Pete Rose, MLB’s all-time hits leader who was banned for life, dies at 83
Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader who was banned from the sport after he gambled on his own team as a player and manager, died Monday.
Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader who was banned from the sport after he gambled on his own team as a player and manager, died Monday. He was 83.
The Clark County, Nevada, medical examiner's office confirmed Rose’s death, saying in a statement Tuesday that he died of hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and that he had a "significant condition" of diabetes. His manner of death was natural, according to the office.
Rose played 24 seasons in the major leagues, the last three of which as a player-manager. He most famously played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1963 to 1978 and again from 1984 to 1986. Rose was placed on MLB’s ineligible list in August 1989 after an investigation revealed he had gambled on baseball — including on the Reds’ own games — when he was manager.
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