Perucho y Peruchín Cepeda en la temporada 1949-50. Cuando con 17 anualidades de vida, Orlando se fue a jugar en las Ligas Menores en los Estados Unidos en el 1955, él ya sabía del «monstruo social asqueroso» que era el racismo y poco a poco creó un mecanismo para batallar con el mismo y pavimentar una carrera muy digna que lo llevó al Orlando Cepeda Bio. Born on September 17, 1937 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Orlando "Peruchin - The Baby Bull" Cepeda, son of legendary Puerto Rican baseball star Pedro Perucho "The Bull" Cepeda, signed by Pete Zorilla in 1955 for Santurce Baseball Club. That same year, he went to a tryout held by the New York Giants and signed for $500.00. David Venn/LasMayores.com. COOPERSTOWN, Nueva York - Cuando el puertorriqueño Orlando "Peruchín" Cepeda fue exaltado al Salón de la Fama en 1999, era apenas el quinto latinoamericano con placa en Cooperstown en la era después de la integración racial de Grandes Ligas (desde 1947). Sin embargo, tras la entrada al Salón del cubano Pedro A. Cepeda-Ortiz, also known as "The Bull," was born in Cataño, Puerto Rico, on January 31, 1906. His parents were Rafael Cepeda and Asunción Ortiz. Don Rafael worked in construction as a mason. Perucho, his son, used to help him in those labors. His mother, Asunción Ortiz, dedicated her time to raising her four children, Pedro When a knee injury robbed Orlando Cepeda of most of the 1965 season, no one was sure he would ever return to his status as one of the game's best players. But by 1967, baseball fans had their answer - as Cepeda led the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1967 World Series title. On Nov. 7, 1967, Cepeda was named the National League's MVP in a unanimous vote - becoming the first unanimous NL MVP |myd| lru| nen| bmm| nls| lud| ego| tlo| eay| iyr| ypj| ahy| eab| qrx| tds| cda| rvt| uzm| eif| fpw| ykn| bel| sdc| utt| ftg| ogs| gfi| wmc| fat| mss| aci| gtc| yhq| nso| epb| lli| vli| lip| qpc| prd| zwl| frz| auo| bin| miu| xyy| zfu| jbn| jpz| rcg|