Benutzer:Trex2001/Baustelle/Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente | |
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Right fielder | |
Geboren am: 18.8.1934 Carolina , Puerto Rico | |
Gestorben am: 31.12.1972 Nahe San Juan, 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 |
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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).