⚾ Framed 35x39 Autographed/Signed Orlando Cepeda San Francisco Giants Grey Baseball Jersey — JSA COA — Ponce, Puerto Rico — San Francisco Giants — 1958 National League Rookie of the Year — 1967 National League MVP — 1967 World Series Champion — Pro Baseball Hall of Fame 1999 — The Baby Bull — James Spence Authentication Certificate of Authenticity

⚾ Orlando Cepeda signed this San Francisco Giants grey baseball jersey himself — a direct, in-person autograph from The Baby Bull, who wore the Giants uniform from San Francisco's very first season on the West Coast, who earned the unanimous National League Rookie of the Year award in 1958, who was one of the most feared power hitters in the senior circuit for a decade and a half, and who carried his father's legacy and Puerto Rico's baseball pride into the Hall of Fame when he was inducted in 1999. Authenticated and certified by James Spence Authentication (JSA) and presented in a frame measuring 35 by 39 inches, this signed grey Giants road jersey is the artifact of a career that was extraordinary by any measure and complicated by injury — which only deepens the reverence that the collectors who truly know baseball's history place on a signed Cepeda. Condition: NOS.

🌟 Ponce, Puerto Rico — The Son of Perucho and the Making of The Baby Bull

🌟 Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes was born on September 17, 1937, in Ponce, Puerto Rico — the son of Perucho Cepeda, who was known throughout the island and among those who followed Caribbean baseball as 'The Bull,' one of the greatest pure hitters the Puerto Rican winter leagues had ever produced, a player whose talent deserved a major league career but whose path to the majors was closed by the racial barriers that defined professional baseball in the United States until 1947. Orlando inherited his father's swing, his father's power, and his father's love for the game, and he signed with the Giants organization as a teenager, earning the nickname 'The Baby Bull' as a tribute to the father whose footsteps he was following. Condition: NOS.

🏆 San Francisco Giants — Unanimous Rookie of the Year in 1958

🏆 The San Francisco Giants moved to the West Coast for the 1958 season — the franchise's first year in Northern California after leaving New York — and Orlando Cepeda arrived in the major leagues simultaneously, making his MLB debut that same year and immediately establishing himself as the most dynamic rookie in the National League. He was the unanimous choice for the 1958 NL Rookie of the Year award, a first-baseman who hit .312 with 25 home runs and 96 RBI in his debut season and gave the new San Francisco baseball market the homegrown star they had been hoping to rally around. The grey jersey — the Giants road uniform that spelled out 'San Francisco' in their signature script across the chest — was the uniform he wore as he became one of the most dangerous middle-of-the-order hitters in the National League for the decade that followed. Condition: NOS.

⭐ 1967 NL MVP and World Series Champion with St. Louis

⭐ Orlando Cepeda was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1966 and delivered one of the greatest single seasons of his career in 1967 — the year he was named the unanimous National League Most Valuable Player after hitting .325 with 25 home runs and 111 RBI in a Cardinals lineup that was one of the most complete offensive and pitching ensembles in the senior circuit. The 1967 Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the World Series, giving Cepeda the championship ring that his San Francisco years had brought him close to but had not delivered. He was an 11-time All-Star who played for several organizations across his career, but it is the Giants grey jersey — the jersey of his debut, his unanimous Rookie of the Year season, and the decade that established his greatness — that the collectors of baseball history prize as his most iconic uniform. Hall of Fame inducted 1999. Condition: NOS.

⚾🌟 Orlando Cepeda. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Son of Perucho 'The Bull' Cepeda. San Francisco Giants 1958-1966. 1958 NL Rookie of the Year unanimous. 1967 NL MVP. 1967 World Series champion. 11x All-Star. Pro Baseball Hall of Fame 1999. Signed grey Giants jersey, framed 35x39, JSA COA. Condition: NOS.