Roberto Clemente was almost a Brooklyn Dodger ... was signed as an unprotected bonus baby by the Brooklyn Dodgers. During the 1954 season, Clemente played for the Dodgers’ Triple-A farm team ...

Roberto Clemente began his career with the Puerto Rican professional baseball league. At just 17 years old, the Brooklyn Dodgers signed him the following year and he would eventually break records ...

Roberto Clemente led a baseball career that few can match. Born August 18, 1934, in Puerto Rico, he would begin his professional baseball career in Puerto Rico in 1952, just three short years ...

Roberto Clemente, Jr., threw out the ceremonial ... The Pirates drafted the right-handed hitting Clemente from the Brooklyn Dodgers’ organization in the 1954 Rule 5 Draft after he hit ...

"50 years after his death, Roberto Clemente, the skillful outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates, remains one of the most revered figures in Puerto Rico and Latin America," NBCNews tweeted.

Half a century after he played, many of today’s Latino baseball players credit him for paving the way.

This Sunday, September 15, is Roberto Clemente Day throughout Major ... The New York Giants hosted the Brooklyn Dodgers in the deciding Game 3 of a National League postseason series necessitated ...

Roberto Clemente began his career with the Puerto Rican professional baseball league. At just 17 years old, the Brooklyn Dodgers signed him the following year and he would eventually break records ...