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This page is dedicated to those we honor. Our namesake, just below and farther down the three announcers that our divisions are named for.

clemente.jpg (6424 bytes)Roberto "Arriba" Clemente

  • Born - August 18, 1934 at Carolina, PR
  • Died - December 31, 1972
  • Elected to the Hall of Fame - 1973

Career Hi-Lites ...................... Lifetime Stats at bottom of page

  • Most Valuable Player - 1966
  • Batting titles - 1961 (.351).. 1964 (.339).. 1965 (.329).. 1967 (.357)
  • Four seasons with over 200 hits
  • Hit over .300 in 13 of 18 years
  • Lifetime batting average of .317
  • Lifetime Homeruns - 240
  • Lifetime Hits - 3,000
  • First Hispanic elected to the Hall of Fame

"Anytime you have the opportunity to accomplish something and you don't, you are wasting your time on this earth"............. Roberto Clemente

Lifetime Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG
1955 124 474 48 121 23 11 5 47 18 60 255 285 382
1956 147 543 66 169 30 7 7 60 13 58 311 332 431
1957 111 451 42 114 17 7 4 30 23 45 253 289 348
1958 140 519 69 150 24 10 6 50 31 41 289 329 408
1959 105 432 60 128 17 7 4 50 15 51 296 324 396
1960 144 570 89 179 22 6 16 94 39 72 314 360 458
1961 146 572 100 201 30 10 23 89 35 59 351 392 559
1962 144 538 95 168 28 9 10 74 35 73 312 355 454
1963 152 600 77 192 23 8 17 76 31 64 320 357 470
1964 155 622 95 211 40 7 12 87 51 87 339 391 484
1965 152 589 91 194 21 14 10 65 43 75 329 380 463
1966 154 638 105 202 31 11 29 119 46 109 317 363 536
1967 147 585 103 209 26 10 23 110 41 103 357 402 554
1968 132 502 74 146 18 12 18 57 51 77 291 357 482
1969 138 507 87 175 20 12 19 91 56 73 345 413 544
1970 108 412 65 145 22 10 14 60 38 66 352 409 556
1971 132 522 82 178 29 8 13 86 26 65 341 372 502
1972 102 378 68 118 19 7 10 60 29 49 312 361 479
2433 9454 1416 3000 440 166 240 1305 1305 1235 317 362 475

HARWELL - CARAY - ALLEN TRIBUTES

In 1997 our league realigned into three divisions. The divisions are named in honor of the greatest baseball announcers of all time. These men have given all of us many hours of pleasure, may it be while watching on TV or better yet when tuned to the radio. What follows is a short look at each of their careers.

harwell.jpg (6875 bytes)Ernie Harwell... Born in 1918, he began broadcasting games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. He also spent some time doing the games of the New York Giants and Baltimore Orioles but he is best known, since 1966 as the voice of the Detroit Tigers. For those with the APBA Computer game, Ernie has been the voice of that game since 1996. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. Some famous game quotes are "He stood there like a house by the side of the road" and "two for the price of one".

 

 

 

 

 

harry.gif (28171 bytes)Harry Caray... Born in 1914 (as Harry Carabina), he began his career broadcasting the games of the St Louis Cardinals in 1945. In 1970 he did the Oakland A's games and the following year and through 1981, the Chicago White Sox games. In 1982 until his death in 1998, he was the voice of the Chicago Cubs. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Some of Harry's tell it like it is quotes are, "That wouldn't be a homerun in a telephone booth" and "It might be, it could be, it is! Homerun!!". We also can't forget those 7th inning moments as he got the crowd to join in for "Take me out to the ballgame."

 

 

 

 

 

mel.gif (86938 bytes)Mel Allen... Born in 1914, he began his career with CBS in 1938 and moved to the New York Yankee games in 1939 through 1963. Due to the Yankees getting to the World Series so many times he was the man many people across the nation listened to for the October classic. After several years out of booth, he became most known to television viewers  as the voice of This Week in Baseball, from it's beginning until his death in 1996. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978. Famous quotes are "How about that!" and "Hello there, everybody".