Roberto
Clemente
 
Nickname: Arriba
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: August 18, 1934 in P.R., , CAROLINA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1962    1964    1970   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 20 CLE AL     6 6 7 3 3 3 10 9 9 3 3 3 9 8 9
1956 21 CLE AL     6 6 7 3 3 3 9 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8
1957 22 CLE AL     9 9 9 3 3 3 10 9 10 4 4 4 9 8 8
1958 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 10 9 9 4 4 4 9 8 8
1959 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 10 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1960 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 9 8 8
1961 26 CLE AL $ 1,832,143   7 7 7 6 6 6 10 9 9 4 4 4 9 8 8
1962 27 TOR AL $ 2,321,429   7 7 8 6 6 6 10 9 10 4 4 4 8 8 8
1963 28 DET AL $ 5,780,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 8 8 8
1964 29 DET AL $ 5,780,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 8 8 8
1965 30 DET AL $ 5,780,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 3 3 3 8 8 8
1966 31 DET AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 3 3 3 7 7 7
1967 32 DET AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 10 3 3 3 7 7 7
1968 33 TOR AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 10 9 10 3 3 3 7 7 7
1969 34 NYG NL $ 5,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 10 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1970 35 NYG NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 10 9 10 3 3 3 7 7 7
1971 36 CLN NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 7 8 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,780,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 9 8 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 20 AAA   107 392 43 103 29 4 8 52 7 1 18 40 .263 .295 .418 .713 46.9  
1956 21 AAA   104 416 52 121 24 7 13 72 5 3 33 40 .291 .343 .476 .819 64.6  
1957 22 AAA   118 456 73 153 31 3 8 47 20 6 24 48 .336 .369 .469 .838 73.2  
1958 23 CLE AL 145 393 50 126 29 3 4 54 4 5 31 40 .321 .371 .440 .811 56.7 11.2
1959 24 CLE AL 140 392 58 122 32 3 5 44 5 1 32 45 .311 .366 .446 .812 59.9 14.3
1960 25 CLE AL 140 357 56 99 31 1 7 52 4 3 29 41 .277 .332 .429 .760 46.9 9.5
1961 26 CLE AL 154 591 92 165 45 6 21 83 5 3 24 65 .279 .307 .482 .790 80.1 16.3
1962 27 TOR AL 155 569 76 173 47 7 13 74 5 3 52 49 .304 .364 .480 .843 90.0 21.3
1963 28 TOR AL 78 270 36 71 21 4 4 30 5 3 26 35 .263 .329 .415 .744 33.8 7.2
  DET AL 78 295 47 87 28 0 9 44 5 4 21 22 .295 .343 .481 .824 43.1 9.6
  TOT   156 565 83 158 49 4 13 74 10 7 47 57 .280 .336 .450 .786 76.9 16.7
1964 29 DET AL 156 614 83 174 49 5 20 87 22 9 28 60 .283 .313 .477 .790 85.8 16.9
1965 30 DET AL 155 619 101 173 45 5 16 74 19 8 40 65 .279 .325 .446 .771 84.0 17.4
1966 31 DET AL 154 589 64 146 47 6 15 98 10 5 30 79 .248 .283 .424 .707 65.1 9.3
1967 32 DET AL 121 268 33 58 13 4 10 35 5 2 16 37 .216 .260 .407 .666 28.7 2.7
1968 33 TOR AL 133 362 37 91 28 0 7 47 12 3 19 60 .251 .288 .387 .675 35.6 4.4
1969 34 NYG NL 115 364 52 102 29 6 10 48 2 0 14 47 .280 .305 .475 .781 50.2 7.9
1970 35 NYG NL 152 590 76 171 56 4 16 88 2 2 33 68 .290 .326 .480 .806 83.6 15.8
1971 36 CLN NL 78 299 28 65 18 1 5 35 5 1 11 49 .217 .244 .334 .578 22.0 0.2
14 Years Sim 1954 6572 889 1823 518 55 162 893 110 52 406 762 .277 .319 .447 .766 865.6 164.0
3 Years AAA 329 1264 168 377 84 14 29 171 32 10 75 128 .298 .339 .456 .794 184.7  
