Orlando Cepeda
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: referenced
content: San Francisco Giants
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Cepeda, Orlando
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Orlando Cepeda was one of many many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards. Cepeda was a first baseman for the Giants (1958-66), Cardinals (1966-68), Braves (1968-72), Athletics (1972), Red Sox (1973), and Royals (1974). In 1958, Cepeda was named the National League's Rookie of the Year, and the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1967, the same year he helped the Cardinals win the World Series. He was also an eleven-time All-Star playing both games in 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1962, and in the games in 1963, 1964, and 1967. In 1961, Cepeda led the National League in home runs with 46 runs and in RBI's with 142. In 1967, he also led the league in RBI's with 111. In 1999, the Giants retired Cepeda's number and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.082
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.082
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm