BASEBALL PLAYER

Roberto Clemente

1934 - 1972

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Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈβeɾto enˈrike kleˈmente (ɣ)walˈkeɾ]; August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. In December 1972, Clemente died in the crash of a plane he had chartered to take emergency relief goods for the survivors of a massive earthquake in Nicaragua. After his sudden death, the National Baseball Hall of Fame changed its rules so that a player who had been dead for at least six months would be eligible for entry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto Clemente has received more than 6,756,203 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Clemente is the 13th most popular baseball player (down from 12th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Puerto Rico (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Puerto Rican Baseball Player.

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  • 22

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  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Roberto Clemente ranks 13 out of 91. Before him are Cy Young, Reggie Jackson, Alexander Cartwright, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, and Ichiro Suzuki. After him are Mickey Mantle, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax, and Nolan Ryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Roberto Clemente ranks 215. Before him are Vicar, Oleg Basilashvili, Kir Bulychev, Shirley Jones, Aram Tigran, and Uwe Johnson. After him are Lev Polugaevsky, Gennadiy Aygi, Fayza Ahmed, Juraj Herz, Francisco J. Ayala, and Richard Swinburne. Among people deceased in 1972, Roberto Clemente ranks 111. Before him are Paul Grüninger, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Ralph Craig, Oleksandr Korniychuk, Leo G. Carroll, and August Zaleski. After him are Friedrich Christiansen, Raúl Leoni, Bruce Cabot, Maximus V of Constantinople, Ennio Flaiano, and Robert Casadesus.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente ranks 13 out of 77. Before him are José Ferrer (1912), Héctor Lavoe (1946), Luis Guzmán (1956), Emiliano Mercado del Toro (1891), Amaury Nolasco (1970), and Daddy Yankee (1977). After him are Luis Fonsi (1978), Roselyn Sánchez (1973), Manuel Goded Llopis (1882), Luis Miguel (1970), Osvaldo Ríos (1960), and Don Omar (1978).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Puerto Rico

Among baseball players born in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente ranks 1. After him are Carlos Beltrán (1977).

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