162 Game Average 544 73 151 42 4 13 74 9 4 33 63 .277 .319 .447 .766 71.8  
Career Highs 156 619 101 174 56 7 21 98 22 9 52 79 .321 .371 .482 .843 90.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3815 525 1031 285 34 97 518 72 34 234 422 .270 .313 .439 .752 502.1
vs LH   2757 364 792 233 21 65 375 38 18 172 340 .287 .328 .458 .786 390.6
Home 952 3223 421 868 245 19 81 429 52 22 186 396 .269 .308 .433 .741 413.8
Away 1002 3349 468 955 273 36 81 464 58 30 220 366 .285 .330 .461 .791 479.0
RISP   1534 0 459 137 15 38 648 0 0 129 196 .299 .345 .482 .828 244.1
Pinch Hitting   309 38 86 20 3 8 65 2 3 24 35 .278 .330 .440 .771 42.7
Close/Late   867 115 257 70 2 21 147 0 0 62 88 .296 .343 .454 .797 127.2
Mar/Apr 318 1167 158 305 91 13 27 160 20 14 76 131 .261 .308 .431 .739 147.1
May 340 1135 143 311 84 9 28 142 20 9 71 143 .274 .317 .438 .755 150.9
June 325 1062 148 308 86 11 31 162 16 8 73 153 .290 .333 .479 .813 160.8
July 311 1035 146 300 81 9 24 131 14 8 51 107 .290 .322 .455 .777 142.0
August 334 1084 152 310 93 7 26 152 16 5 68 98 .286 .330 .457 .786 153.8
Sep/Oct 326 1089 142 289 83 6 26 146 24 8 67 130 .265 .308 .424 .732 138.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 23 CLE AL RF 70 70 634.7 116 1 5 1 .959 1.66   1.2
    1B 24 6 84.3 116 6 1 5 .992 13.02   0.2
    LF 18 7 79.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.03    
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1959 24 CLE AL RF 52 37 365.0 49 0 4 0 .925 1.21   0.6
    LF 40 37 304.0 43 1 0 1 1.000 1.30    
    1B 29 7 113.0 127 7 0 11 1.000 10.67   0.2
1960 25 CLE AL RF 97 77 712.3 102 0 4 0 .962 1.29   0.8
    LF 7 2 26.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.73    
    1B 6 0 20.7 20 2 0 3 1.000 9.58   0.0
1961 26 CLE AL RF 149 136 1189.7 168 3 10 1 .945 1.29   0.5
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 3 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1962 27 TOR AL LF 95 90 787.0 124 1 2 1 .984 1.43   1.9
    RF 59 55 505.0 92 0 3 0 .968 1.64    
1963 28 TOR AL 1B 38 38 319.0 389 27 3 31 .993 11.74   1.2
    LF 30 30 247.7 45 0 1 0 .978 1.64   0.2
    RF 8 6 59.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.36   0.0
  DET AL 1B 38 38 340.4 415 28 4 33 .991 11.71   0.4
    LF 30 30 264.3 49 1 2 1 .962 1.70   0.8
    RF 8 6 63.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.0
  TOT   1B 76 76 659.4 804 55 7 64 .992 11.72   1.6
      LF 60 60 512.0 94 1 3 1 .969 1.67   1.0
      RF 16 12 123.4 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.0
1964 29 DET AL 1B 149 147 1317.0 1538 111 13 112 .992 11.27   3.6
    RF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1965 30 DET AL 1B 154 149 1338.7 1522 128 24 136 .986 11.09   1.6
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 31 DET AL RF 126 124 1101.7 225 3 12 1 .950 1.86   0.8
    1B 28 25 230.0 268 17 5 24 .983 11.15   0.1
1967 32 DET AL 1B 51 51 404.0 430 23 1 32 .998 10.09   0.6
    RF 7 4 47.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.34   0.1
    LF 8 4 40.0 7 1 1 0 .889 1.80    
1968 33 TOR AL 1B 83 55 509.3 508 46 6 30 .989 9.79   1.0
    RF 25 24 210.0 59 1 3 0 .952 2.57   1.4
    LF 9 4 48.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1969 34 NYG NL LF 19 0 35.7 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.26   0.1
    RF 6 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
    1B 4 0 6.7 8 1 0 1 1.000 12.16   0.0
1970 35 NYG NL 1B 48 46 401.7 531 35 1 55 .998 12.68   1.5
