Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente laced a double off New York Mets rookie pitcher Jon Matlack to join one of baseball’s most exclusive fraternities: the 3,000-hit club. “I still think ...

On Sept. 30th, 1972, Roberto Clemente became one of 11 players to hit 3,000 hits. The cover went to then-Jets quarterback Joe Namath, and Clemente’s historic achievement only received one line ...

He introduced Roberto Clemente Commemorative Coin Act in January Clemente played 18 seasons for the Pirates between 1955 and 1972, recording exactly 3,000 hits. He died on New Year's Eve 1972 in a ...

Clemente, then 18, hit .356 in the winter of 1952-53. With exactly 3,000 hits, Roberto Clemente is the measure of greatness in baseball. The next season Brooklyn Dodgers scout Al Campanis held a ...

The youngest of seven children, Roberto Clemente grew up in a tight-knit ... He had to have that 3,000… He won 12 Golden Gloves and everything else, but that 3,000th hit, only ten players ...

Roberto Clemente's life was cut short when he died ... He was the 11th player to achieve 3,000 hits. He hit safely in all 14 World Series games he played, helping the Pirates win both seven ...