Roberto Clemente Roberto Clemente
Childhood of Famous Americans

Roberto Clemente

Young Ball Player

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Kids
RELEASED
2008
September 5
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
192
Pages
PUBLISHER
Aladdin
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
10.2
MB
AUDIENCE
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