“Roberto Clemente’s Legacy Returns: Pirates Promise to Reinstate Iconic Sign Amid Controversy!”
The Pirates retired No. 21 in 1973 and many have called for the number to be retired throughout Major League Baseball as Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 is.
Clemente played all 18 of his MLB seasons with the Pirates, finishing with 3,000 career hits, 240 home runs and 1,305 RBI with a .317 average and .834 OPS. He is the team’s all-time leader in hits and tied for most games played in franchise history. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.
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