The Pennsylvania House of Representatives Wednesday passed a bill commemorating a Pittsburgh sports icon.
The resolution recognizes September 15 as Roberto Clemente Day in Pennsylvania.
Family members of Clemente joined the legislators at the Capitol for the commemoration.
Clemente played 18 seasons for the Pirates between 1955 and 1972, recording exactly 3,000 hits.
He died on New Year's Eve 1972 in a plane crash as he was on a humanitarian mission to Nicaragua. He was 38 years old.
Roberto Clemente Day is celebrated in the MLB every September 15.
Players of Latin decent, those that have won the Roberto Clemente Award and the Pittsburgh Pirates wear #21 on the day.
Some have called for #21 to be retired across the league, just like Jackie Robinson’s #42.