Vital Statistics:
Born: Sept. 17, 1937 in Puerto Rico
Teams: San Francisco Giants (1958-66), St. Louis Cardinals (1966-68), Atlanta Braves (1969-72), Oakland A's (1972), Boston Red Sox (1973), Kansas City Royals (1974)
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 1999
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Primary position: First baseman
Career Highlights:
- A .297 lifetime hitter with 379 career homers, he was a seven-time NL All-Star.
- Rookie of the Year at age 20 with the Giants, hitting .312 with 25 homers.
- Won a World Series with the Cardinals in 1967, hitting .325 with 111 RBI that year.
- Hit 46 homers and 146 RBI in 1961.
After Baseball:
- In 1975, Cepeda was arrested while picking up a marijuana shipment at the San Juan airport. He served 10 months in prison. The arrest is credited for delaying his being voted into the Hall of Fame.
