Roberto Clemente boomed a double, one hop off the wall in leftcenter, and the naked numbers - 3,000 - lit up the entire scoreboard. ... Roberto Clemente joins 3,000 hits club in 1972 ...

Fifty years ago today, Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente laced a double off New York Mets rookie pitcher Jon Matlack to join one of baseball’s most exclusive fraternities: the 3,000-hit ...

On Sept. 30, 1972, Clemente got the 3,000th -- and, sadly, final -- hit of his regular-season career. my favs Access and manage your favorites here ...

In the process, he passed former Pirates great Roberto Clemente for No. 32 on the MLB all-time hits list: ... Here's a touching message several members of the 3,000-hit club recorded for Cabrera: ...

It didn’t take 3,000 hits to cement Roberto Clemente’s legacy as a baseball icon. The groundbreaking Hall of Famer’s tireless efforts as a humanitarian and activist off the field … ...

The day was Sept. 30, 1972, and the Pittsburgh Pirates were hosting the New York Mets at Three Rivers Stadium.

When Roberto Clemente doubled off Jon Matlack on Sept. 30, 1972, for his 3,000th career hit, Al Oliver was almost mesmerized in the Pittsburgh dugout. ”We were close friends and it was such a ...

Roberto Clemente gets his 3,000th -- and last -- hit, a double off the Mets Jon Matlack in the Pirates 5-0 win. ... Clemente reaches 3,000 hits By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com.

Think you know Roberto Clemente, the former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder who reached 3,000 hits his final season and is considered one of the greatest Latin players of all time?

Clemente was the first Latino player to have 3,000 Major League hits. It happened at Three Rivers Stadium, and it happened to be his last. He died in a plane crash three months later.

A highly graded ticket from the game in which Roberto Clemente collected his 3,000th career hit, and the uniform that Ben Roethlisberger wore when he surpassed 40,000 yards passing are among items ...

Standing in front of a painting by artist Kait Schoeb, Dr. Rob Shelling, of Boca Raton, has the bat that Roberto Clemente used in his 3,000 hit and also the final hit of his career before he died ...