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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees
Honus did not die in his prime while on a humanitarian mission and with exactly 3,000 hits. Like Elvis, the circumstances of Clemente's untimely death just add to his mythical aura.
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That's the perception behind Clemente that he died in his prime and his career was shortened because of his death. But I would like to point out that Clemente was 38 when he died and both him and Wagner played 18 seasons with the Pirates. So was Clemente really cut down during the prime of his baseball career?