Roberto Clemente

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Roberto Clemente was a Hall of Fame Puerto Rican right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, renowned for his exceptional hitting, defense, humanitarian work, and status as one of baseball’s greatest players.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hall of Famer
Major League Baseball player
human
professional baseball player
right fielder
AllStarSelections 15
awardNamedAfter Roberto Clemente Award
bats right
battingAverage .317
battingTitles 4
birthDate 1934-08-18
birthPlace Carolina, Puerto Rico
causeOfDeath airplane crash
children 3
countryOfCitizenship Puerto Rico
deathCircumstances plane crash while delivering earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua
deathDate 1972-12-31
deathPlace near San Juan, Puerto Rico
ethnicity Afro–Latino
familyName Clemente
finalMLBGameDate 1972-10-03
finalMLBTeam Pittsburgh Pirates
fullName Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker
givenName Roberto
GoldGloveAwards 12
HallOfFameInductionType special election
HallOfFameInductionYear 1973
hits 3000
homeRuns 240
honor Roberto Clemente Award named in his honor
inductedInto National Baseball Hall of Fame
jerseyNumber 21
knownFor exceptional throwing arm
humanitarian work
line-drive hitting
outfield defense
language Spanish
league National League
MLBDebutDate 1955-04-17
MLBDebutTeam Pittsburgh Pirates
NationalLeagueMVP 1966
notableTeammate Bill Mazeroski
Willie Stargell
playedFor Pittsburgh Pirates
positionPlayed right fielder
recognizedAs one of the greatest right fielders in baseball history
retiredNumber 21
retiredNumberBy Pittsburgh Pirates
runsBattedIn 1305
spouse Vera Clemente
throws right
wonBattingTitle 1961 National League batting title
1964 National League batting title
1965 National League batting title
1967 National League batting title
wonWorldSeries 1960 World Series
1971 World Series
WorldSeriesChampionships 2
WorldSeriesMVP 1971


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