Isboortiga caalamka oo dhan ayaa la yaabay oo aad u murugooday markii Clemente uu ku dhintay shil diyaaradeed 31kii December, 1972, isagoo la socday shixnad gargaar ah oo loo waday dadkii ku waxyeeloobay dhulgariirkii ka dhacay Nicaragua
Waxaad Tom Walker, oo markaas ahaa Montreal Expos iyo aabaha mustaqbalka ee Pirates xiddiga labaad ee Neil Walker, ayaa u soo bandhigay inuu ku biiro Clemente maalintaas laakiin Clemente wuxuu ku adkeystay inuu guriga joogo. Sidaa darteed, Roberto Clemente wuxuu saameyn ku yeeshay ciyaartii playoff ee 2013. Waxa uu gaaray guul weyn markii uu ku dhuftay 3,000th ee xirfadiisa, laba jeer oo istaag ah Jon Matlack oo ka tirsan New York Mets bishii Sebtember 30, 1972, taas oo caddeyn doonta inay noqon doonto xilli ciyaareedkiisii ugu dambeeyay ee caadiga ah ee kubbadda cagta. Hoolka Baseball Hall of Fame ayaa ka tanaasulay shuruudihii sugitaanka ee caadiga ahaa isla markaana si deg deg ah u soo bandhigay Clemente. Pittsburgh waxay dhisi doontaa taallo waxayna u magacaabi doontaa buundada iyo baarkinka u dhow garoonka isaga, iyo sidoo kale waddo ku taal xaafadda Oakland meel u dhow goobtii hore ee Forbes Field.