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Roberto Clemente Born: Aug. 18, 1934
Baseball OF
hit over .300 13 times with Pittsburgh; led NL in batting 4 times; World Series MVP in 1971; regular season MVP in 1966; had 3,000 career hits; killed in plane crash; MLB Man of the Year award is named for him. Died: Dec. 31, 1972
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