"There was a book that came out in the late ’60s called Baseball’s Greatest Players Today. Clemente is not in the book. Not in the book. It’s ludicrous. Just ludicrous."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Arnold Hano, interviewed in Clemente, a 60-minute documentary produced by Black Canyon Films and aired on Fox Sports in March 1998. — Comment: As its listing at reveals, Hano's chronology is slightly but significantly off; the book was actually published in 1963, prior to Clemente's 1966 NL MVP season, 3 of his 4 batting titles, and what was arguably his career year in 1967. Clearly, this makes the injustice of Clemente's omission less obvious; nonetheless, the fact that it was perceived as such