Day. (24) In 2021, Major League Baseball announced September 15 would be the permanent date of Roberto Clemente Day to coincide with the beginning of Hispanic Heritage month. (25) Clemente was the first Latino player to accomplish many feats in Major League Baseball. (26) Clemente was the first Puerto Rican, and first person of Latino heritage, to win a World Series as a starter, be named league MVP, be named World Series MVP, and be elected to the Hall of Fame. (27) Clemente was posthumously elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, being the first National League baseball player to receive the mandatory 5-year waiting period waiver. (28) Clemente was a legend in life and death, a baseball star, a humanitarian activist, and a symbol of Latin American pride