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Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero

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by David Maraniss


  Berbary, Col. Maurice, 292

  Berger, Ralph, 226

  Bernier, Carlos, 70, 71

  Berra, Yogi, 105, 113, 115, 120, 121, 123, 125, 127, 131–33, 154

  Biederman, Les, 67, 74, 99, 140, 173, 191, 193

  Bithorn, Hiram, 28–31, 34, 36, 72, 160

  Black, Joe, 43, 47–51, 79, 171, 363n

  Blackburn, Ken, 61, 180, 366n

  Blair, Paul, 255

  Blanchard, Johnny, 121, 128, 129, 154

  Blasingame, Don, 61

  Blass, Steve, 114, 168–69, 173, 176, 189, 207–8, 214–15, 248, 250–51, 256, 261–66, 275–76, 306, 335, 346, 349–51

  Blount, Roy, Jr., 273

  Blue, Vida, 242

  Bogucki, Capt. Vincent, 341

  Bordagaray, Frenchy, 31

  Boston Braves, 29, 32–33, 75

  Boston Red Sox, 36, 108, 152, 229

  Boswell, Ken, 279–80

  Bouchard, Butch, 49

  Bouchette, Ed, 73

  Boyer, Cletus, 113, 114, 128, 129, 133

  Boyer, Ken, 61, 100, 140, 156

  Bradley, Rex, 153, 284

  Bradshaw, Terry, 293–94

  Bragan, Bobby, 89

  Brand, Ron, 228, 232

  Brezovec-Rauch family, 203–7, 210, 238, 246, 278, 318, 322, 325, 329–32

  Briles, Nelson, 248, 255–56, 276, 280

  Brooklyn Dodgers, 24, 26, 29, 43–44, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 59–61, 63, 72, 76, 97, 113, 126, 222, 266

  black players with, 31, 43, 75, 83, 253, 363n, 365n

  farm clubs of, 39, 40, 42, 50, 51, 79 (see also Montreal Royals)

  Latin players with, 31, 32, 62, 112

  RC signed by, 36–38, 54, 232

  Brosnan, Jim, 107–8

  Brown, Jackie, 64

  Brown, Joe L., 89–91, 95, 136, 139–41, 148–49, 170, 180–82, 185, 191–92, 198, 232, 236, 335, 347–48, 350

  Brown, Virginia (Din), 185

  Brown, Willard, 24

  Browne, Byron, 230

  Bruton, Bill, 157–58

  Buffalo Bison, 41

  Buford, Don, 245, 260, 262

  Bunning, Jim, 229, 231, 232

  Burch, Carlisle, 51

  Burdette, Lew, 92, 101

  Burgess, Smoky, 88, 92, 95, 106, 116, 117, 121, 126, 128, 130, 177, 178, 252, 371n

  Burns, Matt, 37

  Burnside, Pete, 56

  Burwell, Bill, 161

  Buscaglia, José, 1

  Buso, Roberto, 174, 184

  Butterfield, Alexander, 312

  Cáceres, Maria Isabel, 25, 40

  Caguas Criollos, 33, 35, 141–42, 164, 335

  Callison, Johnny, 178

  Campanella, Roy, 24, 28, 32, 43, 75, 79, 83, 169

  Campanis, Al, 26–27, 36, 51

  Cannon, Robert, 158

  Carbonell, Jorge, 353

  Cardenal, José, 233

  Cardenas, Leo, 177

  Carroll, Dink, 42, 43, 47–49, 363n

  Carroll, Parke, 57

  Carty, Rico, 236

  Cash, Dave, 226, 245, 252, 260, 265, 277

  Caspiró, Armando, 10, 11

  Cassini, Jack Dempsey, 43, 48

  Castillo, Ambrosio, 30

  Castro, Elliott, 339

  Castro, Fidel, 7, 50, 138

  Cave, Ray, 196

  Ceccarelli, Art, 57

  Cepeda, Orlando, 8, 12, 54, 57, 97, 100, 139, 143, 155, 160–62, 177, 226, 305, 327, 333, 361n

