"You look at the scoreboard when Clemente comes up and you see .394. That's too much for one man. So I have to take a hit away from him."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Tony Perez, as quoted in "Perez 'Steal' Turns Tide on Bucs: Red Third Baseman Halts Clemente 'Hit,' Ruins Pirate Rally" by Les Biederman, in The Pittsburgh Press (Thursday, May 18, 1967), p. 41