#15 Orlando "Cha Cha" Cepeda, Leftfield, 35 yrs, Houston Astros
Thursday, 8/16/1973 |
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| Orlando Cepeda
Cha Cha
9/17/1937
35
P.R.,,PONCE
6"2
215
Leftfield
R
R
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2 / 6 (Fair)
1 / 6 (Insignificant)
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1.0 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 100,000
1973
15 Year(s), 137 Days (2717 total Days)
137 Day(s)
15 Year(s)
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Versus LHP | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Versus RHP | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Talent | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
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| Fielding Ratings
1B : 5 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 3 (Range), .972 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 3
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 6/27 | @PIT | L 0-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 6/30 | SFG | L 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #9 | | |
| 7/7 | @PHN | L 5-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 7/29 | @STN | W 12-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
| 7/30 | @STN | L 5-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 8/1 | @PHN | L 3-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
| 8/7 | SFG | W 9-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
| 8/8 | LAD | L 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #7 | | |
| 8/10 | @SFG | W 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
| 8/11 | @SFG | W 6-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 23 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | .261 | .292 | .326 | .618 | .500 | .065 |
| Projected | 31 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | .261 | .292 | .326 | .618 | .500 | .065 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 10 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .235 | .316 | .353 | .669 |
| vs. RHP | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .310 | .586 |
| Close/Late | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 |
| Scoring Position | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 |
| Pinch Hitting | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .308 | .615 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .188 | .278 | .250 | .528 |
| Road | 14 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .300 | .300 | .367 | .667 |
| Last Week | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 |
| March/April | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 |
| May | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .273 | .273 | .455 | .727 |
| June | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 |
| July | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 |
| August | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1958 | 143 | 539 | 169 | 37 | 5 | 29 | 109 | 84 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 7 | 4 | .314 | .350 | .562 | .912 | LAD,NL |
| 1959 | 148 | 568 | 180 | 37 | 9 | 20 | 76 | 84 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 67 | 21 | 6 | .317 | .383 | .519 | .902 | LAD,NL |
| 1960 | 148 | 585 | 180 | 36 | 5 | 30 | 95 | 90 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 78 | 22 | 7 | .308 | .366 | .540 | .907 | LAD,NL |
| 1961 | 157 | 595 | 188 | 44 | 8 | 31 | 101 | 118 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 7 | 4 | .316 | .379 | .573 | .952 | LAD,NL |
| 1962 | 155 | 613 | 199 | 40 | 11 | 18 | 85 | 87 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 13 | 6 | .325 | .383 | .514 | .897 | LAD,NL |
| 1963 | 156 | 581 | 165 | 34 | 7 | 24 | 86 | 89 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 62 | 11 | 4 | .284 | .355 | .491 | .846 | LAD,NL |
| 1964 | 126 | 491 | 161 | 27 | 8 | 24 | 86 | 95 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 11 | 7 | .328 | .386 | .562 | .948 | LAD |
| 1965 | 151 | 584 | 179 | 40 | 4 | 20 | 90 | 87 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 12 | 7 | .307 | .350 | .491 | .841 | LAD |
| 1966 | 156 | 577 | 173 | 32 | 5 | 24 | 74 | 89 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 11 | 8 | .300 | .362 | .497 | .859 | LAD,NL |
| 1967 | 48 | 181 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .293 | .337 | .481 | .817 | LAD HOU |
| 1968 | 150 | 565 | 166 | 36 | 4 | 18 | 82 | 75 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 74 | 10 | 3 | .294 | .332 | .467 | .800 | HOU |
| 1969 | 158 | 614 | 155 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 76 | 79 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 9 | 4 | .252 | .301 | .397 | .698 | HOU |
| 1970 | 138 | 542 | 156 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 78 | 77 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 77 | 13 | 2 | .288 | .328 | .434 | .761 | HOU |
| 1971 | 153 | 603 | 158 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 76 | 84 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 119 | 5 | 6 | .262 | .304 | .386 | .691 | HOU |
| 1972 | 56 | 90 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .268 | .267 | .535 | HOU |
| 1973 | 23 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .292 | .326 | .618 | HOU |
| Total | 2066 | 7774 | 2315 | 452 | 85 | 290 | 1159 | 1186 | 553 | 111 | 62 | 952 | 153 | 71 | .298 | .350 | .490 | .840 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1962 | 7 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .419 | .733 | 1.153 |
| 1964 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 |
| 1965 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| 1968 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .200 | .391 | .591 |
| 1970 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 |
| 1971 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .136 | .174 | .136 | .310 |
| Total | 33 | 118 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .271 | .312 | .449 | .761 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| First Base | 10 | 10 | 96 | 4 | 8 | 100 | 0 | 1.000 | 81.0 | 11.11 | | | | |
| Leftfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1958...
