Clemente’s No. 21 was marked near the foul pole at PNC Park to honor the late outfielder who tragically died in a plane crash while delivering ... MLB declared Sept. 15 Roberto Clemente Day.

Clemente had 3,000 career hits when he was killed in a plane crash during a humanitarian mission to Nicaragua after the 1972 season. MLB hands out an annual Roberto Clemente Award in honor of the ...

Roberto Clemente, Jr. After the controversy had ... Clemente died tragically in a plane crash on New Year's Eve 1972 while on a humanitarian mission to Nicaragua. He was inducted posthumously ...

Clemente tragically died in a plane crash on December 31 ... “The 21-foot-high wall that officially bears Roberto Clemente’s name continues to, and will forever, display his No. 21 in two ...

where he died during the 1972 plane crash off the coast of Isla Verde. The MLB currently honors Clemente’s legacy with “Roberto Clemente Day” every Sept. 15, as well as awarding the annual ...

However, Roberto Clemente Jr. expressed his unhappiness ... Clemente died in a plane crash off the coast of San Juan in his native Puerto Rico on New Year’s Eve in 1972 while attempting to ...

From Kirby Puckett’s devastating loss of vision to Thurman Munson’s tragic plane crash, and Roberto Clemente’s untimely death while doing humanitarian work, these stories are filled with ...

Clemente died in a plane crash in 1972 at age 38 after a stellar ... His family responded Sunday as Roberto Clemente Jr. issued a statement. "Our hope is that this moment serves as an opportunity ...

The right field wall at PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, stands 21 feet tall as a tribute to Roberto Clemente ... He was tragically killed in a plane crash in 1972 just off the coast ...

Roberto Clemente excelled for the Pirates for 18 ... which cost him his life, as he died in a plane crash on Dec. 31, 1972, that he chartered to bring emergency goods for the people of Nicaragua ...

However, Roberto Clemente Jr. expressed his unhappiness ... Clemente died in a plane crash off the coast of San Juan in his native Puerto Rico on New Year’s Eve in 1972 while attempting to ...