At the age of 83, Pete Rose, the hit man of Major League Baseball who later gained notoriety for his excessive wagering on the sport, passed away, the Clark County, Nevada, medical examiner announced to ABC News on Monday.
The medical examiner stated that a family member discovered Rose at his residence. No indications of foul play were present.
The cause and manner of death will be determined by the coroner’s investigation.
Rose was not receiving medical attention when he passed away, according to the medical examiner, who spoke with ABC News about the scene’s investigation.
To ascertain the cause and manner of death, the coroner will conduct an investigation.
Rose gained a great deal of admiration for his tenacity on the field and introduced a workmanlike mentality to American sports. He held the records for games played, at-bats, and plate appearances at the end of his 24-year career, 19 of which were spent with the Cincinnati Reds. In addition, he was the 1963 Rookie of the Year, the 1973 NL MVP, and a 17-time All-Star.
In addition, he has three World Series victories: two in 1975 and 1976 with Cincinnati’s “Big Red Machine” clubs, and a third in 1980 with the Philadelphia Phillies.
However, Rose will never be forgotten as much for his 1989 lifetime MLB exile stemming from his involvement in game-fixing while managing the Reds.
In April 1989, with suspicions about Rose, new MLB Commissioner Bart Giamatti ordered an inquiry headed by Department of Justice attorney John Dowd. In June, the incriminating report surfaced, detailing at least fifty-two wagers placed on Reds games during 1987—his first season as a manager alone following three seasons as a player/manager. The Dowd Report stated that the wagers amounted to thousands of dollars per day.
In August 1989, Rose voluntarily agreed to be placed on baseball’s ineligible list after being left with few options. For more almost ten years, Rose insisted he had never wagered on his own team.
In 2004, he came clean about his Reds gambling habit in his book, “My Prison Without Bars.” He also revealed the truth for the first time in an interview to promote the book on ABC News.
In an exclusive interview with ABC News’s Charles Gibson that aired on January 8, 2004, on “Primetime Thursday,” he said, “I bet on baseball in 1987 and 1988.” “That was my mistake, not coming clean a lot earlier.”
He said that he “want[ed] to win every game” and insisted that he never bet against his club.
“I think what happens is you’re, at the time, you’re betting football and then what’s after football is basketball … and obviously the next thing that follows is baseball,” Rose stated. “It’s just a pattern that you got into.”
The Baseball Hall of Fame declared that no one on the ineligible list would be permitted entry two years after Rose was given a lifelong ban.
Sports fans now discuss Rose’s suspension and exclusion from the Hall of Fame more frequently than his illustrious on-field performances because to the controversy surrounding his actions.
In a tweet from February 2020, even then-President Donald Trump commented on the argument: “He gambled, but only on his team winning, and paid a decades-long price.” GET PETE ROSE INTRODUCED INTO THE HALL OF FAME BASEBALL! Now is the moment.”
Rose filed requests to have the league taken off the list in 1992, 1998, 2003, 2015, and 2022, but each time she either got a negative answer or nothing at all.
