Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente laced a double off New York Mets rookie pitcher Jon Matlack to join one of baseball’s most exclusive fraternities: the 3,000-hit club. “I still think ...

Clemente, then 18, hit .356 in the winter of 1952-53. With exactly 3,000 hits, Roberto Clemente is the measure of greatness in baseball. The next season Brooklyn Dodgers scout Al Campanis held a ...

In 1966, though the Pirates were edged out of the playoffs, he hit .317 with 29 home runs and 119 runs batted in. Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates was elected the most valuable player in ...

Clemente was the 11th player in Major League Baseball to reach 3,000 hits. Video: Boca Raton resident has the bat baseball star Roberto Clemente used on the 3,000th and final hit of his career.

1971 Topps is, in my opinion, Roberto Clemente's masterpiece of a ... In the NLCS, they beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1, and Clemente hit .333 with 4 RBI. In the World Series, the Pirates ...

The youngest of seven children, Roberto Clemente grew up in a tight-knit ... Vera Clemente, wife I remember when dad connected the 3,000th hit, we were in school here, in Puerto Rico.

Roberto Clemente's life was cut short when ... In 1960 they won the National League pennant, with Clemente hitting .314 with 16 homers and a team-high 94 RBI and making his first All-Star team.