Roberto Clemente
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"Roberto Clemente Walker" was a Puerto Rican people/Puerto Rican professional baseball player. He was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 through 1972. He was a National League, MLB Most Valuable Player Award/Most Valuable Player once, All-Star twelve times (15 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/games), Batting title/batting champion four times, and Gold Glove winner twelve times. In 1972, Clemente got his 3,000th major league hit (baseball)/hit in the very last plate appearance of his career during a regular season game.

Clemente was involved in charity work in Puerto Rico and Latin American and Caribbean countries during the off seasons, often delivering baseball equipment and food to those in need. He died in an Aviation accidents and incidents/aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.

Clemente was inducted posthumously to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum/National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, becoming the first Latin American and Caribbean player to be enshrined. His death established the precedent that as an alternate to the five year retirement period, a player deceased for at least 6 months is eligible for entry into the Hall of Fame.

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I will hit .450 if you give me Ralph Garr's legs, Johnny Bench's age and cut the travel schedule.

I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.

I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.

If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ball player. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.

I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball.

I always try to lead the clean life.

My father was the 87th Latino to be in the major leagues, but he was the first one ... to be able to speak up and become an activist against prejudice, not only in baseball but also in society, and that took a lot to be able to do that.

Jamie is one of the most accomplished pitchers in Mariners' history, leading the major leagues in winning percentage over the last eight years, ... But it is his commitment to making the difference in the life of those in need through the Moyer Foundation that has made people see you as a great baseball player and a great humanitarian.

I do not live so far from Miami.