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Details the playing career of Giants, Cardinals, and Braves hitting great, Orlando Cepeda!

Career Highlights:

• He was a 7-time All-Star
•  He was the 1958 National League Rookie of the Year
•  He won the National League Most Valuable Player Award (1967)
•  He was a World Series Champion with the St. Louis Cardinals (1967)
•  He was the National League Home Run Champion in 1961
•  He led the National League in RBIs twice in 1961 and 1967
•  He had 9 seasons where he batted over .300
•  He was the first winner of the American League's Outstanding Designated Hitter Award (1973)
•  And he was the 2nd Puerto Rican baseball player (after Roberto Clemente) to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame