Killebrew	1954 - 1975	1B	60.4	Pl		71.3	-18.8	0.0	-7.9
3	Tony Perez	1964 - 1986	1B	54.0	Pl		50.7	-6.9	0.0	-10.2
4	Norm Cash	1958 - 1974	1B	52.1		MIL	50.0	-9.3	0.0	-11.4
5	Orlando Cepeda	1958 - 1974	1B	50.1	Pl		50.1	-14.0	0.0	-14.0
6	Boog Powell	1961 - 1977	1B	39.0			42.2	-14.2	0.0	-11.0
7	Bill White	1956 - 1969	1B	38.8		MIL	32.1	-3.2	0.0	-9.8
8	George Scott	1966 - 1979	1B	36.4			27.7	-1.8	0.0	-10.5
9	Ron Fairly	1958 - 1978	1B	35.2			34.5	-12.5	0.0	-13.2
10	Joe Adcock	1950 - 1966	1B	33.3			34.7	-10.4	0.0	-9.0
11	Bob Watson	1966 - 1984	1B	28.2			34.8	-17.1	0.0	-10.6
12	Lee May	1965 - 1982	1B	27.1			28.7	-15.8	0.0	-14.1
13	Bill Skowron	1954 - 1967	1B	27.0			23.2	-4.3	0.0	-8.0
14	Roy Sievers	1949 - 1965	1B	25.6			34.1	-17.2	0.0	-8.6
15	John Mayberry	1968 - 1982	1B	24.9			27.4	-11.9	0.0	-9.3
16	Wes Parker	1964 - 1972	1B	23.0			17.9	-3.0	0.0	-8.1
17	Don Mincher	1960 - 1972	1B	23.0			20.9	-4.8	0.0	-6.9
18	Joe Cunningham	1954 - 1966	1B	22.4		KOR	23.3	-6.2	0.0	-5.4
19	Norm Siebern	1956 - 1968	1B	20.9			21.6	-7.4	0.0	-6.8
20	Donn Clendenon	1961 - 1972	1B	19.8			19.2	-7.4	0.0	-8.1
21	Jim Gentile	1957 - 1966	1B	17.0			18.1	-5.7	0.0	-4.7
22	Vic Power	1954 - 1965	1B	15.5			9.4	-0.8	0.0	-6.9
23	Nate Colbert	1966 - 1976	1B	14.3			15.6	-7.5	0.0	-6.2
24	Mike Epstein	1966 - 1974	1B	12.7			17.7	-10.1	0.0	-5.0
25	Danny Cater	1964 - 1975	1B	10.7			10.0	-5.3	0.0	-6.0
26	Joe Pepitone	1962 - 1973	1B	9.8			11.8	-8.8	0.0	-6.8
27	Bob Robertson	1967 - 1979	1B	9.5			8.5	-3.4	0.0	-4.3
28	Mike Jorgensen	1968 - 1985	1B	9.4			7.4	-4.4	0.0	-6.4
29	Tommy McCraw	1963 - 1975	1B	8.7			6.4	-5.5	0.0	-7.8
30	Mike Hegan	1964 - 1977	1B	8.4			6.8	-2.6	0.0	-4.2
31	Tony Solaita	1968 - 1979	1B	8.1			6.2	-0.7	0.0	-2.6
32	Dick Stuart	1958 - 1969	1B	7.8			14.8	-12.9	0.0	-5.9
33	Gordy Coleman	1959 - 1967	1B	7.5		MIL	7.3	-3.4	0.0	-3.7
34	Tony Horton	1964 - 1970	1B	6.7			6.7	-3.6	0.0	-3.6
35	Ken Harrelson	1963 - 1971	1B	6.6			10.4	-8.5	0.0	-4.8
36	Deron Johnson	1960 - 1976	1B	6.2			12.1	-15.1	0.0	-9.2
37	Ed Kranepool	1962 - 1979	1B	4.2			5.6	-11.0	0.0	-9.6
38	Bob Oliver	1965 - 1975	1B	4.2			5.6	-4.8	0.0	-3.3
39	Gail Hopkins	1968 - 1974	1B	3.2			3.8	-2.5	0.0	-1.9
40	Fred Whitfield	1962 - 1970	1B	3.0			5.0	-5.3	0.0	-3.3
41	Jim Spencer	1968 - 1982	1B	2.7			3.1	-9.4	0.0	-9.0
42	Ray Webster	1967 - 1971	1B	2.6			1.7	-0.2	0.0	-1.1
43	Rich Reese	1964 - 1973	1B	2.2			2.7	-4.2	0.0	-3.8
44	Joe Hague	1968 - 1973	1B	1.8			1.9	-2.3	0.0	-2.2
45	Tim Harkness	1961 - 1964	1B	1.8			0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.9
46	Willie Montanez	1966 - 1982	1B	1.6			6.8	-13.8	0.0	-8.6
47	Mike Fiore	1968 - 1972	1B	1.4		VN	1.7	-1.2	0.0	-0.9
48	Greg Goossen	1965 - 1970	1B	1.2			1.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.3
49	Gary Holman	1968 - 1969	1B	0.2			0.6	-0.7	0.0	-0.3
50	Deacon Jones	1962 - 1966	1B	0.2			0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1

	Orlando Cepeda	1958 - 1974	1B	50.1	Pl		50.1	-14.0	0.0	-14.0

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com