Which major league baseball player was nicknamed "The Great One"?

Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (born August 18, 1934 Carolina, Puerto Rico; died December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. Clemente spent 18 seasons playing in the National League as a right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of fame in 1973, shortly after his death. Clemente was the first Latin American and Caribbean player to be enshrined.

Clemente, nicknamed “The Great One” by sportswriter Bruce Markusen, was an All-Star for twelve seasons. He was the NL Most Valuable Player in 1966, the NL Batting Leader in 1961, 1964, 1965, and 1967, and a Gold Glove winner for twelve consecutive seasons from 1961 through 1972. His lifetime batting average was .317 and he had 3,000 major league hits during his career. He also played in two World Series championships. Clemente is the first Latin American and Caribbean player to help win a World Series as a starter (1960), to receive an NL MVP Award (1966), and to receive a World Series MVP Award (1971).

As fantastic as his baseball career was with his extraordinary hitting and legendary right throwing arm (“Roberto the Rifle”), Clemente was an individual of heroic proportions. Clemente’s philanthropy was not calculated to gain public or private recognition. He simply wanted to help people in need.

Sadly, Roberto Clemente died New Year’s Eve 1972, when his plane which was carrying supplies to aid Nicaraguan earthquake victims, crashed.