Aug 1970; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; FILE PHOTO; Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente (21) hits the ball at Three Rivers ... and Clemente hit .333 with 4 RBI. In the World Series, the ...

Standing deep in the box, the right-handed hitter would drive the ball to all ... Clemente, then 18, hit .356 in the winter of 1952-53. With exactly 3,000 hits, Roberto Clemente is the measure ...

General Robinson St. Fifty years ago today, Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente ... Clemente a rousing ovation. Clemente was handed the ball he had just hit. He coolly tossed it underhanded ...

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.

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 ...

Playing in an era dominated by the likes of Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron, Roberto ... the ball to all fields. After batting above .300 just once in his first five seasons, Clemente ...