NEW 8X10 PHOTO REPRINT OF 1952-1953  SANTURCE CANGREJEROS. THIS SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO WINTER LEAGUE TEAM FEATURED AN 18 YEAR OLD ROBERTO CLEMENTE, MAKING HIS PRO BASEBALL DEBUT. SHOWN WITH CLEMENTE IN THIS PHOTO IS NEGRO LEAGUE GREAT BOB THURMAN. IN 1954, CLEMENTE SHARED THE OUTFIELD WITH THURMAN AND WILLIE MAYS. CLEMENTE WAS SIGNED BY THE BROOKLYN DODGERS IN 1954. HE WAS CAREFULLY HIDDEN IN MONTREAL, ONLY TO BE TAKEN BY THE LAST PLACE PIRATES IN THE 1954 DRAFT. CLEMENTE MADE IS MLB DEBUT WITH THE PIRATES IN 1955.
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