By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Major League Baseball hit king Pete Rose has passed away. He was 83.
An official cause of death has not been announced yet.
Rose joined the Big Leagues in 1963 as a 22-year-old with the Cincinnati Reds. He played in 157 games that season and won the Rookie of the Year with his six home runs and 41 RBI season.
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Throughout his career, he played in 24 seasons with multiple teams. He played in 3,562 games in his long career.
The Cincinnati, Ohio native played 19 seasons with the Reds. He also spent part of five seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies and part of one season with the Montreal Expos.
Despite his stellar career, which includes 4,256 hits, which is the most all-time in MLB, Rose is not in the Hall of Fame. He was a 17-time All-Star and three-time World Series Champion, which came in 1975, 1976, and 1980.
He was the 1975 World Series MVP and was a three-time National League Batting Champion. His No. 14 was retired by the Cincinnati Reds.
Rose, who was known as “Charlie Hustle,” is part of the Reds Hall of Fame. And the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
Following his playing career, he was the Reds manager from 1984 through 1989.
In 1989, Rose was placed on the MLB’s ineligible list for betting on baseball. He initially denied betting on baseball but bet on other sports.
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However, an MLB investigation found that he did bet on baseball. The Dowd Report alleged that Rose that Rose bet on 52 Reds games during the 1987 season.
In 2002, lawyer John Dowd said during an interview that “he believed Rose probably bet against the Reds while managing them.” In 2004, Rose finally admitted that he bet on baseball.
Several MLB Commissioners, including current Commissioner Rob Manfred, held up Rose’s lifetime ban on sports betting.
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