Pete Rose Dead at 83

Pete Rose Dead at 83

MLB legend Pete Rose passed away this morning. According to ABC News, he was found by a member of his family, and an autopsy will be done. At this time, foul play is not suspected. Rose was 83, so it would not be out of the ordinary for him to have died of natural causes.

Pete Rose is the MLB All-Time hits leader with 4,256, racking up 67 more than Ty Cobb. A fun fact is that Rose has the most at-bats and the most games played in MLB history. These marks aren’t likely to be beaten, as most players don’t play 24 seasons like he did. In that time, Rose won the 1963 ROY, was a 17x National League All-Star, and was the National League MVP in 1973. On top of all that, he is a 3x World Series champion, winning WS MVP in 1975.

With all of those accomplishments, you would think Pete Rose would be a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame, but you would be wrong. In 1989 Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds at the time, placed bets on baseball games. For this, they gave him a lifetime ban from baseball, including the Hall of Fame. Also, after all this happened, he ended up in prison for a couple of months on tax evasion charges.

Rose denied the charges for a long time until eventually, in 2004, he owned up to the betting accusations. The MLB did not care, however, as he had denied them for years. Many think Pete Rose admitted to them only in the hope of being reinstated by the MLB. This, of course, did not happen.

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Because of his death, the MLB may show some sympathy for the now-deceased legend and put him where he belongs: in the Hall of Fame.

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