Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero (62 page)

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Authors: David Maraniss

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Baseball Writers’ Association of America,
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,
342
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Bavasi, Buzzie,
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Belanger, Mark,
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,
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Belcore, Ralph,
109

Beltran, Carlos,
354

Benack, Benny,
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,
102
,
109
,
125

Bench, Johnny,
284

Berbary, Col. Maurice,
292

Berger, Ralph,
226

Bernier, Carlos,
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,
71

Berra, Yogi,
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–33,
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Biederman, Les,
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Bithorn, Hiram,
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–31,
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Black, Joe,
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–51,
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n

Blackburn, Ken,
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Blair, Paul,
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Blanchard, Johnny,
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Blasingame, Don,
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Blass, Steve,
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Blount, Roy, Jr.,
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Blue, Vida,
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Bogucki, Capt. Vincent,
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Bordagaray, Frenchy,
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Boston Braves,
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–33,
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Boston Red Sox,
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Boswell, Ken,
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Bouchard, Butch,
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Bouchette, Ed,
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Boyer, Cletus,
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Boyer, Ken,
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Bradley, Rex,
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Bradshaw, Terry,
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Bragan, Bobby,
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Brand, Ron,
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Brezovec-Rauch family,
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Briles, Nelson,
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Brooklyn Dodgers,
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black players with,
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farm clubs of,
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(
see also
Montreal Royals)

Latin players with,
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RC signed by,
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Brosnan, Jim,
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Brown, Jackie,
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Brown, Joe L.,
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Brown, Virginia (Din),
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Brown, Willard,
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Browne, Byron,
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Bruton, Bill,
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Buffalo Bison,
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Buford, Don,
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Bunning, Jim,
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Burch, Carlisle,
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Burdette, Lew,
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Burgess, Smoky,
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Burns, Matt,
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Burnside, Pete,
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Burwell, Bill,
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Buscaglia, José,
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Buso, Roberto,
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Butterfield, Alexander,
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Cáceres, Maria Isabel,
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Caguas Criollos,
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Callison, Johnny,
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Campanella, Roy,
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Campanis, Al,
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–27,
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Cannon, Robert,
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Carbonell, Jorge,
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Cardenal, José,
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Cardenas, Leo,
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Carroll, Dink,
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–49,
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n

Carroll, Parke,
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Carty, Rico,
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Cash, Dave,
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Caspiró, Armando,
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Cassini, Jack Dempsey,
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Castillo, Ambrosio,
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Castro, Elliott,
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Castro, Fidel,
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Cave, Ray,
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Ceccarelli, Art,
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Cepeda, Orlando,
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Cepeda, Pedro,
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Cerv, Bob,
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Chabon, Michael,
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Chamorro, Pedro,
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Chapman, Ben,
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Cheney, Tom,
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Chicago Cubs,
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Chicago White Sox,
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Chiti, Harry,
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Christine, Bill,
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Christopher, Joe,
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Cienfuegos Elephants,
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Cimoli, Gino,
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Cincinnati Reds,
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Cintron, Raymond,
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Clark, Tom,
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Clarkson, Buster,
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n

Cleaveland, Gary,
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Clemente, Anairis,
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–18,
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,
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Clemente, Andres,
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–86,
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Clemente, Justino (Matino),
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–9,
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Clemente, Luisa,
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–22,
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Clemente, Luisito,
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Clemente, Melchor,
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–23,
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Clemente, Osvaldo,
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–32

Clemente, Paco,
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Clemente, Rafaela,
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239
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331

Clemente, Ricky,
14
–15,
238
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331
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352

Clemente, Roberto

All-Star appearances of,
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–57,
177
–78,
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–37

awards received by,
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,
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–67,
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,
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bats used by,
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,
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–53,
187
–88,
284

birth of,
18

breakthrough season of,
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–96,
99
–103,
139

Brezovec-Rauch family and,
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–7,
210
–12,
318

childhood of,
20
–25

courtship of Vera by,
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–68,
176
–79

drafted by Pirates,
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–52,
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–57,
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earthquake relief effort of,
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–92,
294
–96,
298
–99,
302
–7,
316
–19

European trip,
221
–22

family background of,
18
–20

fans and,
85
–86,
108
,
136
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187
,
190
,
222
–24,
280
–81,
283
,
376
n

first season with Pirates,
76
–81,
85

healing arts of,
214
–15,
270
,
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health problems and injuries of,
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,
139
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174
–75,
184
–85,
190
–91,
196
–97,
213
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216
–17,
222
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–74,
276
–77

hitting by,
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–52,
154
–55,
158
–61,
168
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187
–89,
193
–95,
207
–8,
217
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224
–26,
277
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283
–84,
371
n

home-coming celebrations for,
137
–38,
161
–62,
222
,
272

inducted into Hall of Fame,
1
,
342
–43,
345

letter to Brown from,
89
–91

in Marine Corps Reserves,
88
,
89
,
276

married life of,
183
–84,
193
–95,
208
,
269

memorial service for,
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–50

on Montreal Royals,
37
–40,
43
–55,
57
,
126
,
168
,
237
–38,
364
n

mugging of,
226
–28

Murtaugh’s relationship with,
96
,
174
–75,
235
–36

myth of,
353
–54

in Nicaragua,
3
–14,
286

in plane crash,
2
,
321
–37,
339
–42,
350
–52,
379
n

as player representative,
229
–33,
275

on Puerto Rican teams,
4
,
25
–27,
54
,
56
–58,
61
–62,
67
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91
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141
–43,
162
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165
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233
–34,
361
n,
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n

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