Roberto Clemente Speech

Accomplishments: He broke ground for the participation of African Americans in professional sports. Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's career home run record, although he hit a respectable .280 with 13 home runs before breaking an ankle in September. In 1955, Aaron became the Braves' starting right fielder and he won the NL batting title in 1956 with a .328 average and 26 home runs. His all-time career mark of 755 home runs was built on a remarkable 20-season stretch from 1955 through 1974. He hit 40 or more home runs in 8 of those seasons, 30 or more in 15, and 20 or more in all 20. He also batted over .300 fourteen times. His top batting average was .355 in 1959; his best home run season was 1971, when he had 47. Fascinatingly, he hit 44 home runs--his uniform number--in three different seasons, 1957, 1963, and 1965. The Braves, who had moved to Atlanta in 1966, announced that he would be held out of the opening series in Cincinnati so he would have a chance to break the record before his home fans. However, Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn ordered the team to use Aaron in Cincinnati, and he tied the record in his first trip to the plate. When he retired, he held all-time major-league records for extra base hits, 1,477; total bases, 6,856; and runs batted in, 2,297. Aaron then returned to Atlanta to work in the Braves' front office, where he became one of the first blacks in upper-level

Reymundo was born in Puerto Rico in 1963 in the back of a 1957 Chevy. His mother was married at age sixteen

Henry Louis Gehrig mainly known as Lou Gehrig is one of the best baseball players to ever step on the diamond. He played all 17 of his seasons for the New York Yankees, and wore the number 4. As a child Gehrig suffered very repeating occurrences of epileptic seizures. His childhood illness would eventually come back later in his life to play a huge factor of his early retirement.

In his first season in Canada, he did not play very much. This is true because the Dodgers wanted to keep him a secret from other teams. They did this by benching him when every he was good. They had trouble with this because he was a great player, and got benched almost every game. This did not work because Clemente got benched so many times he wanted to quit. Fortunately for him, the owner of the Dodgers Branch Rickey resigned and then became the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He then knowing how good Clemente was, gave him an offer. Clemente then signed the offer and became a Pittsburgh Pirate. Clemente was in Puerto Rico at the time and admitted to not knowing where Pittsburgh was. Clemente almost never had been to the U.S. and did not know how many racial barriers he had to conquer in order to become successful. The press was making fun of him and hated him just because he was Spanish and African American. Some examples of what the press would do were that they would make fun of his heavy Latin accent and they quoted him by

In 1927, Ruth hit 60 home runs, breaking his own record, and setting a new one that would endure for decades (Roger Maris broke it in 1961). With an exceptional year, he assumed almost mythic status, and was nicknamed “The Sultan of Swat,” “The Home Run King,” and “Herman the Great.”

1955 to 1972. Roberto played in two World Series, batting .310 in 1960 and .414 in

second of three children of Alicia and Juan Fernandez, a farm worker and miner who became a

In 1948 he got married with a woman named Helen Fabela. In their time together they had eight kids in the city of San Jose. In the time around 1950 they traveled together all around the country teaching migrant workers to read and to also write, so they could officially become U.S.

He was also really good. What I thought was amazing is that he was a rookie of the year. A rookie of the year is like an all-star but they give to people who it is there first year playing in the MLB. Two years after his rookie of the year he won the National League MVP which stands for Most Valuable Person. As a final along the path of his career he won the most valuable thing you can collect. He and his team won the World Series.

Career record. Since Pete Rose was born his peers had known he was going to be something big. He broke many world records, especially the most all time hits record with 4,256 total hits. Pete Rose earned the title National League Most Valuable Player (Lloyd 2015). With more broken records that are still set that any other famous mlb player, Rose is basically a walking legend. (Lagrave 2015) Pete Rose won the world series back to back and 44 games in a row. Pete Rose ended his last season with a overall batting average .340! Rose set a record for 240 hits in a single season (Solomon

Rose had his best offensive season in 1969, leading the league in batting for the second straight season (.348) and leading the league in runs with 120. As the team's lead-off man he was a catalyst, rapping 218 hits and walking 88 times. He hit 33 doubles, 11 triples, and tied a career-best with 16 home runs. He drove in 82 runs, slugged (also known as a slugging percentage; is a measure of the power of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.) .512 (by far the highest mark of his long career), and had another career best .432 OBP (on base percentage) (Sports Reference, Inc). But the Reds finished four games out of first, and Rose lost the MVP to Willie McCovey. Rose and Roberto Clemente were tied for the batting title going into the final game; Rose bunted for a base hit in his last at-bat of the season to beat out Clemente.

In 1949, he became the leader in stolen bases and earned the National League 's Most Valuable Player Award(MVP).

When Babe Ruth arrived for Spring Training in 1925, he was sick. During a road trip, Babe Ruth collapsed. He underwent an operation for intestinal abscess. Babe Ruth played in only 98 games. In 1926, Babe Ruth was healthy. He hit an average of .346 and hit 47 homeruns. In the 1926 World Series, Babe Ruth was thrown out of Game 7 for trying to steal second base. In 1927, Babe Ruth set a major league record of 60 homeruns. In the World Series of 1928, Babe Ruth hit an average of .625 with three homeruns. In 1929, Babe Ruth hit 46 homeruns. In 1932, Babe Ruth made his final postseason appearance with the Yankees. In the World Series, Babe Ruth hit two homeruns.

Not only did he have the individual statistics, but he also helped lead the Pirates to two World Series Championships, in 1960 and 1971; he won the MVP for the 1971 series as well. He thought about retirement after the 1971 season but felt there was more to be gained in representing the Latino population. Following the 1972, where he had achieved the milestone of 3,000 career hits, he went to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua but perished when his plane crashed in the ocean. A few months after his death, in April 1973, the Baseball Writers of America voted to induct Clemente into the Baseball Hall of Fame, where he became the first Latino player to ever be inducted.

Joe DiMaggio is one of the most consistent players ever. He had a 56 game hitting streak which means that he got at least one hit in every game for 56 games in a row.(The Streak) That is 11 more than any other player ever has had. He also had a .325 career batting average, so he got a hit 30.5 percent of the time. He also had a .978 fielding percentage, which means that he got an out 98