Remember Roberto Clemente, a great baseball player and humanitarian!

Roberto Clemente was a Puerto Rican right fielder who brought the Latinos to Major League Baseball. He died doing humanitarian work. Clemente was a great American.

If you have the opportunity to help others and you don't, you're wasting your time on this earth."

Roberto Clemente's motto

We are intense and Clemente brought that passion to baseball. It's been part of the game ever since. In many old photos, he almost seems to growl at the ball. This is the intensity that Roberto Clemente brought to the game.

Roberto Clemente was one of the greatest baseball players of all time

Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was born in Barrio San Antón, Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18, 1934. [We spent three months writing from Carolina, including at Ciudad Deportiva Roberto Clemente, the sports grounds that bear his name.]

He was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 right out of high school. They sent him to play for their minor league team, the Montreal Royals.

In 1955, Clemente signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates where he played his entire career in Major League Baseball.

It took him a few years to learn to speak English and improve his physical condition, but by 1960 he was an All-Star, one of the best players in the game.

In 1966, Clemente was the National League MVP (Most Valuable Player) when he batted .317 with 29 home runs and 119 RBIs.

Clemente led the Pirates to World Series championships in 1971 and 1979.

Roberto has won 12 Gold Glove Awards and participated in 15 All-Star Games. In his very last game, Clemente became the 11th player and the first Latin to hit 3,000 in a season.

Roberto Clemente was a great humanitarian