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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. After his early and 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 6,208,212 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Clemente is the 12th most popular baseball player (down from 11th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Puerto Rico (up from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Puerto Rican Baseball Player.

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  • 22

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  • 3.73

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Roberto Clemente ranks 12 out of 74Before him are Hank Aaron, Cy Young, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Mickey Mantle, and Alexander Cartwright. After him are Yogi Berra, Willie Mays, Ichiro Suzuki, Barry Bonds, Nolan Ryan, and Alex Rodriguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Roberto Clemente ranks 189Before him are Giancarlo Baghetti, Nicéphore Soglo, Gino Paoli, Russ Tamblyn, Oleg Kalugin, and Uwe Johnson. After him are Julius Darmaatmadja, Darlene Conley, Bill Cobbs, Carel Godin de Beaufort, Peter Berling, and John Brunner. Among people deceased in 1972, Roberto Clemente ranks 104Before him are René Mayer, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Jessie Royce Landis, Thomas C. Kinkaid, František Čáp, and Giangiacomo Feltrinelli. After him are Bruce Cabot, Miriam Hopkins, Prince William of Gloucester, Mahendra of Nepal, Friedrich Christiansen, and Alfons Gorbach.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente ranks 12 out of 70Before him are José Ferrer (1912), Ricky Martin (1971), Héctor Lavoe (1946), Luis Guzmán (1956), Amaury Nolasco (1970), and Emiliano Mercado del Toro (1891). After him are Daddy Yankee (1977), Luis Fonsi (1978), David Zayas (1962), Luis Miguel (1970), Don Omar (1978), and José Torres (1936).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Puerto Rico

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