When Derek Jeter reaches 3,000 career hits, he will achieve more than a milestone. At that moment, Jeter will match the career hit total of Roberto Clemente, the Hall of Famer who stands forever as the greeter to the club.
Clemente collected exactly 3,000 hits before dying on Dec. 31, 1972, in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico while delivering relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. His final at-bat in the regular season came that Sept. 30, against the Mets at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.
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