Clemente played like a man possessed, fielding superbly, unleashing his rifle arm, hitting .414 with two doubles, a triple and two home runs when they counted. As The New Yorker's Roger Angell saw it, ...
Roberto Clemente began his career with the Puerto Rican professional baseball league. At just 17 years old, the Brooklyn Dodgers signed him the following year and he would eventually break records ...
Roberto Clemente was the first Latino to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Copyright 2020 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) He’s a household ...
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the tragic death of Roberto Clemente, we present this article previously published on LasMayores.com and MLB.com. For 50 years, Roberto Clemente’s legacy has ...
He was born almost three years after Roberto Clemente’s death, but Alex Rodriguez says the Hall of Fame Pirates outfielder made a significant impact on his life and baseball career growing up in the ...
Major league baseball great Roberto Clemente was born on this day in history, Aug. 18, 1934. Clemente’s mother, Luisa Walker, gave birth to her son in Barrio San Anton, Carolina, in Puerto Rico, ...
On Dec. 31, 1972, MLB outfielder Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker died in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico. He was only 38. Even though this plane crash occurred 51 years ago, we still ...
Arries Ann Ward was born into slavery in North Carolina before moving to Worcester.
In light of Hispanic Heritage Month, this segment of Clarified explores the iconic legacy of Latino baseball player Roberto Clemente on and off the field. In light of Hispanic Heritage Month, this ...