Despite his unfairly shortened career, did Pirates baseball star Roberto Clemente manage to join the exclusive "3,000 Hits Club"? Yes, and he did so on September 30, 1972 in the…

Listing the things, the places, that have been named or renamed in honor of the great baseball star and humanitarian Roberto Clemente would spill over into the next page. It…

Ernie Banks once compared Roberto Clemente to Willie Hoppe, the legendary carom billiards player: “Roberto, who plays a shallow right field, has been known to throw out batters at first…

This past March 17, 2024, a 1960 Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates World Series Championship year game-worn jersey was sold at a Lelands' auction for $256,713.60.

Throughout all of baseball history, extending back into the 1800's, there has been one, and only one inside-the-park, walk-off, grand slam home run. Just one. The player who did it:…

According to Wikipedia, as of 2021, the highest prices paid for mint or near mint condition baseball trading cards are, in order: Mickey Mantle (1952) Topps  Honus Wagner (1909) Mike…

Roberto Clemente is the only baseball player in history to hit a walk-off-inside-the-park grand slam home run. Just one of so many amazing achievements in this amazing man's all too…

Dodgers Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully on one of this great player's many gifts: "Roberto Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in…

Roberto Clemente was not only a great baseball player, but also a great humanitarian. At the end of 1972, at only age 38, he died in a plane crash, in…