  Cepeda, Pedro, 28, 54

  Cerv, Bob, 120, 121

  Chabon, Michael, 187

  Chamorro, Pedro, 8, 289, 297, 298

  Chapman, Ben, 32

  Cheney, Tom, 116

  Chicago Cubs, 28–31, 60, 96, 102, 103, 154, 160, 225, 226, 228, 229, 237, 277

  Chicago White Sox, 30, 72, 75, 97, 126, 145–47, 152, 161, 177, 229, 354

  Chiti, Harry, 57

  Christine, Bill, 227

  Christopher, Joe, 170, 252

  Cienfuegos Elephants, 26, 61

  Cimoli, Gino, 43, 44, 48, 101, 106, 117, 119, 128, 134, 147

  Cincinnati Reds, 12, 92, 93–94, 96, 108, 139, 158, 178, 179, 226, 229, 233, 242, 243, 258, 283, 284

  Cintron, Raymond, 323

  Clark, Tom, 188

  Clarkson, Buster, 55, 57, 365n

  Cleaveland, Gary, 328, 329

  Clemente, Anairis, 17–18, 21, 167, 207

  Clemente, Andres, 17, 39, 58, 182, 184–86, 195, 239

  Clemente, Justino (Matino), 17, 19, 21, 23, 37, 39, 58, 102, 108–9, 112, 140, 182, 185, 239, 331–32

  Clemente, Luisa, 17–22, 58, 80, 108, 112, 135, 177, 178, 182, 238, 264, 272, 332, 337

  Clemente, Luisito, 15, 211, 238, 269, 337

  Clemente, Melchor, 6, 17–23, 33, 37, 39, 80, 108, 112, 159, 167, 182, 195, 238, 264, 270, 271, 306, 331, 332, 337, 340

  Clemente, Osvaldo, 17, 182, 239, 331–32

  Clemente, Paco, 165

  Clemente, Rafaela, 166, 167, 239, 331

  Clemente, Ricky, 14–15, 238, 239, 269, 331, 337, 352

  Clemente, Roberto

  All-Star appearances of, 155–57, 177–78, 236–37

  awards received by, 4, 138, 160, 182, 195, 210, 215, 216, 266–67, 284, 285

  bats used by, 38, 152–53, 187–88, 284

  birth of, 18

  breakthrough season of, 93–96, 99–103, 139

  Brezovec-Rauch family and, 203–7, 210–12, 318

  childhood of, 20–25

  courtship of Vera by, 163–68, 176–79

  drafted by Pirates, 51–52, 56–57, 62

  earthquake relief effort of, 291–92, 294–96, 298–99, 302–7, 316–19

  European trip, 221–22

  family background of, 18–20

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

  first season with Pirates, 76–81, 85

  healing arts of, 214–15, 270, 274

  health problems and injuries of, 85, 139, 174–75, 184–85, 190–91, 196–97, 213, 216–17, 222, 236, 241, 271, 273–74, 276–77

  hitting by, 151–52, 154–55, 158–61, 168, 187–89, 193–95, 207–8, 217, 224–26, 277, 283–84, 371n

  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, 346–50

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

  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, 379n

  as player representative, 229–33, 275

  on Puerto Rican teams, 4, 25–27, 54, 56–58, 61–62, 67, 91, 141–43, 162, 165, 166, 233–34, 361n, 364n

  racism experienced by, 70–71, 80–81, 147–51, 158, 172–73, 219–21

  running style of, 189–90

  salary of, 75, 139

  scouting reports on, 26–27, 52–53, 62–67, 107–8, 364n

  signed by, 36–37

  sleeplessness of, 3, 9, 139, 270

  South American vacation of, 269–70

  in spring training, 39–40, 67–72, 143, 147–48, 151, 185–86, 198–99, 216–17

  sportswriters and, 10–12, 69–72, 79, 97–100, 107, 139, 140, 155–57, 160–61, 173–76, 191–93, 196–97, 234, 235, 243–44, 343–44, 362n

  superstitions of, 213–14

  temper outbursts of, 199–203

  Three Rivers Stadium ceremony honoring, 237–40

  three-thousandth hit of, 1, 4, 278–84

  wedding of, 182–83

  in World Series, 4, 11, 106–9, 112–15, 117–19, 121–24, 129–30, 132–37, 222, 241, 243–44, 245–67, 271–72, 354, 370n

  younger players and, 168–72, 194, 209, 272–73
r />   Clemente, Robertito, 15, 193, 211, 238, 239, 269, 270, 275, 330, 331, 337

