Today, Roberto Clemente is recognized as one of the greatest Latin-American professional baseball players of all time. ... In 1966 he was the selected by the Sporting News as an All Star Team Outfielder and the National League Player of the Year. ... A year later, in his final season, Roberto achieved his 3,000th hit, which at the time was reached by only ten other players, all of whom were in the Hall of Fame. ...

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