Pete Rosehit leader in seven Major League seasons (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976 and 1981), He died this Monday at the age of 83 for undisclosed reasons, the Cincinnati Reds, the organization in which he played 19 of his 24-year career, have reported.
Not even the MLB’s veto of Rose for his relationship with gambling while he was a manager tarnished the legend of the man who He led the scoring classification in the National League four times (1968, and from 1974 to ’76) and won three batting titles (1968, 1969 and 1973).
“The Reds are heartbroken to learn of the passing of baseball legend Pete Rose,” the team posted on X.
Ryan Fiterman, Rose’s representative, told TMZ Sports that the family has requested respect to privacy to deal with the death of the former hitter born April 14, 1941 in Western Hills, Cincinnati.
During his career, the former Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos player raised the bar in number of hits (4,256), at-bats (14,053), plate appearances (15,890) and games (3,562).
With a batting average of .303, added to his 746 doubles, 135 triples and 160 home runs, Rose also recorded 2,165 runs scored and 1,314 RBIs.
He won the Rookie of the Year award in his debut in 1963 and won the Most Valuable Player award in the 1973 campaign.
The mole in his career was recorded in 1989 by the veto that until the day of his death prevented him from being selected to the Major League Hall of Fame, due to his relationship with betting.
Although at first Rose denied gamblingthe MLB presented evidence that supported its accusation.
Rose, characterized by his controversial statements, referred with crude irony to the recent betting scandal involving the Japanese interpreter Shohei Ohtani, who took more than 16 million dollars from the star to spend on games.
“I would have liked to have had an interpreter. I would be free of problems,” he declared..
“I was wrong when I did what I did, okay? I can’t take it back. I wish baseball would give me the chance, though. I have been punished quite severely“said the three-time World Series winner (1975, 1976 and 1980) in a very serious tone.
