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Roberto Clemente was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18th, 1934. He ran track but then decided to play baseball. He first played in Puerto Rico, but then he went to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1955 he traded to the Pittsburg Pirates and became the best player on the team. He had an average of .317 of his lifetime battings (he had to get at least one hit out of all thre