LOOK: Google pays tribute to baseball legend Roberto Clemente for Hispanic Heritage Month
Friday's Google Doodle respects a recognizable face for baseball fans: Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente, who is being highlighted for Hispanic Heritage Month. Clemente, who was conceived in Puerto Rico, is recalled both as a Hall of Fame baseball player and a compassionate person.
He was the primary Latin American player to be cherished in baseball's Hall of Fame, and he kicked the bucket when he was 38 of every a plane accident on New Year's Eve in 1972. Clemente was en route to convey alleviation bundles in Nicaragua after a seismic tremor that murdered a great many individuals.
Clemente was a 15-time All-Star, a 12-time Gold Glover champ, a two-time World Series victor and the World Series MVP in 1971. He additionally won MVP in 1966. He completed his vocation with precisely 3,000 hits, and a crazy line of .317/.359/.475. After Clemente's passing, the Hall of Fame postponed its five-year sitting tight period for players in March, 1973, and accepted Clemente. The Pirates resigned Clemente's No. 21 of every 1973.Today we celebrate Puerto Rican, Hall of Fame baseball star Roberto Clemente, whose record-breaking on-the-field performance matched his groundbreaking off-the-field humanitarian efforts.#HispanicHeritageMonth #Boricua #GoogleDoodle → goo.gl/snq9x3
Clemente's 12 Gold Gloves are tied for the most by an outfielder with Willie Mays, and as indicated by CNET he has the main credited walkoff inside-the-recreation center terrific hammer in MLB history. Clemente played no less than 100 recreations in each period of his 18-year MLB profession. In spite of the fact that Clemente wasn't the main local of Puerto Rico to play in the majors (Hiram Bithorn played in 1942, 13 years before Clemente started his profession), he was ostensibly the most persuasive.
It's anything but difficult to perceive any reason why his resemblance is being utilized for Hispanic Heritage Month.
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