Roberto Clemente was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973 by a special Election. After his death in 1972 the five year waiting period was waived.
Roberto Clemente's career, and life was cut short in a plane crash on December 31, 1972 while delivering supplies to victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. The five year waiting time was waived, and Roberto Clemente was Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973.
He didn't retire. He was killed in a plane crash on New Year's Eve, 1972, on a mercy mession to Central America.
Shortly after take off on December 31, 1972 while flying relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua the plane carrying Roberto Clemente and four other crashed. In 1973 the Baseball's Writer Association waived the customary five-year wait and voted Roberto Clemente into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Roberto Clemente, who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1955-1972, was not only the first Puerto Rican but the first Latin American player ever elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.
Roberto Clemente threw out 269 runners in his 18-year career.
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Roberto Clemente was the 1971 Babe Ruth Award winner.
Roberto Clemente played his last game in the NLCS, on October 3, 1972.
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