    SS 3 3 29.0 4 11 0 1 1.000 4.66   0.1
    RF 3 3 26.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
1971 36 CLN NL 1B 15 15 128.0 136 7 1 11 .993 10.05   0.2
    LF 5 4 30.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.1
    RF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
  1B 670 577 5215.7 6014 438 59 484 .991 11.13   10.6
  RF 616 543 4944.7 846 8 41 3 .954 1.55   5.5
  LF 265 208 1870.3 311 5 7 4 .978 1.52   3.1
  SS 4 3 30.0 4 12 0 1 1.000 4.80   0.2
  3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
Career Totals   1559 1331 12067.7 7177 464 107 492 .986 5.70   19.4
Career Highs   156 149 1340.7 1539 128 24 136 1.000 11.57    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1960 25 CLE AL 11 26 3 7 3 0 1 4 1 1 2 1 .269 .321 .500 .821
1963 28 DET AL 7 24 5 8 3 0 1 2 1 1 4 5 .333 .429 .583 1.012
1964 29 DET AL 7 30 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .233 .233 .300 .533
1968 33 TOR AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 27 82 10 22 8 0 2 8 2 2 6 9 .268 .318 .439 .757
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1962-5-.304
Slugging Pct
1961-9-.482
1964-8-.477
OPS
1962-10-.843
XR
1964-9-85.8
Games
1963-9-156
1964-6-156
At-Bats
1961-7-591
1964-1-614
1965-1-619
1966-6-589
1970-8-590
Runs
1961-9-92
1964-10-83
1965-2-101
Hits
1961-10-165
1962-7-173
1964-5-174
1965-4-173
Total Bases
1961-6-285
1962-6-273
1964-2-293
1965-5-276
1970-7-283
Doubles
1959-10-32
1961-2-45
1962-1-47
1963-1-49
1964-1-49
1965-1-45
1966-1-47
1970-1-56
CAR-22-518
Triples
1961-7-6
1962-6-7
1966-8-6
1969-5-6
RBIs
1964-6-87
1966-6-98
Caught Stealing
1958-6-5
1960-10-3
1961-10-3
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 66    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1955
Injured on 7/5/1955 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 7/29/1956 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 6/17/1957 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/6/1958, off Sandy Koufax (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1958, off Arnie Portocarrero (BRK)
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,832,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 4/22/1961
Injured on 6/29/1961 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1962, hitting .430 with 5 HR, 17 RBI
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
11/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $5,780,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Toronto to Detroit on 7/1/1963 (Going to TOR: 1B Joe Adcock. Going to DET: 1B Roman Mejias, RF Roberto Clemente)
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
7/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 7/17/1965
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1965, hitting .654 with 0 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from Detroit to Toronto on 2/3/1968 (Going to TOR: 1B Roberto Clemente. Going to DET: SS Tom Matchick, P Jim Ray)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 8/12/1968
Traded from Toronto to New York (N) on 2/1/1969 (Going to NYG: 1B Roberto Clemente. Going to TOR: CF Jay Hankins)
10/31/1969: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 7/18/1970
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/27/1970
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (N) on 2/7/1971 (Going to CLN: P Jim Kaat, 1B Roberto Clemente. Going to NYG: 3B Don Wert)