Philadelphia Phillies.

Date of birth: April 14, 1941 Cincinnati, OH

Date of death: September 30, 2024

High School:  Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Nickname: Charlie Hustle. One of the greatest nicknames of all time for one of the greatest players of all time.

First Impression; What a disappointment, Pete hanging out probably discussing lines and odd before the game at the cage. Could have been as good as his record breaker card where he is actually hitting.

Career stats player: Gee where to start, that two people have 4000+ hits, and he was one? This guy was everything baseball for a long time. And he was a polarizing figure and a true you either love him or hate him guys. And you know what he walked the walk. He leads all of baseball in games played, plate appearances and at bats along with his 4256 hits. He walked 1566 times as well and had a .303 average.

He won 3 titles with the Big Red Machine beginning in 1963 when he won the NL Rookie of the year. He was a 17 time All-Star, MVP, two time gold glove winner, a silver slugger and three batting titles and led the league in hits 7 times. They named the street outside the ballpark, Pete Rose Way.

All Time Stat: He was the last true full time player manager.

Career stats manager: 412-373. in 1984 the Expos traded Rose back to Cincinnati and he was named player manager replacing Vern Rapp. He retired as a player in 1986 and continued to manager the Reds until 1989 when he was permanently banned from baseball. He had been suspended in 1988 for pushing an umpire and On August 24, 1989, Rose voluntarily accepted a permanent place on baseball’s ineligible list. He accepted that a factual reason existed for the ban. In return, MLB agreed to make no formal finding with regard to the gambling allegations. According to baseball’s rules, Rose could apply for reinstatement in one year, but Giamatti said, “There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement. That is exactly what we did not agree to in terms of a fixed number of years.” Giamatti died in September 1989 and Rose was never reinstated.

On February 4, 1991, the Hall of Fame voted formally to exclude individuals on the permanently ineligible list from being inducted by way of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) vote. A longstanding unwritten rule already barred permanently ineligible players from enshrinement. At the beginning of the 2024 season, Rose, Tucupita Marcano (banned in 2024 for betting on his own team’s games), and Roberto Alomar (banned in 2021 for sexual misconduct towards a female Toronto Blue Jays staffer) were the only living former players on the ineligible list (although former executive Chris Correa is also on the list for other infractions); Alomar was enshrined several years before his banishment, and his plaque remains in the hall and cannot be revoked. Players who were not selected by the BBWAA could be considered by the Veterans Committee in the first year after they would have lost their place on the BBWAA ballot. Under the Hall’s rules at the time, players could appear on the ballot for only 15 years, beginning five years after they retired. Had he not been banned from baseball, Rose’s name probably would have been on the writers’ ballot beginning in 1992 and ending in 2006. Given his significant achievements in baseball, Rose most likely would have been an inductee in his first year of eligibility joining the class of 1992 Rose would have been eligible for consideration by the Veterans Committee in 2007, but did not appear on the ballot. In 2008, the Veterans Committee barred players and managers on the ineligible list from consideration. Eight years later, Rose petitioned the Hall of Fame to permit his name to be submitted for induction, saying that he had not expected to be prevented from consideration when agreeing to the lifetime ban.

Although he will not be eligible for the Hall of Fame until December 2027 under the terms of the Fawn Rose and Jeffrey M. Lenkov agreement, artifacts from Rose’s career are still on display inside the Hall’s museum, located on the floor above the plaque gallery.

Now I always thought that this was the dumbest thing because Rose had already retired, he was no longer a player. I could understand why the Hall would exclude him based on the ban, as a manager, but he had 4000 hits as a player. He should have been elected to the Hall before he died.

And I would be wrong if I didnt say that Pete was his own worst enemy. He famously went on TV to deny betting and then finally came clean but way too late.

Fun Fact: He got his 4000th hit as a member of the Montreal Expos.

Ever a Future Star?  One of the most valuable cards, a 1963 Rookie Stars 4 panel card.

Rookie or final card? No

Hall of Fame? Number retired? Cincinnati Reds No. 14 retired. Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Major League Baseball All-Century Team

Links to stories including Pete Rose.

Rose entered the United States Army Reserves after the 1963 baseball season. He was assigned to Fort Knox for six months of active duty, followed by six years of attendance with the 478th Engineering Battalion, an army reserve unit, at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.^[14] At Fort Knox, Rose was a platoon guide. Rose remained at Fort Knox to assist his sergeant in training the next platoon and to help another sergeant train the fort’s baseball team. Later in his Fort Thomas service, Rose served as a company cook, which entailed coming in early for the one-weekend-per-month meeting so that he could leave early enough to participate in Reds home games. Other Reds players in the unit included Johnny Bench and Alex Johnson.^*

*wikipedia