Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader who was banned from baseball for gambling on the sport, has died at age 83, according to multiple reports Monday.
Circumstances regarding his death are unknown.
Rose spent 24 years in Major League Baseball, and he retired as the league’s all-time hits leader. His 4,256 hits are 67 more than Ty Cobb’s career mark for the most in MLB history. He and Cobb are the only two players in MLB history to surpass 4,000 hits. Rose is also MLB’s all-time leader in singles (3,215), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), and plate appearances (15,890).
“Charlie Hustle,” as Rose was known, won three batting titles and led the league in hits seven times. He was Rookie of the Year in 1963, a 17-time All-Star and the National League MVP in 1973 when he finished the season with .388 batting average with 230 hits, five home runs and 64 RBI.
Rose won two World Series titles with the Cincinnati Reds, with back-to-back championships as a member of the “Big Red Machine” in 1975 and ‘76 and he earned another with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980.
Rose spent seven seasons as the Reds’ manager, including the final few seasons when he was still playing.
MLB conducted an investigation into rumors that Rose – as manager of the Reds – had bet on baseball. John Dowd’s report concluded that he had placed wagers on baseball games, including on his own team. He was banned from the sport for life in 1989. Rose denied ever betting on baseball, and legal battle ensued. Rose eventually accepted a lifetime ban from commissioner Bart Giammatti.
He appealed his status and unsuccessfully applied for reinstatement multiple times over the years. The lifetime ban has also kept him out of the Hall of Fame. He recently attempted to get reinstated with the hope of getting in the Hall of Fame, but current commissioner Rob Manfred denied his appeal in 2015.
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