  Clemente, Vera Zabala, 8, 15, 186, 195, 207, 214, 215, 217–20, 227, 235, 271, 273–74, 348, 350–51, 361n

  Brezovec-Rauch family and, 205, 211, 322, 329–32

  and earthquake relief efforts, 295, 300, 307, 316–17

  in Europe, 221–22

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

  in Nicaragua, 3, 9, 12, 14

  and 1971 World Series, 241, 249, 266

  at Pirates’ Roberto Clemente night, 238

  and plane crash, 321–22, 324–26, 331, 332, 334, 337, 340–42, 350, 352

  RC’s courtship of, 163–68, 176–79

  in South America, 269–70

  wedding of, 182–83, 349

  Clendenon, Donn, 169–73, 189, 200, 206, 218, 229

  Cleveland Indians, 9, 46, 55–56, 75, 97, 126, 157, 218, 225, 228, 233, 237, 259

  Clines, Gene, 252, 277, 349

  Coates, Jim, 129–31, 251

  Cobb, Ty, 278

  Cogna, Jorge, 297

  Cohen, Andy, 73

  Coimbre, Pancho, 28, 162, 240

  Collins, Eddie, 278

  Colón, Cristobal, 324–25, 333

  Colson, Charles, 345

  Condon, David, 117, 249, 344

  Cooke, Jack Kent, 41

  Cope, Myron, 128, 174, 196–98, 294

  Corey, Jill, 92

  Cortázar, Julio, 1

  Couric, William B., 312–13, 315, 337

  Cox, Billy, 50

  Cox, Glenn, 44, 49

  Coyle, James, 201

  Cronin, Joe, 111

  Crosby, Bing, 77, 366n

  Crosetti, Frank, 121, 122

  Crowe, George, 57

  Cuellar, Mike, 233, 243, 244, 250, 255, 261, 279

  Curry, Bill, 225

  Cuyler, Hazen, 123

  Daley, Arthur, 117, 130, 249

  Dandridge, Ray, 24

  Dark, Alvin, 218

  Davalillo, Vic, 241, 252, 260, 277

  Davis, Leonard, 315, 326, 332

  Dean, Dizzy, 64

  Dean, Jerry, 57

  DeJesus, Carlos, 281

  Delgado-Cintron, Rafael, 315, 316, 323, 326, 328, 379n

  DeMaestri, Joe, 129

  Detroit Tigers, 158

  Devine, Bing, 180

  DiMaggio, Joe, 107, 223

  Ditmar, Art, 111, 112, 114

  Dobson, Pat, 243, 253–54, 260

  Doby, Larry, 75, 97

  Donoso, Lino, 70, 71, 75, 89

  Dorsey, Phil, 81–82, 182, 205–7, 238

  Douglas, Whammy, 92

  Doyle, Chilly, 67, 74

  Drysdale, Don, 107, 217, 225–26

  Dunmore, Al, 71, 73–74

  Durocher, Leo, 29, 31, 37

  Easter, Luke, 75

  Eckersley, John, 291

  Ellis, Dock, 241–43, 245, 246, 248, 252, 253, 275, 276, 281, 347, 351

  Enrique, Roberto, 219

  Etchebarren, Andy, 248

  Ewell, James, 146

  Face, Elroy, 80, 88, 92, 95, 100, 114, 115, 121, 122, 124, 127–28, 134, 154, 159, 168, 208

  Fairless, Benjamin F., 68

  Fanning, Jim, 274

  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 310–12, 314–16, 322–26, 332, 337

  Fernández, Chico, 40, 44–48, 50–51

  Fernández, Ruth, 295, 296, 298–99

  Ferré, Luis, 295, 339

  Finegold, Joe, 222, 275

  Fineman, Howard, 187, 188, 190, 367n

  Flood, Curt, 230–32, 275

  Flowers, Ben, 57

  Fonet, José, 323

  Ford, Whitey, 111, 119, 124–25, 155

  Fosse, Ray, 237

  Franks, Herman, 55, 57, 61–62

  Freese, Gene, 73–78

  Fregosi, Jim, 282

  Frick, Ford, 56, 105, 115, 138, 149

  Friend, Bob, 68, 81, 92, 94, 95, 101, 102, 107, 115–16, 122, 123, 127, 131–33, 149, 158, 168