Had first career hit on 4/1/1958, off Jim O'Toole (MIL)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1958, off Lou Brissie (STN)...
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game...
Won Rookie of the Year in 1958, hitting .314 with 29 HR, 109 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/4/1959, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1960, hitting .375 with 7 HR, 21 RBI...
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1960, hitting .362 with 7 HR, 21 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Milwaukee on 7/17/1960...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/9/1961, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 8 RBI...
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 7/28/1961...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1961, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1961, hitting .379 with 9 HR, 25 RBI...
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game...
Injured on 6/13/1964 with a Broken Finger, out for 6 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1964, hitting .538 with 2 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/6/1964, hitting .467 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Won World Series Championship with Los Angeles(N) in 1964...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/28/1965, hitting .524 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1965, hitting .324 with 8 HR, 27 RBI...
Won World Series Championship with Los Angeles(N) in 1965...
Won Golden Glove Award at First Base in 1965...
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game...
Won Golden Glove Award at First Base in 1966...
Traded from Los Angeles(N) to Houston on 4/1/1967 (Going to LAD: P 1969 1st Rd Pick, P 1969 2nd Rd Pick, RF Rich Reese. Going to HOU: LF Orlando Cepeda)...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Francisco on 4/4/1969...
Had 2000th career hit on 4/28/1970, off Mike Marshall (CIN)...
Injured on 7/10/1970 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks...
Won World Series Championship with Houston in 1970...
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG
1958 - .314 - 3rd
1959 - .317 - 4th
1960 - .308 - 6th
1961 - .316 - 6th
1962 - .325 - 2nd
1964 - .328 - 4th
1965 - .307 - 7th
1966 - .300 - 9th
1968 - .294 - 7th
| OBP
1959 - .383 - 7th
1961 - .379 - 9th
1964 - .386 - 9th
| SLG
1958 - .562 - 6th
1959 - .519 - 8th
1960 - .540 - 7th
1961 - .573 - 3rd
1962 - .514 - 8th
1963 - .491 - 10th
1964 - .562 - 6th
1966 - .497 - 10th
| OPS
1958 - .912 - 9th
1959 - .902 - 6th
1960 - .907 - 6th
1961 - .952 - 3rd
1962 - .897 - 8th
1964 - .948 - 7th
| Hits
1958 - 169 - 9th
1959 - 180 - 2nd
1960 - 180 - 2nd
1961 - 188 - 7th
1962 - 199 - 2nd
1965 - 179 - 6th
1966 - 173 - 9th
1968 - 166 - 8th
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Doubles
1958 - 37 - 6th
1959 - 37 - 2nd
1960 - 36 - 4th
1961 - 44 - 1st
1962 - 40 - 1st
1963 - 34 - 10th
1965 - 40 - 4th
1966 - 32 - 8th
1968 - 36 - 5th
| Triples
1959 - 9 - 4th
1961 - 8 - 5th
1962 - 11 - 3rd
| Homeruns
1961 - 31 - 6th
| RBI
1958 - 109 - 7th
1961 - 101 - 10th
| Runs
1961 - 118 - 2nd
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SB
1959 - 21 - 9th
1960 - 22 - 7th
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