Roberto Clemente

Statue at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Photo by me!

Roberto Clemente

Born: Aug. 18, 1934. Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Died: Dec. 31, 1972. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Home: Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
5'11", 175-185 lbs.
Debut: April 17, 1955.

Honors and Awards

1960-67, 69-72 National League All Star (12 times)
1961, 64, 65, 67 National League Batting Champion
1961-72 Gold Glove (12 times)
1966 National League MVP
1971 World Series MVP
1973 Uniform Number 21 retired by Pittsburgh Pirates
1973 Hall of Fame

Batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	RP	BB	SO	AVG	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	TA
1955	124	474	48	121	23	(4)11	5	181	47	90	18	60	.255	2	5	.285	.382
1956	147	543	66	169	30	7	7	234	60	119	13	58	(3).311	6	6	.332	.431
1957	111	451	42	114	17	7	4	157	30	68	23	45	.253	0	4	.289	.348
1958	140	519	69	150	24	10	6	212	50	113	31	41	.289	8	2	.329	.408
1959	105	432	60	128	17	7	4	171	50	106	15	51	.296	2	3	.324	.396
1960	144	570	89	(5)179	22	6	16	261	94	(5)167	39	72	(4).314	4	5	.360	.458
1961	146	572	100	(2)201	30	10	23	(5)320	89	166	35	59	(1).351	4	1	.392	.559
1962	144	538	95	168	28	9	10	244	74	159	35	73	.312	6	4	.355	.454
1963	152	600	77	192	23	8	17	282	76	136	31	64	(2).320	12	2	.357	.470
1964	155	622	95	(1)211	(2)40	7	12	301	87	170	51	87	(1).339	5	2	(4).391	.484
1965	152	589	91	(4)194	21	(2)14	10	273	65	146	43	78	(1).329	8	0	.380	.463
1966	154	638	(4)105	(3)202	31	(3)11	29	(2)342	(2)119	(2)195	46	109	(3).317	7	5	.363	.536
1967	147	585	(4)103	(1)209	26	10	23	(3)324	(2)110	(1)190	41	103	(1).357	9	1	(3).402	(3).554	(3).959
1968	132	502	74	146	18	(2)12	18	242	57	113	51	77	.291	2	3	.357	.482
1969	138	507	87	175	20	(1)12	19	276	91	159	56	73	(2).345	4	1	.413	(5).544
1970	108	412	65	145	22	(3)10	14	229	60	111	38	66	.352	3	0	.409	.556
1971	132	522	82	178	29	8	13	262	86	155	26	65	.341	1	2	.372	.502
1972	102	378	68	118	19	7	10	181	60	118	29	49	.312	0	0	.361	.479
Total	2433	9454	1416	3000	440	166	240	4492	1305	2481	621	1230	.317	83	46	.362	.475
Pirates	(1)	(1)	(3)	(1)	(3)	(3)	(3)	(1)	(3)				(10)
ML	(48)	(30)	(63)	(21)	(66)	(27)		(28)	(67)	(54)		(57)	(52)

Number in parentheses preceding Statistic indicates ranking in National League for the season.

Fielding

Year	PO	A	E	DP	TC/G	FA	G by Pos
1955	253	18	6	5	2.3	.978	OF-118
1956	275	20	15	2	2.2	.952	OF-139, 2B-2, 3B-1
1957	272	9	6	1	2.6	.979	OF-109
1958	312	22	6	3	2.5	.982	OF-135
1959	229	10	13	1	2.4	.948	OF-104
1960	246	19	8	2	1.9	.971	OF-142
1961	256	27	9	5	2.0	.969	OF-144
1962	269	19	8	1	2.1	.973	OF-142
1963	239	11	11	2	1.7	.958	OF-151
1964	289	13	10	2	2.0	.968	OF-154
1965	288	16	10	1	2.2	.968	OF-145
1966	318	17	12	3	2.3	.965	OF-154
1967	273	17	9	4	2.1	.970	OF-145
1968	297	9	5	1	2.4	.984	OF-131
1969	226	14	5	1	1.8	.980	OF-135
1970	189	12	7	2	2.0	.966	OF-104
1971	267	11	2	4	2.3	.993	OF-124
1972	199	5	0	2	2.2	1.000	OF-94
Total	4697	269	142	42	2.2	.972	OF-2370, 2B-2, 3B-1