  Fryman, Woody, 206, 253

  Fuqua, Frenchy, 294

  Galan, Augie, 31

  Galbreath, Dan, 134, 345–48

  Galbreath, John, 60, 65, 66, 68, 123, 134–35, 346, 347

  Galbreath, Squire, 123

  Gallman, Al, 65

  Garagiola, Joe, 115

  Garber, Gene, 194

  Garcia, Arturo, 222

  Garcia, Martiniano, 162

  Garland, Stanley and Mamie, 82, 179, 182, 238

  Gehrig, Lou, 105, 349

  Gentile, Jim, 46

  Gibbon, Joe, 116

  Gibson, Bob, 143, 181, 209, 210, 217, 226, 276

  Gibson, Josh, 24, 28, 141

  Gil, Osvaldo, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13–15, 285–86, 295, 300, 302, 306–7, 327, 333, 340

  Giles, Warren, 149, 202

  Gilliam, Junior, 24, 43, 79, 83

  Giusti, Dave, 247–48, 275–76, 335, 346

  Goggin, Chuck, 281–82, 335

  Golding, Nancy, 235, 336–37

  Gomez, Ruben, 36, 55, 56, 364n

  González, Fernando, 272–73, 276, 342

  Gorbous, Glenn, 57

  Gordon, Sid, 80

  Grammas, Alex, 181

  Grant, Mudcat, 252

  Grapefruit League, 65, 150, 272

  Grasso, Mickey, 57

  Green, Fred, 116

  Green, Pumpsie, 36

  Greenlee, Gus, 83

  Groat, Dick, 74, 77, 88, 92–93, 95, 98–102, 106, 108, 112, 114, 129, 130, 140, 149, 154, 156, 168, 178, 180–81, 371n

  Gross, Milton, 344

  Guerra, Mike, 47

  Guerrero, Vladimir, 354

  Guilfoile, Bill, 283, 335, 349

  Guillen, Ozzie, 354

  Haak, Howie, 52–53, 56, 60, 110, 182, 194, 244, 263

  Haddix, Harvey, 92, 95, 102, 122, 127, 131

  Haig, Gen. Alexander M., Jr., 296

  Haldeman, H. R., 345–46

  Hall, Dick, 77

  Haller, Tom, 229, 231, 232

  Haney, Fred, 73, 74, 76, 89

  Hanson, George, 265

  Harris, Franco, 294

  Harsh, Len, 66, 69, 365n

  Harvey, Doug, 282

  Havana Sugar Kings, 41, 47–50, 61, 138, 237–38, 363n

  Haynes, Vernon, 315–16

  Heatherington, Jack, 111–12

  Hebner, Richie, 226, 244, 247, 253, 260, 262, 276, 277, 280, 281, 347

  Heller, Bernie, 200–203

  Hendricks, Elrod, 243, 262

  Hernández, Chico, 29

  Hernández, Jackie, 252, 253, 261, 262–64, 272

  Hernández, Miguel, 29

  Hernández, Myrna Luz, 183

  Hernández, Ramon, 276

  Hernández Colón, Rafael, 15, 295, 340–41

  Hernon, Jack, 67, 74, 80, 99–100, 158–60

  Higgins, Charles, 45

  High, Andy, 50–51

  Hill, Jerry C., 319, 322–23, 325–27, 333, 347, 351, 352

  Hoak, Don (Tiger), 42, 50, 88, 92, 95, 98–101, 105–8, 116–17, 119, 122, 124, 125, 127, 131, 134, 140, 147, 150, 168, 236, 252

