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Archives: Pete Rose becomes baseball's hit king in 1985

Archives: Pete Rose becomes baseball's hit king in 1985
Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Okay. Someday, when you tell your kids about this, what are you gonna tell him? That I was here in this game and I got my ticket for 50 cents. And I'll probably just hang onto the ticket and show it to him. I couldn't decide if I should watch the T V or watch the real play. And I thought, set the TV down, Watch the real play. And there it went, and I could have fried. I could have pride. Okay? I was in the bathroom, and I was I heard a big crowd go up and I died. I said, Man, I came here for nothing. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah.
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Archives: Pete Rose becomes baseball's hit king in 1985
On Sept. 11, 1985, Pete Rose recorded hit No. 4,195 at Riverfront Stadium.That date is largely considered the day Rose surpassed Ty Cobb's all-time hits record to become baseball's hit king.Rose collected the hit off San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show, driving the ball into left-center field. It's a record that has stood since 1985.Photos: The legendary career of Pete RoseBut the date on which Rose broke Cobb's record has been in question for years. Record-keeping in Cobb's era was not as accurate as it under today's standards, and the American League double-counted a two-game hit by Cobb, according to several baseball historians. But Major League Baseball still recognized 4,191 as the official number.Rose finished his career with 4,256 hits, with no real challenger in sight.Rose died in September 2024 at the age of 83.

On Sept. 11, 1985, Pete Rose recorded hit No. 4,195 at Riverfront Stadium.

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That date is largely considered the day Rose surpassed Ty Cobb's all-time hits record to become baseball's hit king.

Rose collected the hit off San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show, driving the ball into left-center field. It's a record that has stood since 1985.

Photos: The legendary career of Pete Rose

But the date on which Rose broke Cobb's record has been in question for years.

Record-keeping in Cobb's era was not as accurate as it under today's standards, and the American League double-counted a two-game hit by Cobb, according to several baseball historians.

But Major League Baseball still recognized 4,191 as the official number.

Rose finished his career with 4,256 hits, with no real challenger in sight.

Rose died in September 2024 at the age of 83.