MLB / Players

Roberto Clemente

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 175 lb

BornAugust 18, 1934 · Carolina, P.R.

MLB debutApril 17, 1955

Final gameOctober 3, 1972

Seasons18 (1955–1972)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1955–1972

Percentile snapshot

1971 season — qualified batters

132

11.6

553

28.6

522

45.5

75.9

178

89.3

86.6

47.3

RBI

78.6

45.5

7.1

70.5

.341

97.3

OBP

.370

75.9

SLG

.502

90.2

OPS

.871

90.2

wRC+

150.0

90.2

OPS+

147.6

90.2

wOBA

.393

88.4

sWAR

4.5

75.9

of 113 qualified 1971 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

129.7

90.1

OPS+

131.1

90.9

sWAR

59.7

99.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1955	124	501	474	48	121	23	11	5	47	18	60	2	5	.255	.284	.382	.666	71.3	75.2	.293	-0.7
1956	147	572	543	66	169	30	7	7	60	13	58	6	6	.311	.330	.431	.761	104.9	104.8	.336	1.6
1957	111	475	451	42	114	17	7	4	30	23	45	0	4	.253	.288	.348	.637	71.7	73.4	.286	-0.6
1958	140	556	519	69	150	24	10	6	50	31	41	8	2	.289	.327	.408	.736	97.1	96.8	.329	1.0
1959	105	456	432	60	128	17	7	4	50	15	51	2	3	.296	.322	.396	.718	91.5	92.6	.321	0.5
1960	144	620	570	89	179	22	6	16	94	39	72	4	5	.314	.357	.458	.815	124.3	122.5	.363	3.2
1961	146	614	572	100	201	30	10	23	89	35	59	4	1	.351	.390	.559	.949	150.1	150.2	.411	5.2
1962	144	581	538	95	168	28	9	10	74	35	73	6	4	.312	.352	.454	.805	112.8	115.9	.355	2.1
1963	152	642	600	77	192	23	8	17	76	31	64	12	2	.320	.356	.470	.826	138.9	136.6	.369	4.4
1964	155	683	622	95	211	40	7	12	87	51	87	5	2	.339	.388	.484	.872	145.5	145.7	.385	5.2
1965	152	642	589	91	194	21	14	10	65	43	78	8	0	.329	.378	.463	.842	136.8	136.7	.374	4.2
1966	154	690	638	105	202	31	11	29	119	46	109	7	5	.317	.360	.536	.896	145.9	146.0	.389	5.4
1967	147	632	585	103	209	26	10	23	110	41	103	9	1	.357	.400	.554	.954	173.5	170.5	.424	6.9
1968	132	557	502	74	146	18	12	18	57	51	77	2	3	.291	.355	.482	.838	146.5	151.7	.370	4.0
1969	138	570	507	87	175	20	12	19	91	56	73	4	1	.345	.411	.544	.955	169.0	170.0	.425	5.9
1970	108	455	412	65	145	22	10	14	60	38	66	3	0	.352	.407	.556	.963	157.2	160.4	.422	4.1
1971	132	553	522	82	178	29	8	13	86	26	65	1	2	.341	.370	.502	.871	150.0	147.6	.393	4.5
1972	102	413	378	68	118	19	7	10	60	29	49	0	0	.312	.356	.479	.835	137.7	139.3	.374	2.7

Career totals

2,433

79th-most career G

10,212

75th-most career PA

9,454

49th-most career AB

1,416

92nd-most career R

3,000

33rd-most career H

440

127th-most career 2B

166

27th-most career 3B

240

284th-most career HR

RBI

1,305

115th-most career RBI

621

498th-most career BB

1,230

216th-most career SO

.3173

72nd-highest career batting average

OBP

.3593

499th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4751

261st-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8344

260th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1967-05-15	PIT @ CIN Gameday	5	3	4	1	3	7	0	14
1969-08-13	PIT @ SF Gameday	5	4	4	0	3	4	0	13
1966-08-07	CIN @ PIT Gameday	5	2	4	0	2	5	0	10
1970-07-04	PIT @ CHC Gameday	5	3	4	0	2	3	0	10
1961-07-06	PIT @ CHC Gameday	5	4	5	1	1	5	1	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1955-05-01	STL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955-05-01	STL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955-05-03	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955-05-07	PIT @ SF Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955-05-10	PIT @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1973 (Special Election)

12× Gold Glove1× Most Valuable Player1× World Series MVP12× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.