The Pirates star was a great player and humanitarian whose life was cut short in an airplane crash on Dec. 31, 1972.

Roberto Clemente was the first Latino to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Copyright 2020 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) He’s a household ...

Writing a compelling biography of a famous major league baseball player from Puerto Rico who died at age 38 in an airplane crash while transporting relief items to Nicaraguan earthquake victims is ...

Major league baseball great Roberto Clemente was born on this day in history, Aug. 18, 1934. Clemente’s mother, Luisa Walker, gave birth to her son in Barrio San Anton, Carolina, in Puerto Rico, ...

On Dec. 31, 1972, MLB outfielder Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker died in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico. He was only 38. Even though this plane crash occurred 51 years ago, we still ...

In light of Hispanic Heritage Month, this segment of Clarified explores the iconic legacy of Latino baseball player Roberto Clemente on and off the field. In light of Hispanic Heritage Month, this ...

Roberto Clemente's jersey number is retired in Pittsburgh, effort would retire it throughout MLB. Fans of former Pittsburgh Pirate Roberto Clemente want the right-fielder’s jersey number 21 to become ...

Starting in December and ending on Opening Day, Joe Posnanski will count down the 100 greatest baseball players by publishing an essay on a player every day for 100 days. In all, this project will ...

Roberto Clemente was the first Latino to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Copyright 2020 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) He’s a household ...

Roberto Clemente began his career with the Puerto Rican professional baseball league. At just 17 years old, the Brooklyn Dodgers signed him the following year and he would eventually break records ...