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Roberto Clemente Walker
Carolina, Puerto Rico
5-11, 180 pounds
CAREER BATTING STATS Year Club G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO AVG 1955 Pittsburgh 124 474 48 121 23 11 5 47 60 .255 1956 Pittsburgh 147 543 66 169 30 7 7 60 58 .311 1957 Pittsburgh 111 451 42 114 17 7 4 30 45 .253 1958 Pittsburgh 140 519 69 150 24 10 6 50 41 .289 1959 Pittsburgh 105 432 60 128 17 7 4 50 51 .296 1960 Pittsburgh 144 570 89 179 22 6 16 94 72 .314 1961 Pittsburgh 146 572 100 201 30 10 23 89 59 .351 1962 Pittsburgh 144 538 95 168 28 9 10 74 73 .312 1963 Pittsburgh 152 600 77 192 23 8 17 76 64 .320 1964 Pittsburgh 155 622 95 211 40 7 12 87 87 .339 1965 Pittsburgh 152 589 91 194 21 14 10 65 78 .329 1966 Pittsburgh 154 638 105 202 31 11 29 119 109 .317 1967 Pittsburgh 147 585 103 209 26 10 23 110 103 .357 1968 Pittsburgh 132 502 74 146 18 12 18 57 77 .291 1969 Pittsburgh 138 507 87 175 20 12 19 91 73 .345 1970 Pittsburgh 108 412 65 145 22 10 14 60 66 .352 1971 Pittsburgh 132 522 82 178 29 8 13 86 65 .341 1972 Pittsburgh 102 378 68 118 19 7 10 60 49 .312 Totals 2433 9454 1416 3000 440 166 240 1305 1230 .317
WORLD SERIES STATS Year Club G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO AVG 1960 Pittsburgh 7 29 1 9 0 0 0 3 4 .310 *1971 Pittsburgh 7 29 3 12 2 1 2 4 2 .414 Totals 14 58 4 21 2 1 2 7 6 .362 * World Series MVP
Career Highlights
11th player in Major League Baseball history to record 3000 hits
First Hispanic player elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Won the Most Valuable player award (MVP) in 1966.
A 12-time National League All-Star
Won 12 Gold Gloves in the National League
Led the National League in hits in 1967
Won four batting titles in the National League. (61, 64, 65, 67)
Hit over .350 three times (1961, 67, 70)
Hit better than .300 in 13 different seasons
Got more than 200 hits in four different seasons
Was named the World Series MVP in 1971 after batting .414
Led the National League outfielders in assists five times
Played in two World Series games and batted over .300 in both
Is the all-time leader for the Pirates in several categories.
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