  Hodges, Gil, 46

  Hoerner, Joe, 230

  Hofheinz, Roy, 153

  Hollywood Stars, 28, 75, 91

  Holman, Bud, 49

  Hornsby, Rogers, 98, 195

  Houde, Camillien, 42

  Houk, Ralph, 154

  Houston Astros (Colt .45s 1961–64), 153, 171, 175, 220, 229

  Howard, Elston, 34, 35, 78–79, 114, 154, 155

  Howard, Frank, 97, 207

  Howell, Dixie, 48

  Hughes, Howard, 6–7, 287–89, 291, 292–93, 295, 299–300

  Hunt, Ron, 178, 206

  Hunter, Billy, 260

  Hutchinson, Fred, 94

  International League, 39–42, 44, 47, 50, 126, 138

  Irizarry, Abraham, 311

  Irvin, Monte, 15, 24, 28, 36, 56, 75, 85, 240

  Jackowski, Bill, 202

  Jackson, Larry, 225

  Jackson, Reggie, 228, 232, 24
2, 275

  Jacobsen, Kurt, 302

  Jacobson, Steve, 257

  Jagger, Mick and Bianca, 302–3

  Jeffcoat, Hal, 77

  Jenkins, Ferguson, 224–25, 276, 277

  Jethroe, Sam, 75, 79

  Johansson, Ingemar, 150

  Johnson, Bob, 335

  Johnson, Connie, 53

  Johnson, Davey, 262–63

  Johnson, Jerry, 230, 247

  Johnson, Lyndon, 109

  Johnson, Walter, 123

  Jones, Sam, 55

  Juncos Mules, 4, 25, 26

  Kaat, Jim, 180

  Kahn, Roger, 266

  Kansas City Athletics, 70, 78, 94, 96

  Kansas City Monarchs, 72, 75, 365n

  Kantrowitz, Henry and Pearl, 235, 238

  Keane, Johnny, 180–81

  Kennedy, John F., 101, 109, 123–24

  Kerrane, Kevin, 53

  Kibler, John, 259, 260

  Killebrew, Harmon, 180

  Kiner, Ralph, 60, 180

  King, Clyde, 181, 214

  King, Jim, 57

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 5, 144, 148, 220–21

  King, Nellie, 77

  Kirkland, Willie, 97

  Kison, Bruce, 247, 254, 255, 276

  Kissinger, Henry A., 293, 301, 345

  Kline, John Robert, 57

  Koback, Nick, 80

  Koufax, Sandy, 12, 47, 157, 178, 209–10, 226

  Kraft, Joseph, 345

  Kranepool, Ed, 228, 279

  Kubek, Tony, 120, 122, 127–30

  Kuhn, Bowie, 245, 343, 347, 348

  Labine, Clem, 116, 119

  Lajoie, Nap, 278

  Landau, Oscar, 164

  Lang, Jack, 342–44

  Larker, Norm, 46

  Lasorda, Tom, 47, 48, 51

  Laurie, Bruce, 187, 189, 253

  Law, Vernon (Deacon), 88, 92, 93, 95, 99, 100, 102, 106, 110–15, 117, 120–21, 124, 125, 127, 132, 140, 154, 160, 168, 208, 252

  Lawrence, David, 83, 120–21, 149

  Lazzeri, Tony, 105

  Leppert, Don, 173, 254, 279, 282

  Lindstrom, Freddie, 128

  Llanos, Carlos and Carmen, 177, 206, 219, 322

  Locker, Bob, 229, 231

  Logan, Vinton, 215

  Long, Dale, 77, 113, 117, 123, 131–32

  Long, Paul, 102–3

  Lopez, Hector, 114, 127

  Los Angeles Angels, 153, 228

  Los Angeles Dodgers, 96, 102, 107, 157, 175, 179, 202, 209, 210, 225

  Louisville Slugger bats, 38, 152–53, 158, 168, 187, 201, 214, 284

  Loynaz, Nestor A., 347

  Lozano, Angel, 321, 324, 326–27, 340

  Luque, Adolpho, 29

  Lynch, Jerry, 190

  Mack, Connie, Sr., 66, 68

  Macon, Max, 40, 44–53, 126

  Maduro, Roberto, 47, 363n

  Maglie, Sal, 32

  Magnano, Joe, 117

  Maisel, Bob, 257

  Major League Baseball Players Association, 228–33, 274–75

  Major-Minor League Rule 5 draft, 56, 62, 67

  Malcolm X, 143–44, 148

  Maldonado, Juan, 161

  Mantilla, Felix, 33, 92

 

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