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29 de dez. de 2022 · Five decades after his death, on Dec. 31, 1972, Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente’s influence is still felt in the baseball world and beyond.
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After signing a big-league contract as a teenager, Clemente came to the United States and first encountered Jim Crow segregation during spring training in Florida. Forced to stay in a rooming house instead of Pittsburgh’s team hotel because of the color of his skin, the Pirates' outfielder couldn’t eat at the same restaurants or go to the same movi...
Weeks after notching his 3,000th hit in his final at-bat of the 1972 regular season, Clemente traveled with his wife, Vera, to Nicaragua, where he managed a Puerto Rican team in the world amateur baseball championships. “He and Vera fell in love with Nicaragua, and Nicaragua fell in love with them,” Ruck says. “He and Vera would walk around each mo...
While baseball lost a star, the world lost a humanitarian. Clemente’s memory, however, has endured. From Puerto Rico to Pittsburgh to Germany, there are schools, bridges, parks and ballfields named in his honor. Following Clemente’s death, the Puerto Rican government donated 304 acres near the barrio where the baseball star grew up to fulfill his d...
Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈβeɾto enˈrike kleˈmente (ɣ)walˈkeɾ]; August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder.
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19 de set. de 2023 · Roberto Clemente put on a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform for the last time 51 years ago, and the Pirates organization has honored the on- and off-field legacy that he left behind ever since. The baseball world, from Pittsburgh to Puerto Rico and everywhere in between, watched Clemente succeed on the baseball
Our Stories. Clemente’s teamwork helped make historic Pirates 1971 lineup a reality. Written by: Bruce Markusen. Roberto Clemente was not the first Latino to play in the major leagues. Nor was he the first Latino who happened to be dark-skinned. Those honors belonged to other players.
31 de dez. de 2022 · Roberto Clemente Jr. stood with his hands delicately draped upon the shoulders of 93-year-old Wilkins resident Angie Gialloreto. The pair was reunited on a rainy afternoon on Saturday outside PNC Park in the shadow of the statue honoring Clemente Jr.’s late father — the legendary Pirates right fielder who died in an airplane ...
31 de dez. de 2022 · Roberto Clemente was known as “The Great One,” a prideful man from Puerto Rico who won four National League batting titles and two World Series crowns with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was...
