Baseball legend Pete Rose dies at 83
Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time leader in hits who was banned from the Hall of Fame after being caught gambling on baseball games, has died aged 83.
Rose played in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1986. Most of his career was spent with the Cincinnati Reds. He later served as a manager for the Reds.
“The Reds are heartbroken to learn of the passing of baseball legend Pete Rose,” the Reds said in a post on X.
Rose was barred for life from baseball in 1989 after an investigation into allegations he had broken the sport’s cardinal rule by gambling on games while he was manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
He proclaimed his innocence for 15 years, before admitting in 2004 he had bet on games – though never against his own team.
The engine of the “Big Red Machine” for a combined 19 years in Cincinnati, Rose received the 1973 National League MVP award and helped the Reds win consecutive World Series in 1975 and 1976. He won a third title with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980.
He played for the Philadelphia (1979-83) and Montreal Expos (1984) in between stints with the Reds and went on to manage Cincinnati from 1984-89, the first three years as a player-manager.
No one has surpassed Rose’s totals of 4,256 hits, 3,562 games or 14,053 at-bats. He ranks sixth all-time in runs (2,165). He was a lifetime .303 hitter with 160 home runs, 746 doubles and 1,314 RBIs.
Known for his outspoken and brash personality, Rose was famed for his catchy quotes during his playing career, such as: “Every summer, three things are going to happen; the grass is going to get green, the weather is going to get hot, and Pete Rose is going to get 200 hits and bat .300.”
The medical examiner in Clark County, Nevada, confirmed Rose’s death on Monday, but did not provide more information.
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