For baseball fans, Roberto Clemente’s 3,000th career hit — on this day in 1972, the last game of the season — was a poignant one indeed. On Sept. 30, 1972, Clemente and the defending world champion ...

Clemente played like a man possessed, fielding superbly, unleashing his rifle arm, hitting .414 with two doubles, a triple and two home runs when they counted. As The New Yorker's Roger Angell saw it, ...

It didn’t take 3,000 hits to cement Roberto Clemente’s legacy as a baseball icon. The groundbreaking Hall of Famer’s tireless efforts as a humanitarian and activist off the field were just as prolific ...

“Roberto Clemente: A Diamond Within” is an original play by Candido Tirado, produced by Plowshares Theatre Company that ...

Yankees DH Alex Rodriguez joined the 3,000-hit club on Friday with an opposite field home run against Justin Verlander. He got his 3,001st hit, passing Roberto Clemente to move into 28th place on ...

Fifty-three years ago today, baseball lost a great player -- and a great humanitarian. Passionate and outspoken, Clemente’s humanitarian efforts showed a softer side. In a cruel twist of fate, ...

Pittsburgh, Pa. (WTAJ) – On Sept. 15, Americans remember Roberto Clemente as a selfless humanitarian and one of the greatest players to ever live, but to his son, he was simply “dad.” “He was a lot of ...

Passionate and outspoken, Clemente’s humanitarian efforts showed a softer side. In a cruel twist of fate, Clemente’s charity led to his death at age 38. On Dec. 31, 1972, Clemente boarded a plane in ...