Page "Roberto Clemente" Paragraph 33

From this point forward, Clemente reversed the trend, amassing 33 hits in his next 16 games, and, in the process, raising his average almost 100 points to. 326.

By then, Clemente was on firm footing ; he never again dipped below. 319 and would finish the season at. 329, good for a second consecutive NL batting crown and his third in five years.

Roberto and Vera celebrated the Great One's return to form on August 17, 1965 ( one day before Roberto's birthday ), with the birth of their first son, Roberto Clemente, Jr., the first of three children, including Luis Roberto and Enrique Roberto.