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Life of Roberto Clemente
Clemente, Roberto Walker (1934-72), Puerto Rican professional baseball player, the first Hispanic player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame (1973) and the second player to be honored on a United States postage stamp.
Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Clemente joined a professional Puerto Rican baseball team at age 17. At the end of the 1953 season he signed with New York's Brooklyn Dodgers, but in 1954 the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Clemente from the Dodgers.
After a 1956 automobile accident, Clemente played with chronic back pain. A battery of other serious ailments plagued him throughout his career, but his performance consistently belied his discomfort. His World Series batting average of .362 helped the Pirates win two world championships (1960, 1971). He...
Clemente, Roberto Walker (1934-72), Puerto Rican professional baseball player, the first Hispanic player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame (1973) and the second player to be honored on a United States postage stamp.
Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Clemente joined a professional Puerto Rican baseball team at age 17. At the end of the 1953 season he signed with New York's Brooklyn Dodgers, but in 1954 the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Clemente from the Dodgers.
After a 1956 automobile accident, Clemente played with chronic back pain. A battery of other serious ailments plagued him throughout his career, but his performance consistently belied his discomfort. His World Series batting average of .362 helped the Pirates win two world championships (1960, 1971). He...
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