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By Evan Jurkovic
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Was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico The youngest of seven siblings Had to work to earn money by delivering milk Took interest in baseball early on and often played Was recruited by Roberto Marin to play with the Sello Room team, a Puerto Rican team
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Offered a contract with the Santurce Crabbers Was on starting lineup his second season Moved to Montreal to play for The Montreal Royals During playing for The Royals a scout for the Pirates saw him on the bench and discussed drafting him
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Started with the Pirates, April 17, 1955 Did not have the best experience at first because of his race Was in a car accident that injured his lower back, this caused him to miss several games
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Was against the New York Yankees The series went into 7 games Roberto batted a.314 The Pirates won the world series He felt he carried the team Dick Groat won MVP
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Clemente served for the Marines The training made him stronger and fixed his back problems He led the league in RBI’s and batting average In August he was inactive for 5 games due to a chin injury and had persistence pain in his back and arm In 1961, he got his 1,000 hit
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Met his future wife in a drugstore Wife: Vera Zabala Had 3 children, all boys: Enrique, Roberto,Jr., Luis
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December 1972, a major earthquake hits Nicaragua Roberto attempts to aid the survivors Hired an old prop driven airplane for transportation of supplies December 31, 1972 the airplane crashed into the sea, his body was never recovered “Roberto died serving his fellow man. Our youth lose an idol. Our people lose one of they’re glories.”- Rafael Hernandez Colon, Governor of Puerto Rico
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12× All-Star selection (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963,1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972) 2× World Series champion (1960, 1971) 12× Gold Gloves Award winner (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972) 1966 National League MVP 1971 World Series MVP 1971 Babe Ruth Award Pittsburgh Pirates #21retired
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