In celebration of the 50th Anniversary season, the Giants will pay tribute to Cepeda, who played his first Major League game on April 15, 1958 - the first ever Major League game played on the West Coast. A lifetime .297 hitter with 379 home runs and 1,364 RBI during his 17-year playing career, Cepeda homered against the Dodgers in his big league debut in the first contest in San Francisco. He went on to win 1958 Rookie of the Year honors, the 1966 Comeback Player of the Year award, the 1967 NL Most Valuable Player trophy and 1973 Designated Hitter of the Year laurels.

A six-time All-Star and hit over .300 nine times in his career, he appeared in three World Series. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999, becoming only the second Puerto Rico native to enter the Hall, joining the late Roberto Clemente. As one of the 10 players in the Giants' 125-year history to have their jersey number retired, he joins Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry as the only five San Francisco players to receive such an honor.

Well-known American sculptor William Behrends was commissioned to design the Cepeda sculpture that stands nine feet tall on a five foot base. Behrends' other commissions at AT&T Park include: the Willie Mays sculpture located in Mays Plaza, Willie McCovey statue located in China Basin Park and the Juan Marichal sculpture in O'Doul Plaza.

September 6 also marks the third annual Fiesta Gigante, which pays tribute to the Giants' rich Hispanic tradition and recognizes Hispanic Heritage Month, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Fiesta Gigante features live music, foods, arts and crafts, entertainers and community resource booths all highlighting and celebrating the Bay Area's Hispanic heritage and the diverse Latino communities located throughout Northern California.

The team will also wear their Gigantes jerseys when they take on the Pittsburg Pirates that evening and the first 20,000 fans will receive a Bengie Molina bobblehead.

There will Now be four statues 1) Willie Mays 2) Willie McCovey 3) Juan Marichal 4) Orlando Cepeda.