CNN —Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda has died at age 86, his family announced via the San Francisco Giants on Friday.
Cepeda made his major league debut with the Giants in 1958 – the year they moved from New York to San Francisco.
Orlando Cepeda, then a player for the Atlanta Braves, poses for a photo in 1970.
APCepeda is one of only two players in National League history to win both Rookie of the Year and MVP honors, unanimously.
St. Louis Cardinals' Orlando Cepeda scores in the eighth inning of a baseball game as New York Mets catcher J.C. Martin, right, and umpire Tim McCarver, left, watch at Shea Stadium in New York in 1968.
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