Pittsburgh Pirates

Mudcat Grant played in 42 games at pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1971, starting in none of them. He played for a total of 225 outs, equivalent to 8.33 9-inning games.

He made 3 putouts, had 16 assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per 9-inning game. He had 2 double plays.

The color barrier, among others.

The rumors are that yes, he had a girlfriend. In fact, on the night of his death, he was flying to meet with his girlfriend after having a fight with his wife. In Puerto Rico, New Year's Eve is a huge holiday that is spent with close family. For Roberto Clemente to decide that he was going to fly on New Year's Eve to go anywhere, is highly implausible. He was, however, a great humanitarian. Thus, when he died, his manager developed the plausible cover story that he was on a mission to help the people of Nicaragua after an earthquake. The earthquake occured on Dec. 23rd. So, one would wonder why Roberto Clemente waited 1 week to go to help the people of Nicaragua on the day of one of the most celebrated holidays in Puerto Rico.

He chose the number 21 because it is the number of letters in his full name. (Roberto Clemente Walker)

Roberto Clemente was 38 years old when he died in a plane crash. Born August 1934 died December 1972

The once proud Pirates franchise has won the World Series 5 times, the last time in 1979. The last time the Pirates were in the postseason was a 3 year stretch from 1990-1992 where they lost the NLCS in all three years. They have not had a winning season for 17 years.

When the New York Mets play in Pittsburgh, they typically stay at the Omni William Penn Hotel. This historic hotel is located in downtown Pittsburgh, providing easy access to PNC Park where the Mets play against the Pirates. The accommodations and amenities cater well to the team's needs during their stay.

Monte Irvin, a star baseball player for the New York Giants. was Roberto's favorite baseball player.

Roberto clemente married vera cristina and had 3 sons when he was young he was very poor his father was a sugar plantation and his mother ran a grocery store Roberto had many other small jobs to earn a litttle more money for his family

11/14/1964

The great Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder won 12 consecutive Gold Gloves from 1961 to 1972.

One of his kids, Roberto Clemente Jr., is doing well in the industry. I recently met him at the US Open (a surfing competition) in Huntington Beach, California. He is really nice. (:

One of the finest ball players in history and a humanitarian. He set an example for the one who wanted to become a baseball player.

Richie Hebner was the starter and Jose Pagan was the backup.

Kent Tekulve was known for his sidearm "submarine" style.

Never knew they were, since the 70's they have always been near the top.

Art Madison played in 19 games at second base for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1899, starting in none of them.

He made 40 putouts, had 41 assists, and committed 4 errors, equivalent to .211 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had 4 double plays.

The Pirates have won 5 World Series.

1909 against the Detroit Tigers

1925 against the Washington Nationals

1960 against the New York Yankees

1971 against the Baltimore Orioles

1979 against the Baltimore Orioles

Clemente was very giving always helping out the community. Donating his time and what little money they made back then to people who were less fortunate than him. That was how he died by paying for a plane out of his pocket to fly supllies to another country after a act of nature caused great damage. He also supported funding for littoplkle league fields.

Clemente's philanthropy was not calculated to gain public or private recognition. He simply wanted to help people in need. For some, his generosity was financial; with others he freely shared his chiropractic knowledge - learned as a result of his own back injury in 1954; and for many others, particularly children, Clemente's kindness came as free lessons in the game of baseball.

Clemente always cared about children. Despite his busy schedule, he made time to hold baseball clinics for kids, especially for those from low-income families. He dreamed of building a "Sports City" where Puerto Rican youth would have ready access to facilities, coaching, and encouragement in many sports. It was another way of working toward a Puerto Rico that was healthier, happier, and fairer.

Clemente became known for his fierce ethnic pride and for his unusual capacity to bear a much larger identity-not just for Puerto Rico but for all of Latin America. It was a responsibility he embraced and carried with dignity and admirable grace.

He didn't see himself as merely a representative of Latin America to the world through baseball. He saw his career in baseball as a way to help Latin Americans - especially underprivileged Puerto Ricans - make their lives better

Clem Koshorek played in 26 games at third base for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1952, starting in none of them.

He made 26 putouts, had 41 assists, and committed 3 errors, equivalent to .115 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had 5 double plays.

Roberto Clemente was a member of the Pirates teams that won the World Series in 1960 (against the Yankees) and 1971 (against the Orioles). He batted .310 in the 1960 Series and .414 in the 1971 Series.

His body was never located in the waters off of Puerto Rico. His teammate, Manny Sanguillen even went diving in an attempt to revocer it, but was unable to locate it.

Roberto clemente was very poor when he was young and married vera cristina and had 3 sons before he died i a plane accident .

Roberto Clemente was the youngest of seven children born to Melchor Clemente and Luisa Walker.