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	Roberto Clemente joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955. He came into baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers and played for their farm team but the Pirates drafted him away from them. It only cost the Pirates $4,000.
When Clemente joined the Pirates, there were only five other Puerto Ricans playing in the major leagues. In his final year in 1972, there were 23. There were 83 Latinos playing baseball then.
	This is a picture of Roberto Clemente and Bill Mazeroski. He played with Bill Mazeroski. They played together from 1956 to 1972. They both consistently won Golden Glove s, an award baseball gives for great defense.
From 1969 through 1967, Roberto never battled lower than .312. He was called "The Pride Of The Pirates" or "The Great One"
	This is a picture of Roberto getting his 3,000 hit. He did it in Three Rivers Stadium against the New York Mets. It turned out to be his final hit ever.
On December 31, 1972, Roberto Clemente boarded a plane bound to help the victims of a devastating earth quake in Nicaragua. He worked tirelessly to get food, medicine, and clothes to bring to the people who needed help. The plane had engine trouble and crashed into the ocean. There were no survivors.
	This is a picture from Roberto Clemente's induction into Baseball's Hall Of Fame. A ballplayer has to be retired from the game for five years before he can be eligible for the hall of fame but they let Roberto in two days after his death. Only six players in history, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Bob Feller, Ted Williams, and Stan Musial received
This is a picture of a tribute to Roberto Clemente at the hall of fame. It shows his jersey, along with the last two Topps Company baseball cards made of Roberto. The last one came out after his death.