Roberto Clemente
BY: Chaz “the all*” Ferguson
When he was young
• Roberto Clemente Walker was born in Barrio
San Anton in Carolina, Puerto Rico, August
18, 1934.
• The youngest of four children, Roberto
excelled in track and field, winning medals in
the javelin throw and short distance
races. However, his real love was baseball.
From Amateurs to the Pros
• He played amateur baseball with Juncos Double A
Club and soon went on to play with the Santurce
Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Winter League.
• From Santurce he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers
and was assigned to play for their top affiliate, the
Montreal Royals.
• In 1954, the Pittsburgh Pirates obtained Roberto with
the # 1 pick of the draft, which was awarded to the
Pirates. Clemente joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in
1955, where he played his entire eighteen year
Major League Baseball career from 1955 to 1972.
ACHEIVEMENTS
• He achieved many things like opening the
door for the Latino's the dominate in
baseball
• He is famous because he was the man on
the Pirates that could do it all. Here are
other reasons he was the greatest baseball
player in his time
He was good
• 12 Time Gold Glove Winner
•
• 12 Time National League All-Star
•
• Batted .311 or Higher in Thirteen Seasons
•
• Four National League Batting Titles
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• 1966 National League MVP
1971 World Series MVP
Eleventh Major League Player to Record 3,000 Hits
Uniform Number 21 Retired by Pittsburgh Pirates in 1973
Death of a hero
• A plane was taking medical, food and clothing
supplies to earthquake stricken Nicaragua. Vera and
friends begged him not to take the trip, but Roberto
was determined. He was infuriated that the previous
supplies had not made it to the victims. Roberto was
going to personally see to it that the victims received
the much needed supplies. Unfortunately, the plane
went down off the coast of Puerto Rico. Roberto's
body was never found. Just months after Roberto
joined an elite group of players with 3,000 hits, he
was gone.
Hall of fame
• As some as the hall of Fame committee
herd of his tragic death , they overthrew the
5 year wait and inducted him into the hall of
fame on August 5 ,1973