Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente laced a double off New York Mets rookie pitcher Jon Matlack to join one of baseball’s most exclusive fraternities: the 3,000-hit club. “I still think ...
Clemente, then 18, hit .356 in the winter of 1952-53. With exactly 3,000 hits, Roberto Clemente is the measure of greatness in baseball. The next season Brooklyn Dodgers scout Al Campanis held a ...
Pittsburgh Pirates icon Roberto Clemente was a hero and lives ... players in baseball history and the gatekeeper to the 3,000-hit club. Clemente earned his 3,000th hit in his final week of ...
He introduced Roberto Clemente Commemorative Coin Act in January Clemente played 18 seasons for the Pirates between 1955 and 1972, recording exactly 3,000 hits. He died on New Year's Eve 1972 in a ...