Orlando Cepeda, one of baseball’s most feared sluggers during his 17-year career, died on Friday, June 28, at his home. His family confirmed the death but did not provide a cause.
“We lost a true gentleman and legend,” San Francisco Giants chairman Greg Johnson said in a statement, according to MLB.com “Orlando was a great ambassador for the game throughout his playing career and beyond. He was one of the all-time great Giants and he will truly be missed.”
Born in Puerto Rico, Cepeda joined the big leagues in 1958 and won the National League Rookie of the Year honors during the Giants’ first year in San Francisco.
Cepeda, also named National League Mvp with the Cardinals in 1967, was a member of 11 All-Star teams.
In 1961, he led the Nl in homers (46) and the majors in RBIs (142).
In addition to the Giants, Cepeda also played with the Braves, A’s, Royals and Red Sox.
“We lost a true gentleman and legend,” San Francisco Giants chairman Greg Johnson said in a statement, according to MLB.com “Orlando was a great ambassador for the game throughout his playing career and beyond. He was one of the all-time great Giants and he will truly be missed.”
Born in Puerto Rico, Cepeda joined the big leagues in 1958 and won the National League Rookie of the Year honors during the Giants’ first year in San Francisco.
Cepeda, also named National League Mvp with the Cardinals in 1967, was a member of 11 All-Star teams.
In 1961, he led the Nl in homers (46) and the majors in RBIs (142).
In addition to the Giants, Cepeda also played with the Braves, A’s, Royals and Red Sox.
- 6/29/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles, has died. He was 73.
The A’s said Blue died Saturday but didn’t give a cause of death.
“I remember watching a 19-year-old phenom dominate baseball, and at the same time alter my life,” Dave Stewart,” a four-time 20-game winner for the A’s a generation later, wrote on Twitter. “There are no words for what you have meant to me and so many others.”
Blue was voted the 1971 American League Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player after going 24-8 with a 1.82 Era and 301 strikeouts with 24 complete games, eight of them shutouts. He was 22 at when he won Mvp, the youngest to win the award. He remains among just 11 pitchers to win Mvp and Cy Young in the same year.
The A’s said Blue died Saturday but didn’t give a cause of death.
“I remember watching a 19-year-old phenom dominate baseball, and at the same time alter my life,” Dave Stewart,” a four-time 20-game winner for the A’s a generation later, wrote on Twitter. “There are no words for what you have meant to me and so many others.”
Blue was voted the 1971 American League Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player after going 24-8 with a 1.82 Era and 301 strikeouts with 24 complete games, eight of them shutouts. He was 22 at when he won Mvp, the youngest to win the award. He remains among just 11 pitchers to win Mvp and Cy Young in the same year.
- 5/7/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
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