Roberto Clemente debuted 60 years ago today for the Pittsburgh Pirates

On this date in 1955 (60 years ago today)....Roberto Clemente, Right Fielder, debuted for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Amongst his career accomplishments:

1. Four Batting Titles
2. MVP (1966)
3. 12 straight Gold Gloves
4. World Series MVP with 12 hits, .414 batting average, and .729 slugging percentage (1971)
5. First Latin American and Caribbean Player to win a World Series as a starter (1960)
6. 12-Time All-Star
7. 3,000th major league hits
8. Clemente hit in all seven games of the 1960 and 1971 World Series.

The Pirates' Roberto Clemente - who turned into a one-man gang in the 1971 World Series victory over the Baltimore Orioles - became the first Spanish-speaking ballplayer to earn a World Series MVP honors.

Roberto Clemente is considered the greatest "all-around" baseball player that ever lived.

Clemente died in a plane crash in 1972 while delivering aid to his homeland of Puerto Rico.

Roberto Clemente's Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Clemente