After submitting another stellar season in 1972, when he turned 38, Clemente was killed in a New Year’s Eve plane crash while trying to deliver food and medical aid to earthquake-stricken Nicaragua.

Andrew McCutchen tied Roberto Clemente for third place on the Pittsburgh Pirates’ all-time home run list at 240 with a two-run shot off San Diego’s Randy Vásquez in the third inning on Sunday.

Still, it is within this select group that Roberto Clemente absolutely belongs. The same may well be true of Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and a good 250 or so others who have played this game ...

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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 deliver supplies to earthquake-ravaged Nicaragua. He was inducted ...

The baseball legend’s son, Roberto Clemente Jr., penned an open letter to the team on Sunday, ... where he died during the 1972 plane crash off the coast of Isla Verde.

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 deliver supplies to earthquake-ravaged Nicaragua. He was inducted ...

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 deliver supplies to earthquake-ravaged Nicaragua. He was inducted ...

Clemente died tragically in a plane crash on New Year's Eve 1972 while on a humanitarian mission to Nicaragua. He was inducted posthumously into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973 via special election.