Pete Rose, Major League legend, died

Los Angeles. The American Pete Rose, one of the best and most controversial baseball players in the history of the Major Leagues, died yesterday at the age of 83 at his residence in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The former Cincinnati Reds star, the major league’s all-time leader in hits, was MVP (Most Valuable Player) and winner of three World Series, but he did not enter the Hall of Fame after being banned for life for bet on matches.

The Reds receive with broken hearts the news of the death of baseball legend Pete Rosethe Cincinnati franchise wrote on its X account.

Rose, nicknamed Charlie Hustle Due to his aggressive play, he holds the record for hits in the Major Leagues with a total of 4,256.

His most famous feat occurred on September 11, 1985, when he hit a single to left field off San Diego pitcher Eric Snow, in Cincinnati, to achieve hit number 4,192 in his career, which surpassed the previous one. Ty Cobb’s record.

Only Rose and Cobb, who played between 1905 and 1928, have surpassed the 4,000 hit barrier.

Throughout his 24 seasons in competition, Rose also had 3,215 singles and 160 home runs in 3,562 games.

Pete won three World Series trophies, two of them consecutively with the Reds, in 1975 and 1976, and another with the Philadelphia Phillies, in 1980.

His record also includes season batting titles in 1968, 1969 and 1973, the year in which he was recognized as the National League MVP.

After a brief stint with the Montreal Expos in 1984, he was traded back to the Reds to serve as player and manager, a dual role he maintained until 1986.

Rose even received a call from President Ronald Reagan.

Your reputation and legacy are assuredthe president told him. It will be a long time before anyone stands where you are.

Days later it was all over. After his retirement, details of his bets on Major League games came to light.

Although he dismissed the allegations, an investigation found evidence of betting in the 1985, 1986 and 1987 seasons, including dozens of Reds games.

In August 1989, Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti said the saddest words in baseball history: One of the greatest players was involved in some acts that have tarnished the sport and now must live with the consequences of his actions.

Pete was banned for life, a punishment he unsuccessfully tried to reverse for years.

For fans who grew up in the 1960s and ’70s, there was no more exciting player wearing No. 14 for the Cincinnati Reds, the shaggy-haired, round-nosed, muscular-armed superstar.

When playing on artificial turf, division games and free agency began, Rose had an old-school style.

Even though he was never in Cooperstown, his career was represented. Some elements of his career are in the Hall of Fame such as his MVP helmet from the 1973 season, the bat he used in 1978 when he had 44 games with hits, in addition to the tennis shoes he was wearing the day he became the king in 1985.