Roberto Clemente

Full Name: Roberto (Walker) Clemente	Primary Position: OF,RF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175	First Game: April 17, 1955
Birthdate: August 18, 1934	Final Game: October 3, 1972
Birthplace: Carolina, Puerto Rico	MLB Experience: 18 years
Died: December 31, 1972
Deathplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Roberto Walker Clemente was born August 18, 1934 in Carolina, Puerto Rico and played his entire Hall of Fame career in rightfield with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was very helpful in his native land and in other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball supplies and food to them. He died in a plane crash on December 31, 1972 while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. His body was never recovered. He was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973 as the first Hispanic American to be selected, and the only exception to the mandatory five-year post-retirement waiting period since it was instituted in 1954. He is well-known for being the only player to have ever scored a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam.

Most people believe that Roberto Clemente's best season was 1966, when he slugged 29 home runs, hit for a .317 average and knocked in 119 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	PIT	N	124	474	48	121	5	47	.255	.284	.382	23	11	18	60	2	4	2	3	14
1956	PIT	N	147	543	66	169	7	60	.311	.330	.431	30	7	13	58	4	8	6	2	14
1957	PIT	N	111	451	42	114	4	30	.253	.288	.348	17	7	23	45	0	0	0	1	13
1958	PIT	N	140	519	69	150	6	50	.289	.327	.408	24	10	31	41	0	3	8	1	15
1959	PIT	N	105	432	60	128	4	50	.296	.322	.396	17	7	15	51	3	3	2	2	10
1960	PIT	N	144	570	89	179	16	94	.314	.357	.458	22	6	39	72	2	4	4	4	21
1961	PIT	N	146	572	100	201	23	89	.351	.390	.559	30	10	35	59	3	1	4	10	18
1962	PIT	N	144	538	95	168	10	74	.312	.352	.454	28	9	35	73	1	1	6	9	18
1963	PIT	N	152	600	77	192	17	76	.320	.356	.470	23	8	31	64	4	4	12	6	24
1964	PIT	N	155	622	95	211	12	87	.339	.388	.484	40	7	51	87	2	3	5	16	9
1965	PIT	N	152	589	91	194	10	65	.329	.378	.463	21	14	43	78	5	2	8	14	17
1966	PIT	N	154	638	105	202	29	119	.317	.360	.536	31	11	46	109	0	1	7	13	14
1967	PIT	N	147	585	103	209	23	110	.357	.400	.554	26	10	41	103	3	0	9	17	15
1968	PIT	N	132	502	74	146	18	57	.291	.355	.482	18	12	51	77	1	0	2	27	13
1969	PIT	N	138	507	87	175	19	91	.345	.411	.544	20	12	56	73	3	0	4	16	19
1970	PIT	N	108	412	65	145	14	60	.352	.407	.556	22	10	38	66	2	1	3	14	7
1971	PIT	N	132	522	82	178	13	86	.341	.370	.502	29	8	26	65	0	1	1	5	19
1972	PIT	N	102	378	68	118	10	60	.312	.356	.479	19	7	29	49	0	0	0	7	15
Total			2433	9454	1416	3000	240	1305	.317	.359	.475	440	166	621	1230	35	36	83	167	275

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1955	PIT	N	OF	118	0	0	253	18	6	5	.978
1956	PIT	N	2B	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	.667
1956	PIT	N	3B	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.667
1956	PIT	N	OF	139	0	0	274	17	13	2	.957
1957	PIT	N	OF	109	107	945.1	272	9	6	1	.979
1957	PIT	N	RF	97	96	843.1	243	7	5	0	.980
1957	PIT	N	CF	14	11	102	29	2	1	1	.969
1958	PIT	N	OF	135	129	1150.2	312	22	6	3	.982
1958	PIT	N	RF	135	129	1150.2	308	23	6	3	.982
1959	PIT	N	RF	104	102	900	228	11	13	1	.948
1959	PIT	N	OF	104	102	900	229	10	13	1	.948
1960	PIT	N	OF	142	140	1255.2	246	19	8	2	.971
1960	PIT	N	RF	142	140	1255.2	252	19	8	2	.971
1961	PIT	N	OF	144	142	1241	256	27	9	5	.969
1961	PIT	N	RF	144	142	1236	250	26	9	4	.968
1961	PIT	N	CF	1	0	5	3	1	0	1	1.000
1962	PIT	N	OF	142	138	1228.2	269	19	8	1	.973
1962	PIT	N	RF	142	138	1228.2	269	19	8	1	.973
1963	PIT	N	RF	143	140	1243.1	224	11	10	2	.959
1963	PIT	N	CF	8	8	71	14	0	1	0	.933
1963	PIT	N	OF	151	148	1314.1	239	11	11	2	.958
1964	PIT	N	RF	154	154	1361.2	282	13	10	2	.967
1964	PIT	N	OF	154	154	1361.2	289	13	10	2	.968
1965	PIT	N	CF	4	0	5.1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1965	PIT	N	OF	146	143	1270	288	16	10	1	.968
1965	PIT	N	RF	145	143	1264.2	281	16	10	1	.967
1966	PIT	N	CF	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	1.000
1966	PIT	N	OF	154	153	1382.1	318	17	12	3	.965
1966	PIT	N	RF	154	152	1374.1	318	17	12	3	.965
1967	PIT	N	CF	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1967	PIT	N	OF	145	141	1250.1	273	17	9	4	.970
1967	PIT	N	RF	144	141	1248.1	272	17	9	3	.970
1968	PIT	N	OF	131	128	1159	297	9	5	1	.984
1968	PIT	N	RF	131	128	1159	297	9	5	1	.984
1969	PIT	N	OF	135	128	1124	226	14	5	1	.980
1969	PIT	N	RF	135	128	1124	182	13	5	1	.975
1970	PIT	N	OF	104	102	901.1	189	12	7	2	.966
1970	PIT	N	RF	104	102	901.1	188	11	7	3	.966
1971	PIT	N	RF	125	120	1081.1	269	11	2	4	.993
1971	PIT	N	OF	125	120	1081.1	267	11	2	4	.993
1972	PIT	N	OF	94	88	812.1	199	5	0	2	1.000
1972	PIT	N	RF	94	88	812.1	198	5	0	2	1.000
Total			2B	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	.667
Total			OF	2372	2063	18378	4696	266	140	42	.973
Total			3B	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.667
Total			RF	2093	2043	18184.2	4061	228	119	33	.973
Total			CF	30	20	193.1	49	3	2	2	.963

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1952).
Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 22, 1954).

[edit] Trivia

12 Time All-Star: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
2 Time World Series Champion: 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates
NL MVP: 1966

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