Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente was a Puerto Rican right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, he was a track and field prospect before choosing baseball. He was the National League Most Valuable Player in 1966, won four batting titles and 12 consecutive Gold Glove Awards, reached 3,000 hits, and helped the Pirates win two World Series. He died on 31 December 1972 when a plane carrying relief supplies to Nicaragua crashed off Puerto Rico. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, the first Latino and Caribbean player so honored.