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1934–1972 United States
Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican Major League baseball player from 1955 through 1972, exclusively with the Pittsburgh Pirates. A posthumous inductee to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (following his fatal plane crash on December 31, 1972, en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua), Clemente became both the first Latin American and the first Caribbean player to be enshrined.
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If I get a little stronger, I hit with more power and I help the club more.
Bobby, it don't matter how you stand; it matter where you end up!
It make it more easy for me to throw too, after I make catch.
They've been knocking me down all season in the National League and I've still gotten my share of base hits.
I am having a plaque put on the front of my house. It will say, "To God, Mother, Father and Baseball."
Blass, I'm going to tell you something: You pitch me inside, I hit the ball to Harrisburg.'
I see a lot of guys who look stylish at the plate, but they don't hit the ball very often.
You pitch me the fuck inside and I hit the fucking ball to McKeesport.
If you pitch me inside, I will hit the fucking ball to Harrisburg.
If you pitch me inside, I'll hit the ball to McKeesport.
Everything is so new in Puerto Rico. I wanted to build something the way Puerto Rico started, something from the old land.
The more sleep and rest you get, the prettier you become. Like me.
It's a shame he couldn't play in the majors due to the color barrier. I've always insisted Pancho would have been one of the best ever.
They call my people 'Spics' in New York. These are poor people struggling to make a living and should be treated like people and not animals.
Blass, if you pitch me inside, I will hit forty-three home runs a year, thirty-seven of them off you!
You could have put salt and pepper on me and fried me out in right field.
Roberto's nickname of "Momen" comes from his cousin "For no reason."
It is my greatest year, but my biggest disappointment.
Blass, I 'm going to tell you this. You pitch me inside; I will hit the freaking ball to Harrisburg.
When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth. The players should pay the people to come and see us play.