Post-Season

Year	Series	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	PO	A	E	DP	TC/G	FA	G by Pos
1960	WS	.310	7	29	1	9	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	19	0	0	0	2.7	1.000	OF-7
1970	NLCS	.214	3	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	2.3	1.000	OF-3
1971	NLCS	.333	4	18	2	6	0	0	0	4	1	6	0	12	0	0	0	3.0	1.000	OF-4
1971	WS	.414	7	29	3	12	2	1	2	4	2	2	0	15	0	0	0	2.1	1.000	OF-7
1971	Total	.383	11	47	5	18	2	1	2	8	3	8	0	27	0	0	0	2.5	1.000	OF-11
1972	NLCS	.235	5	17	1	4	1	0	1	2	3	5	0	10	0	0	0	2.0	1.000	OF-5
Total	NLCS	.265	12	49	4	13	1	0	1	7	4	15	0	29	0	0	0	2.4	1.000	OF-12
Total	WS	.362	14	58	4	21	2	1	2	7	2	6	0	34	0	0	0	2.4	1.000	OF-14
Total	Total	.318	26	107	8	34	3	1	3	14	6	21	0	63	0	0	0	2.4	1.000	OF-26

1971 World Series MVP
#9 All-Time, Highest Batting Average, All World Series Played, .362
Hit Safely in all 14 World Series Games Played?

All-Star Game

1960 July 11		NL 5-3
1960 July 13		NL 6-0
1961 July 11	Starter	NL 5-4	Faced Hoyt Wilhelm in the bottom of the 10th inning and singled in Mays from second for game winning RBI
1961 July 31	Starter	1-1	Rain after 9
1962 July 10	Starter	NL 3-1	Clemente led the attack with 3 hits
1962 July 30	Starter	AL 9-4
1963 July 9		NL 5-3
1964 July 7	Starter	NL 7-4
1965 July 13		NL 6-5
1966 July 12	Starter	NL 2-1	10 innings
1967 July 11	Starter	NL 2-1	15 innings
1969 July 23		NL 9-3
1970 July 14		NL 5-4
1971 July 13		AL 6-4	Home Run
1972 July 25	Starter	NL 7-1	Did not play due to injury

All-Time Rankings

Pirates Team

#1 Hits, 3000
#1 Games, 2433
#1 At Bats, 9454
#1 Singles, 2154
#1 Total Bases, 4492
#3 Doubles, 440
#3 Triples, 166
#3 Home Runs, 240
#3 RBI, 1305
#3 Runs, 1416
#4 Extra Base Hits, 846
#10 Batting Average, .317

Major Leagues

Career
- #21 Hits, 3000
- #24 Relative Batting Average, 120.7
- #27 Triples, 166
- #28 Total Bases 4492
- #30 At Bats, 9454
- #33 Total Player Rating, 42.9
- #44 Total Baseball Ranking, 42.9
- #45 Extra Base Hits, 846
- #48 Games 2433
- #50 Adjusted Batting Wins, 37.8
- #52 Batting Average, .317
- #54 Runs Created, 1557
- #54 Runs Produced, 2481
- #54 Adjusted Batting Runs, 363
- #57 Battings Wins, 36.8
- #57 Strikeouts, 1230
- #63 Runs, 1416
- #65 Batting Runs, 354
- #66 Doubles, 440
- #67 RBI 1305
Season
- #68 Relative Batting Average, 1967, 1.385
Fielding
- #1 Gold Glove Awards, Outfield, 12 (1961-72)
- #5 Fielding Runs, Outfield, 173
- #10 Games Played, Outfield, 2370
- #18 Assists, Outfield, 266
- #24 Fielding Wins, 18.2
- #25 Fielding Runs, 175

1961-1976 Era, Major Leagues

Career
- #1 Triples, 166
- #2 Batting Average, .317 (#1 in the National League)
- #9 Runs/Game, .58
Season
- #5 Triples, 1965, 14
- #6 Batting Average, 1967, .357
- #9 Batting Average, 1961, .351
- #13 Batting Average, 1969, .345

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