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Orlando Cepeda played 17 major-league seasons (1958-1974) as a 1B (1,683), OF (231), 3B (4). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 21 | SFN | 148 | 603 | 88 | 188 | 25 | 96 | 15 | 29 | 84 | .312 | .854 | 130 |
| 1959 | 22 | SFN | 151 | 605 | 92 | 192 | 27 | 105 | 23 | 33 | 100 | .317 | .878 | 139 |
| 1960 | 23 | SFN | 151 | 569 | 81 | 169 | 24 | 96 | 15 | 34 | 91 | .297 | .840 | 135 |
| 1961 | 24 | SFN | 152 | 585 | 105 | 182 | 46 | 142 | 12 | 39 | 91 | .311 | .970 | 160 |
| 1962 | 25 | SFN | 162 | 625 | 105 | 191 | 35 | 114 | 10 | 37 | 97 | .306 | .865 | 137 |
| 1963 | 26 | SFN | 156 | 579 | 100 | 183 | 34 | 97 | 8 | 37 | 70 | .316 | .929 | 174 |
| 1964 | 27 | SFN | 142 | 529 | 75 | 161 | 31 | 97 | 9 | 43 | 83 | .304 | .900 | 160 |
| 1965 | 28 | SFN | 33 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .176 | .519 | 51 |
| 1966 | 29 | SFN|SLN | 142 | 501 | 70 | 151 | 20 | 73 | 9 | 38 | 79 | .301 | .834 | 138 |
| 1967 | 30 | SLN | 151 | 563 | 91 | 183 | 25 | 111 | 11 | 62 | 75 | .325 | .923 | 172 |
| 1968 | 31 | SLN | 157 | 600 | 71 | 149 | 16 | 73 | 8 | 43 | 96 | .248 | .685 | 112 |
| 1969 | 32 | ATL | 154 | 573 | 74 | 147 | 22 | 88 | 12 | 55 | 76 | .257 | .753 | 117 |
| 1970 | 33 | ATL | 148 | 567 | 87 | 173 | 34 | 111 | 6 | 47 | 75 | .305 | .908 | 149 |
| 1971 | 34 | ATL | 71 | 250 | 31 | 69 | 14 | 44 | 3 | 22 | 29 | .276 | .822 | 139 |
| 1972 | 35 | OAK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1972 | 35 | ATL | 28 | 84 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .298 | .828 | 142 |
| 1973 | 36 | BOS | 142 | 550 | 51 | 159 | 20 | 86 | 0 | 50 | 81 | .289 | .793 | 123 |
| 1974 | 37 | KCA | 33 | 107 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 16 | .215 | .572 | 65 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 1B | 147 | 147 | 1322 | 97 | 16 | 131 |
| 1959 | 1B | 122 | 102 | 929 | 70 | 16 | 74 |
| 1959 | OF | 44 | 43 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1959 | 3B | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | OF | 91 | 86 | 163 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 1960 | 1B | 63 | 61 | 518 | 27 | 10 | 37 |
| 1961 | 1B | 81 | 75 | 644 | 47 | 2 | 50 |
| 1961 | OF | 80 | 76 | 130 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1962 | 1B | 160 | 154 | 1353 | 88 | 13 | 125 |
| 1962 | OF | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1B | 150 | 147 | 1262 | 83 | 21 | 91 |
| 1963 | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | 1B | 139 | 139 | 1211 | 80 | 18 | 89 |
| 1964 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | 1B | 4 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1965 | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | 1B | 126 | 125 | 1164 | 63 | 13 | 116 |
| 1966 | OF | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1967 | 1B | 151 | 150 | 1304 | 90 | 10 | 103 |
| 1968 | 1B | 154 | 154 | 1362 | 90 | 17 | 109 |
| 1969 | 1B | 153 | 152 | 1318 | 101 | 9 | 91 |
| 1970 | 1B | 148 | 147 | 1288 | 112 | 12 | 100 |
| 1971 | 1B | 63 | 63 | 586 | 49 | 5 | 60 |
| 1972 | 1B | 22 | 21 | 171 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Orlando Cepeda won: Rookie of the Year 1958 (NL), TSN All-Star 1959 (ML), TSN All-Star 1961 (NL), TSN All-Star 1962 (NL), MVP 1967 (NL), TSN All-Star 1967 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1973, 1969, 1967, 1966, 1962, 1961, 1959, 1958.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 57 / 336 | 0 |
| 1958 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 21 / 24 | 21 |
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 117 / 224 | 0 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 9 / 280 | 0 |
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 22 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 280 / 280 | 20 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 36 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
Orlando Cepeda ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #78 | designated hitters | 1973 | 123 OPS+ |
| #100 | first basemen | 1963 | 174 OPS+ |
| #112 | first basemen | 1967 | 172 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.