Roberto Clemente Award

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The Roberto Clemente Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to the player who best exemplifies sportsmanship, community involvement, and positive contributions on and off the field.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball award
sportsmanship award
alsoKnownAs Roberto Clemente Award
surface form: Clemente Award
associatedWith Roberto Clemente Award self-linksurface differs
surface form: Roberto Clemente Day
awardingBody Commissioner of Baseball
surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
category Major League Baseball awards
surface form: Major League Baseball trophies and awards
competitionLevel Major League Baseball
surface form: Major League
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criterion community involvement
positive contributions off the field
positive contributions on the field
sportsmanship
distinctFrom Cy Young Award
Most Valuable Player award
surface form: Most Valuable Player Award

Rookie of the Year Award
eligibility active MLB players
firstAwarded 1971
firstRecipient Willie Mays
formerName Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award
surface form: Commissioner’s Award
frequency annual
givenTo Major League Baseball player
hasAwardType individual award
hasGenderRestriction none
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.mlb.com/awards/roberto-clemente-award
honorsFor community service
humanitarian efforts
philanthropy
inception 1971
isNonPerformanceBased true
languageOfName English
league Major League Baseball
mediaCoverage national
namedAfter Roberto Clemente
notableRecipient Albert Pujols
Cal Ripken Jr.
Clayton Kershaw
David Ortiz
Derek Jeter
Roberto Clemente
organizer Major League Baseball
presentedBy Major League Baseball
purpose to honor players who exemplify Roberto Clemente’s values
renamedInHonorOf Roberto Clemente
renamingYear 1973
selectionProcess combination of fan voting and media/MLB panel voting
sport baseball
symbolizes character
charity
leadership

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Roberto Clemente Award alsoKnownAs Roberto Clemente Award
this entity surface form: Clemente Award
Roberto Clemente Award associatedWith Roberto Clemente Award self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Roberto Clemente Day
Roberto Clemente awardNamedAfter Roberto Clemente Award
Clayton Kershaw awardReceived Roberto Clemente Award
David Ortiz awardReceived Roberto Clemente Award
Jimmy Rollins awardReceived Roberto Clemente Award
Tim Wakefield awardYear Roberto Clemente Award
this entity surface form: 2010 Roberto Clemente Award
Tim Wakefield awarded Roberto Clemente Award
Major League Baseball awards hasComponent Roberto Clemente Award
Roberto Clemente honor Roberto Clemente Award
this entity surface form: Roberto Clemente Award named in his honor