I had a very superficial understanding of Roberto Clemente’s life. I knew he was a great player. I knew he was a Hall of Famer. And I knew that he had died at age 38 in a plane accident while ...

Fifty years ago today, Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente laced a double off New ... Three months later, on New Year’s Eve, he died in a plane crash while trying to deliver humanitarian ...

He introduced Roberto Clemente Commemorative Coin Act in January Clemente played 18 seasons for the Pirates between 1955 and 1972, recording exactly 3,000 hits. He died on New Year's Eve 1972 in a ...

In 1966, though the Pirates were edged out of the playoffs, he hit .317 with 29 home runs and 119 runs batted in. Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates was elected the most valuable player in ...

With exactly 3,000 hits, Roberto Clemente is the measure of greatness in baseball. The next season Brooklyn Dodgers scout Al Campanis held a clinic and Clemente impressed Campanis enough that he ...

In fact, he died a hero, trying to help victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua in late 1972. To honor him, the league ...