Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duniyar wasanni ta yi mamaki da baƙin ciki lokacin da Clemente ya mutu a hatsarin jirgin sama a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 1972, yayin da yake rakiyar kayan agaji ga waɗanda girgizar ƙasa ta shafa a Nicaragua
Ka yi haƙuri. Tom Walker, to, Montreal Expos mai jefawa kuma mahaifin mahaifin dan wasan na biyu na Pirates Neil Walker, ya ba da damar shiga Clemente a wannan ranar amma Clemente ya nace cewa ya zauna a gida. Saboda haka, Roberto Clemente yana da tasiri a kan wasan kwaikwayo na 2013. Ya kai wani muhimmin matsayi ta hanyar buga wasan kwallon kafa na 3,000 a cikin aikinsa, wanda ya tashi sau biyu daga Jon Matlack na New York Mets a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 1972, a cikin abin da zai zama na karshe na kakar wasa a bat. Gidan Gidan Baseball na Fame ya watsar da buƙatun jiransa na yau da kullun kuma ya shigar da Clemente nan da nan. Pittsburgh za ta kafa mutum-mutumi kuma ta kira gada da wurin shakatawa kusa da filin wasa bayan shi, da kuma titi a cikin unguwar Oakland kusa da tsohon shafin Forbes Field.