Editing Roberto Clemente (section)

==Honors and legacy==
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|Image  = Pirates_21RC.png
|Name   = Roberto Clemente
|Number = 21
|Team   = Pittsburgh Pirates
|Year   = 1973
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On March 20, 1973, the [[Baseball Writers' Association of America]] held a special election for the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]. They voted to waive the waiting period for Clemente, due to the circumstances of his death, and posthumously elected him for induction into the Hall of Fame, giving him 393 out of 424 available votes, for 92.7% of the votes.{{efn|Clemente's Hall of Fame plaque originally had his name as "Roberto Walker Clemente" instead of the proper Spanish format "Roberto Clemente Walker"; the plaque was recast in 2000 to correct the error.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clemente's Plaque Corrected |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/20/sports/clementeacutes-plaque-corrected.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 20, 2000}}</ref> Both plaques are currently on display in the Hall of Fame, the new one in the plaque gallery and the original in the “sandlot kids clubhouse” area.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lukas |first1=Paul |title=Jeff Idelson: Baseball Hall of Fame president talks about caps, typos and more |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/interview/090723 |website=[[ESPN]] |date=July 23, 2009}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anapolis |first1=Nick |title=Clemente elected to Hall of Fame only months after crash |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/waiting-period-waived-for-clementes-election |publisher=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref>

Clemente's number 21 was retired by the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] on April 6, 1973, a few weeks after his election to the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pirates Retired Numbers |url=https://www.mlb.com/pirates/history/records-stats-awards/retired-numbers |website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Jordan, Jimmy |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wB4OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=430DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3010%2C861427 |title=Misty Scene: Bucs Retire No. 21 |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=April 7, 1973}}</ref> There have been calls for MLB to retire number 21 league-wide, as was done with [[Jackie Robinson]]'s number 42 in 1997, but the sentiment has been opposed by the Robinson family.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sharon Robinson: honor Clemente some other way|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=2304057&type=story|work=[[ESPN]] |date=January 24, 2006 |access-date=August 17, 2009 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

In 1999, Clemente was ranked number 20 on ''[[Sporting News|The Sporting News]]'' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, the highest-ranking Latin American and Caribbean player on the list.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Baseball's 100 Greatest Players: No. 20, Roberto Clemente |magazine=[[The Sporting News]]|date=April 26, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050130023826/http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/100/index-20.html |archive-date=January 30, 2005 |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/100/index-20.html}}</ref> Later that year, he was nominated as a finalist for the [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/1999/1023/129008.html |title=All-Century Team final voting |website=[[ESPN]] |date=October 23, 1999 |access-date=March 5, 2009}}</ref> In 2020, ''[[The Athletic]]'' ranked Clemente at number 40 on its "Baseball 100" list, complied by sportswriter [[Joe Posnanski]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Posnanski |first1=Joe |title=The Baseball 100: No. 40, Roberto Clemente |url=https://theathletic.com/1597307/2020/02/16/the-baseball-100-no-40-roberto-clemente/ |work=[[The Athletic]] |date=February 16, 2020}}</ref>

In 2007, Clemente was selected for the [[Rawlings Gold Glove Award|All Time Rawlings Gold Glove Team]] for the 50th anniversary of the creation of the [[Gold Glove Award]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rawlings All-Time Gold Glove Team |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/All_Time_Gold_Glove_Team.shtml |website=Baseball Almanac}}</ref>

He was named to Major League Baseball's [[Latino Legends Team]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/mlb/y2005/m10/d26/c1260180.jsp |title=Chevrolet Presents the Major League Baseball Latino Legends Team unveiled today |website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB.com]] |date=October 26, 2005 |access-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630165620/http://www.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/mlb/y2005/m10/d26/c1260180.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1973, [[Major League Baseball]] renamed the Commissioner's Award to the [[Roberto Clemente Award]]. It has been awarded every year to a player with outstanding baseball playing skills who is personally involved in community work. A trophy and a donation check for a charity of the player's choice are presented annually at the [[World Series]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Roberto Clemente Award |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_moy.shtml |website=Baseball Almanac}}</ref>

Clemente was elected to the [[Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame]] in 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hispanicheritagebaseballmuseum.org/hall-of-fame.html |title=Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame |website=hispanicheritagebaseballmuseum.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106072333/https://www.hispanicheritagebaseballmuseum.org/hall-of-fame.html |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> and the [[Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 2015. In 2003, he was also inducted into the [[United States Marine Corps]] Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://robertoclementefoundation.org/roberto-clemente-veteran/ |title=Roberto Clemente: A Veteran Worthy of Honor |website=Roberto Clemente Foundation|date=September 4, 2018 }}</ref>

