Orlando Cepeda
Orlando Cepeda
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- Description
- Orlando Cepeda was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards.
- Native Puerto Rican Orlano Cepeda (b. 1937) was a first baseman for the San Francisco Giants (1958-66,) St. Louis Cardinals (1966-68,) Atlanta Braves (1968-72,) Oakland Athletics (1972,) Boston Red Sox (1973) and Kansas City Royals (1974).
- Named the National League Rookie of the Year in 1958, Cepeda would go on to be named to eleven All-Star games. In 1967, he was named the League's Most Valuable Player, leading the Cardinals to that year's World Series Title.
- Cepeda's was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cap, bottle
- date made
- 1964
- referenced
- San Francisco Giants
- depicted (sitter)
- Cepeda, Orlando
- maker
- Topps Company, Inc.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- 1996.0213.031
- accession number
- 1996.0213
- catalog number
- 1996.0213.031
- subject
- Latinos and Baseball
- Sports
- Baseball
- Professional
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- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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