Roberto Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. He played 18 seasons at right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a National League, Most Valuable Player once, All-Star twelve times (15 games), batting champion four times, and Gold Glove winner twelve times. In 1972, Clemente got his 3,000th major league hit.
Clemente was very involved in charity work in Puerto Rico and Latin American countries during the off seasons. He died in an airplane accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Now readers can explore how his childhood influenced his life.
- ISBN10 1439136521
- ISBN13 9781439136522
- Publish Date 5 September 2008 (first published 1 April 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Simon & Schuster
- Imprint Aladdin
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 192
- Language English