“Writers used to say, "You don't drive in 100 runs," burt they forget I played for the worst team in baseball from 1955 to 1960. I didn't drive in runs because there was no one to drive in.”

— Roberto Clemente

As quoted in "Clemente Changes Batting Title Tune" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d9weAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OVAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7121,5291429 by Phil Musick, in The Pittsburgh Press (Thursday, August 14, 1969), p. 38
Baseball-related, <big><big>1960s</big></big>, <big>1969</big>

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