Near the old [[Forbes Field]] where Clemente began his major league career, the city of Pittsburgh renamed a street in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uncoveringpa.com/forbes-field-pittsburgh |title=Uncovering the Remnants of Forbes Field in Pittsburgh |last=Cheney |first=Jim |date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> Additionally, the city named [[Roberto Clemente Memorial Park]] in his honor. At [[Pirate City]], the Pirates spring training home in [[Bradenton, Florida]], a section of 27th Street East is named Roberto Clemente Memorial Highway.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20120225/signs-of-roberto-clemente-remain-in-bradenton |title=Signs of Roberto Clemente remain in Bradenton |first=Chris |last=Anderson |date=February 25, 2012 |newspaper=Herald Tribune |access-date=June 30, 2020}}</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] issued a Roberto Clemente postal stamp on August 17, 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hispanianews.com/archive/2001/April13/04.htm |title=National Postal Museum to feature Roberto Clemente Walker |work=Hispania News |access-date=December 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203191320/http://www.hispanianews.com/archive/2001/April13/04.htm |archive-date=February 3, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The stamp was designed by Juan Lopez-Bonilla and shows Clemente wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap with a [[Puerto Rican flag]] in the background.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oliver |first1=Tony |title=Roberto Clemente Postage Stamps Across the World |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/roberto-clemente-postage-stamps-across-the-world/ |publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref>

[[File:Roberto Clemente statue.JPG|thumb|left|A [[Statue of Roberto Clemente (Pittsburgh)|statue of Clemente]] located outside [[PNC Park]] in Pittsburgh.]]

The Pirates originally [[Statue of Roberto Clemente (Pittsburgh)|erected a statue]] in memory of Clemente at [[Three Rivers Stadium]], just before the [[1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]]. It has since been moved to [[PNC Park]] when it opened in 2001, and stands outside the park's centerfield gates.<ref>{{cite news |title=Statue dedicated to Clemente |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/07/08/Statue-dedicated-to-Clemente/3985773640000/ |work=United Press International |date=July 8, 1991}}</ref>

In 1974, the Harlem River State Park in [[Morris Heights, Bronx|Morris Heights]], [[The Bronx, New York City]], was renamed [[Roberto Clemente State Park]] in his honor. In 2013, forty years after his election to the Hall of Fame, a [[Statue of Roberto Clemente (New York City)|statue]] was unveiled at the park. It was the first statue honoring a Puerto Rican to be unveiled in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=David |title=A New Home for Clemente: On a Pedestal in the Bronx |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/a-new-home-for-clemente-on-a-pedestal-in-the-bronx/ |access-date=May 21, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 28, 2013}}</ref>

In 2012, the [[Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente|Puerto Rico Professional Baseball League]] (LBPPR) was renamed Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente, the number 21 was also permanently retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.primerahora.com/deportes/beisbol/nota/nacelaligadebeisbolprofesionalrobertoclemente-649919.html |title=Nace la Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente |date=May 19, 2012 |publisher=Primera Hora}}</ref>

A number of schools have been named after Clemente, including the [[Roberto Clemente Community Academy]] in [[Chicago]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clementehs.org/ |title=About Us |publisher=Roberto Clemente Community Academy}}</ref> and the [[Roberto Clemente Charter School]] in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.myrccs.com |publisher=Roberto Clemente Charter School}}</ref>

In 2002, 30 years after his death, Major League Baseball proclaimed September 15 as "Roberto Clemente Day".<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB celebrates Roberto Clemente Day |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-celebrates-roberto-clemente-day-2022 |website=[[MLB.com]] |date=September 14, 2022}}</ref>

In 1973, President [[Richard Nixon]] posthumously honored Clemente with the [[Presidential Citizens Medal]].<ref>{{cite web |work=The American Presidency Project |title=Remarks at a Ceremony Honoring Roberto Clemente, May 14, 1973 |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=3844 |access-date=July 11, 2013 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719104736/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=3844 |url-status=dead }}</ref> That same day, Congress honored Clemente with the [[Congressional Gold Medal]].<ref>{{cite web |work=History, Arts & Archives |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |title=The Roberto Clemente Walker Congressional Gold Medal |access-date=July 10, 2013 |url=http://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35733}}</ref> In 2003, President [[George W. Bush]] awarded Clemente the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web |work=The American Presidency Project |title=Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, July 23, 2003 |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=64890 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719104742/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=64890 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 }}</ref> 

Clemente is an iconic sports figure in [[Puerto Rico]], widely revered by his people. In 2022, the government of Puerto Rico granted Clemente the formal recognition of ''prócer'' (national hero).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/beisbol/notas/a-casi-50-anos-de-su-muerte-dan-a-roberto-clemente-el-titulo-de-procer-de-puerto-rico/|title= A casi 50 años de su muerte, dan a Roberto Clemente el título de prócer de Puerto Rico|publisher=Primera Hora|language=Spanish|date=August 18, 2022|accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref> The [[Roberto Clemente Coliseum|Coliseo Roberto Clemente]], opened in 1973 in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], and [[Roberto Clemente Stadium|Estadio Roberto Clemente]], opened in 2000 in [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]], are both named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Krueger |first1=Justin |title=Remembrance and Iconography of Roberto Clemente in Public Spaces |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/remembrance-and-iconography-of-roberto-clemente-in-public-spaces/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research}}</ref>