Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader in Major League Baseball who later became a pariah for betting on his team as a manager, has died. He was 83.
Rose's death was confirmed to ABC News by the Clark County, Nevada medical examiner. The cause of death is currently unknown.
Rose's playing career lasted from 1963 to 1986, and his managing career lasted from 1984 to 1989. While Rose played for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Montreal Expos, the bulk of his career was spent with the Cincinnati Reds. His entire managing career was with the Reds.
Nicknamed "Charlie Hustle," Rose still holds a number of MLB records decades after he retired. The most notable record is most career hits with 4,256. Other notable records include:
-Most career singles: 3,215
-Most career times on base: 5,929
-Most career outs: 10,328
-Most career games played: 3,562
-Most career-winning games played: 1,972
-Most career runs by a switch hitter: 2,165
-Most career doubles by a switch hitter: 746
As if those numbers weren't impressive enough, Rose is the only player in MLB history to play at least 500 games at five different positions: First base (939), left field (671), third base (634), second base (628) and right field (595).
Among his numerous honors, Rose was a 17-time All-Star, a three-time World Series champion, a World Series MVP, the National League Rookie of the Year (1963), the National League MVP (1973) and a two-time Gold Glove Award winner.
The Cincinnati Red retired his number and inducted him into the team's Hall of Fame. However, the biggest omission from Rose's resume is being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1991, Rose was banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame following a 1989 investigation into him betting on baseball games -- including ones involving his own team -- while he was the manager of the Reds.
Rose denied betting on baseball for years, but he eventually admitted to it in his 2004 memoir, My Prison Without Bars. In a 2018 interview with the Cincinnati Enquirer, he said the only thing he'd change about his life if he had to do it all over again was not bet on baseball.
"Having said that, I feel like I’ve been a pretty good citizen, " said Rose. "You never read about me being in a bar after hours, beating up my wife, or getting into a fight with a fan and I was as gracious to everyone as I could be."
