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'''Roberto Clemente Walker''' ([[August 18]], [[1934]] – [[December 31]], [[1972]]) was a [[Major League Baseball]] [[right fielder]] and right-handed batter. He was elected to the [[United States Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] posthumously in [[1973 in sports|1973]] as the second [[Hispanic American]] to be selected ([[Lefty Gomez]] being the first in 1972), and the only exception to the mandatory five-year post-retirement waiting period since it was instituted in [[1954 in sports|1954]]. He is well-known for being the only player to have ever scored a [[Walk-off home run|walk-off]] [[Home run#Inside-the-park home run|inside-the-park]] [[Grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]].
Clemente was born in [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]], [[Puerto Rico]], the youngest of four children. He played 18 seasons in the majors from [[1955 in sports|1955]] to [[1972 in sports|1972]], all with the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], winning the [[National League]] [[MLB Most Valuable Player Award]] in 1966. He was very helpful in his native land and in other Latin American countries, often bringing baseball supplies and food to them. He died in a [[Accidents and incidents in aviation|plane crash]] on [[December 31]], 1972 while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in [[Nicaragua]]. His [[corpse|body]] was never recovered.
==Baseball accomplishments==
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