Pete Rose, Baseball Legend Marred by Gambling Scandal, Dies at 83

Pete Rose, regarded as one of the greatest players in Major League Baseball history but banned permanently from the Baseball Hall of Fame over gambling, died Monday. He was 83.
Nicknamed “Charlie Hustle,” a moniker originally meant as an insult that he adopted proudly, he was at the time of his death still the all-time MLB leader in hits with 4,256, games played with 3,562, at-bats with 14,053, singles with 3,215 and outs with 10,328. He also won the league’s Gold Glove award twice (in 1969 and 1970), and put in 17 All-Star appearances in five different positions, another league record.
The Cincinnati native, born April 14, 1941, showed talent in multiple sports, focusing on baseball when his small height and build kept him out of varsity football. He started playing minor league baseball while still in high school — he repeated his senior year — and was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 1963, where he would go on to spend the majority of his career.
Nicknamed “Charlie Hustle,” a moniker originally meant as an insult that he adopted proudly, he was at the time of his death still the all-time MLB leader in hits with 4,256, games played with 3,562, at-bats with 14,053, singles with 3,215 and outs with 10,328. He also won the league’s Gold Glove award twice (in 1969 and 1970), and put in 17 All-Star appearances in five different positions, another league record.
The Cincinnati native, born April 14, 1941, showed talent in multiple sports, focusing on baseball when his small height and build kept him out of varsity football. He started playing minor league baseball while still in high school — he repeated his senior year — and was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 1963, where he would go on to spend the majority of his career.
- 9/30/2024
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
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