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1968 Topps #374 Roberto Clemente PSA 5 Sporting News All-Star HOF Pittsburgh

Description: All-Star card for Roberto Clemente recently graded EX 5 by PSA. Card number 374 from the 1968 Topps Set. Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. In December 1972, Clemente died in the crash of a plane he had chartered to take emergency relief goods for the survivors of a massive earthquake in Nicaragua. After his sudden death, the National Baseball Hall of Fame changed its rules so that a player who had been dead for at least six months would be eligible for entry. In 1973, Clemente was posthumously inducted, becoming the first player from the Caribbean and Latin-America to be honored in the Hall of Fame.Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Clemente was a track and field star and an Olympic hopeful in his youth before deciding to turn his full attention to baseball. His professional career began at the age of eighteen, with the Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League. He quickly attracted the attention of the Brooklyn Dodgers who signed him to a bonus of $10,000. However, due to the bonus rule under which Clemente had signed and the Dodgers decision to send him to the minor leagues, they lost Clemente to the Pittsburgh Pirates who drafted him after the 1954 season.Clemente was an All-Star for 13 seasons, selected to 15 All-Star Games. He was the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1966, the NL batting leader in 1961, 1964, 1965, and 1967, and a Gold Glove Award winner for 12 consecutive seasons from 1961 through 1972. His batting average was over .300 for 13 seasons and he had 3,000 hits during his major league career. He also was a two-time World Series champion. Clemente was the first player from the Caribbean and Latin America to win a World Series as a starting position player (1960), to receive an NL MVP Award (1966), and to receive a World Series MVP Award (1971).During the offseason, in addition to playing winter ball in Puerto Rico, Clemente was involved in charity work in Latin American and Caribbean countries. In 1972, he died in a plane crash at the age of 38 while en route to deliver aid to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake. The following season, the Pittsburgh Pirates retired his uniform number 21. In his honor, Major League baseball renamed the Commissioner's Award, given to the player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team", to the Roberto Clemente Award.

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1968 Topps #374 Roberto Clemente PSA 5 Sporting News All-Star HOF Pittsburgh1968 Topps #374 Roberto Clemente PSA 5 Sporting News All-Star HOF Pittsburgh

Item Specifics

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Card Size: Standard

League: Major League (MLB)

Autographed: No

Set: 1968 Topps

Player/Athlete: Roberto Clemente

Grade: 5

Year Manufactured: 1968

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Vintage: Yes

Type: Sports Trading Card

Sport: Baseball

Language: English

Manufacturer: Topps

Team: Pittsburgh Pirates

Card Number: 374

Season: 1968

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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