Clemente Top Player by fan voting

PITTSBURGH -- After four months of polling, and with nearly 43,000 total votes cast, Pittsburgh Pirates fans from around the globe have selected their all-time team. Roberto Clemente was voted the top player.

Last week, Bucs fans concluded the balloting by choosing Danny Murtaugh as the top manager in franchise history. Murtaugh collected 42% of the more than 5,000 votes cast, followed by Jim Leyland (32%), Chuck Tanner (19%) and Fred Clark (7%).

Top Player voting results: Roberto Clemente (63%), Honus Wagner (23%), Willie Stargell (9%), Bill Mazeroski (2%), Ralph Kiner (2%), Pie Traynor (1%)

Link to the position-by-position breakdown of the voting for the All-Time Pirates team.

Posted by Ron at February 16, 2004 09:02 PM