Subject(s): Orlando Cepeda Sport: Baseball Location: San Francisco Giants, AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA Unveiled: 6/9/2008 Sculptor: William Behrends Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Inscribed on plinth: Orlando Cepeda Plaque 1: ORLANDO MANUEL CEPEDA. "BABY BULL" "CHA-CHA". SAN FRANCISCO, N.L., 1958-1966, ST. LOUIS, N.L. 1966-1968. ATLANTA, N.L. 1969-1972, OAKLAND, A.L. 1972. BOSTON, A.L., 1973, KANSAS CITY, A.L., 1974. A POWERFUL FIRST BASEMAN AND CONSISTENT RUN PRODUCER FOR 17 MAJOR LEAGUE SEASONS, NOT WITHSTANDING CHRONIC KNEE PROBLEMS. HIS ABILITY TO DRIVE THE BALL WITH AUTHORITY WAS RESPECTED AND FEARED BY THE OPPOSITION. UNANIMOUS SELECTION FOR BOTH THE 1958 N.L. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD AND 1967 MVP HONORS. THE 11-TIME ALL-STAR LED THE N.L. IN HOME RUNS (46) AND RBI (142) IN 1961. BATTED .300 NINE TIMES AND SLUGGED 379 HOME RUNS. HIS STALWART LEADERSHIP PROPELLED HIS CLUBS TO THREE WORLD SERIES. (This is a replica of the official inscription created for Cepda's Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1999. It is on display at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York). Plaque 2: Rigney: "What's your assessment of Orlando?". Lockman: "He's a few years away.". Rigney: "No! He's ready now!". Lockman: "A few years away...from the Hall of Fame." Bill Rigney to Whitey Lockman, Spring Training 1958. "He is annoying every pitcher in the league. He is strong, he hits to all fields, and he makes all the plays." - Willie Mays. CAREER BATTING STATISTICS. AVG .297. G 2,124. AB 7,927. R 1,131. H 2,351. 2B 417. 3B 27. HR 379. RBI 1,365. SB 142. BB 588. SO 1,168. OBP .350. SLG .499. HONORS. N.L. Rookie of the Year (1958), N.L. Most Valuable Player (1967), All-Star 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967), Hall of Fame (1999). "I've always regarded Orlando as the greatest right-handed true power hitter I ever saw in our day." - Willie McCovey. "This is the best right-handed pure power hitter for a young player I've ever seen." - Bill Rigney, 1958. Links: Sculptor