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American baseball player

Hall of Fame baseball player Roberto Clemente was the first great Hispanic star in major league baseball.

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Playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he had a lifetime average of and home runs; had four seasons

Roberto Clemente

with or more hits; and won twelve Gold Gloves in eighteen seasons. He also won the National League Most Valuable Player award in Clemente's stellar performance helped open the door for other Hispanic players to enter the sport.

Clemente was born in in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children, six of whom were boys.

His father, Melchor, was a foreman of a sugar plantation and worked long hours in the fields, receiving a dollar a day. When Clemente was young, he worked in the same fields, loading and unloading trucks.

Clemente began playing baseball with his friends at an early age, and continued to play through high school, where he starred in baseball and track.

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