Over 24 seasons, most with the Cincinnati Reds, Pete Rose played on three World Series winners, was a 17-time All-Star, and still holds the records for most major league games played and most career hits (4,256) as well a multiple other records.Photo by AP, File

Pete Rose, baseball’s hits leader barred from Hall of Fame for gambling, dead at 83

Rose was on course for 'a prominent spot' in Cooperstown's Hall of Fame when in 1989 he was found to have gambled on baseball games and banned for life from the honour

01 Oct 2024, 02:09 by Hillel Italie · National Post

NEW YORK — Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.

Stephanie Wheatley, a spokesperson for Clark County in Nevada, confirmed on behalf of the medical examiner that Rose died Monday. Wheatley said his cause and manner of death had not yet been determined.