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Roberto Clemente
Right fielder
Geboren am: 18.8.1934
Carolina , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Gestorben am: 31.12.1972
Nahe San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Schlug: Rechts Warf: Rechts
Debüt in der Major League Baseball
17. April 1955 bei den Pittsburgh Pirates
Letzter MLB-Einsatz
3. Oktober 1972 bei den Pittsburgh Pirates
Batting average   0,317
Hits  3,000
Home Runs  240
Runs batted in  1,305
Teams

Auszeichnungen

Mitglied der
Baseball Hall of Fame
Aufgenommen  1973
Quote  92.7%

Roberto Clemente Walker (18. August 1934 – 31. Dezember 1972) war ein puerto-ricanischer Baseballspieler. Er wurde in Carolina als jüngster von sieben Kindern geboren. Er bagann seine professionelle Karriere bei den Santurce Crabbers in der puerto-ricanischen Profiliga (LBPPR). Während er in Puerto Rico spielte bekam er ein Angebot von den Brooklyn Dodgers bei den Montreal Royals zu spielen. Clemente unterschrieb den Vertrag und spielte in der Mannschaft bis er 1954 von den Pittsburgh Pirates gedraftet wurde.

Clemente played his entire 18-year baseball career with the Pirates (1955–72). He was awarded the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 1966. During the course of his career, Clemente was selected to participate in the league's All Star Game on twelve occasions. He won twelve Gold Glove Awards and led the league in batting average in four different seasons. He was involved in charity work in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball equipment and food to them. He died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. His body was never recovered. He was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, thus becoming the first Latin American to be selected and the only current Hall of Famer for whom the mandatory five year waiting period has been waived since the wait was instituted in 1954. Clemente is also the first Hispanic player to win a World Series as a starter (1960), win a league MVP award (1966) and win a World Series MVP award (1971).