Photos: The legendary career of Pete Rose
Baseball's Hit King to be inducted into Reds Hall of Fame Saturday
Pete Rose, 22-year-old second baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, is seen on February 27, 1963.
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Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose won his second consecutive batting crown last season in the National League with a .348 average March 7, 1970 in Clearwater, Florida. Winner of many top honors, Rose was named team captain by new manager Sparky Anderson.
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In this July 14, 1970, file photo, National League's Pete Rose collides with American League catcher Ray Fosse as he scores the winning run during the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fosse's body still aches all over 45 years later. He never did fully recover physically from one of most infamous plays in All-Star Game history.
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Pete Rose who rapped out his 2,000th career hit during this series, June 21, 1973, in San Francisco flys across the plate with the Cincinnati Reds' sixth run in the fourth inning yesterday as Johnny Bench whose spectacular catch robbed the San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds of a tying homer in the fourth holds a runner at third. Giant's pitcher Don Carrithers, the pitcher of record in the 7-5 Giant loss watches at left.
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Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose, right, wore bow tie to luncheon for All-star baseball players in Kansas City, Tuesday, July 24, 1973 and drew admiring attention from other All-Star players, from left; Amos Otis of the Kansas City Royals; Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Bobby Murcer, New York Yankees. National League and American League meet Tuesday night in 44th All-Star game.
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In this Oct. 9, 1973, file photo, Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose holds a bat as he talks to the press prior to workout at Shea Stadium in New York. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has rejected Pete Rose바카라 게임 웹사이트s plea for reinstatement, citing his continued gambling and evidence that he bet on games when he was playing for the Cincinnati Reds. Manfred says in a letter sent to Rose and made public on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, that baseball바카라 게임 웹사이트s hits king hasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t been completely honest about his gambling on baseball games.
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Pete Rose, most valuable player in the National League for the Cincinnati Reds, strains as he fails to make a 200-pound lift, coming in fourth in the Superstars 1974 event at Rotonda, Fla., Feb. 25, 1974.
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Pictured here is Pete Rose, switch hitter for the Cincinnati Reds, 1975.
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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Will McEnany (37) celebrates his team's World Series championship victory with catcher Johnny Bench and third baseman Pete Rose (14) in Boston, Ma., Oct. 22, 1975. McEnary came in to pitch for the Reds in the ninth inning of game 7. The Reds beat the Red Sox, 4-3.
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Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose holds his Hickok "Professional Athlete of The Year" belt in New York, Thursday, Jan. 9, 1976. Rose was the 26th annual winner of the award.
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Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds slides to third during eighth inning of game three in World Series action against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., on Oct. 20, 1976. At right is Yankees player Graig Nettles (9). The Reds defeated the Yankees, 6-2.
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Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose (14) poses with his son, Pete Rose Jr., at the All-Star game in New York City on July 19, 1977.
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Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds is shown beating out a first inning single during action in Philadelphia, May 3, 1978. He singled to left field which put him three hits away from 3,000. He later got another hit and needs two on Friday to get 3,000.
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Cincinnati Reds third baseman Pete Rose tips his cap to the crowd after hitting in his 44th straight game to tie Willie Keeler's 44-game hitting streak set in 1987. The hit came in the 6th inning at the Atlanta Fulton County Stadium on Monday, night, July 31, 1978.
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Cincinnati Reds third baseman Pete Rose, shown relaxing with a cup of coffee while waiting for his turn to bat in the team's last game of the season on Friday, Oct. 20, 1978, trimmed the list of possible teams he might consider in the upcoming free agent draft. Rose named eight teams he would give "serious consideration," but also did not rule out signing with the Reds
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Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose hits a line drive, Sept.11,1985, to break Ty Cobb's all-time hit record.
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Cincinnati Reds player-manager Pete Rose is congratulated by his teammates after he broke Ty Cobb's hitting record, Sept. 11, 1985.
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In this Sept. 11, 1985, file photo, Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose rounds first base after hitting a single to break Ty Cobbs hitting record during a baseball game at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio. The last player to be banned for life from baseball makes his living these days signing autographs. Rose has some advice for Alex Rodriguez if he wants to avoid the same fate.
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Cincinnati Reds' manager Pete Rose Leans against the dugout before the start of game Wednesday, March 22, 1989, in Plant City, Fla. Rose talked to reporters before the start of the game but refused to comment on the Commissioner's Office investigation.
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Congratulations Pete!
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Pete Rose, 22-year-old second baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, is seen on February 27, 1963.
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Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose won his second consecutive batting crown last season in the National League with a .348 average March 7, 1970 in Clearwater, Florida. Winner of many top honors, Rose was named team captain by new manager Sparky Anderson.
PHOTO: AP photo
In this July 14, 1970, file photo, National League's Pete Rose collides with American League catcher Ray Fosse as he scores the winning run during the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fosse's body still aches all over 45 years later. He never did fully recover physically from one of most infamous plays in All-Star Game history.
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Pete Rose who rapped out his 2,000th career hit during this series, June 21, 1973, in San Francisco flys across the plate with the Cincinnati Reds' sixth run in the fourth inning yesterday as Johnny Bench whose spectacular catch robbed the San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds of a tying homer in the fourth holds a runner at third. Giant's pitcher Don Carrithers, the pitcher of record in the 7-5 Giant loss watches at left.
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Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose, right, wore bow tie to luncheon for All-star baseball players in Kansas City, Tuesday, July 24, 1973 and drew admiring attention from other All-Star players, from left; Amos Otis of the Kansas City Royals; Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Bobby Murcer, New York Yankees. National League and American League meet Tuesday night in 44th All-Star game.
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In this Oct. 9, 1973, file photo, Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose holds a bat as he talks to the press prior to workout at Shea Stadium in New York. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has rejected Pete Rose바카라 게임 웹사이트s plea for reinstatement, citing his continued gambling and evidence that he bet on games when he was playing for the Cincinnati Reds. Manfred says in a letter sent to Rose and made public on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, that baseball바카라 게임 웹사이트s hits king hasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t been completely honest about his gambling on baseball games.
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Pete Rose, most valuable player in the National League for the Cincinnati Reds, strains as he fails to make a 200-pound lift, coming in fourth in the Superstars 1974 event at Rotonda, Fla., Feb. 25, 1974.
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Pictured here is Pete Rose, switch hitter for the Cincinnati Reds, 1975.
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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Will McEnany (37) celebrates his team's World Series championship victory with catcher Johnny Bench and third baseman Pete Rose (14) in Boston, Ma., Oct. 22, 1975. McEnary came in to pitch for the Reds in the ninth inning of game 7. The Reds beat the Red Sox, 4-3.
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Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose holds his Hickok "Professional Athlete of The Year" belt in New York, Thursday, Jan. 9, 1976. Rose was the 26th annual winner of the award.
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Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds slides to third during eighth inning of game three in World Series action against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., on Oct. 20, 1976. At right is Yankees player Graig Nettles (9). The Reds defeated the Yankees, 6-2.
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Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose (14) poses with his son, Pete Rose Jr., at the All-Star game in New York City on July 19, 1977.
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Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds is shown beating out a first inning single during action in Philadelphia, May 3, 1978. He singled to left field which put him three hits away from 3,000. He later got another hit and needs two on Friday to get 3,000.
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Cincinnati Reds third baseman Pete Rose tips his cap to the crowd after hitting in his 44th straight game to tie Willie Keeler's 44-game hitting streak set in 1987. The hit came in the 6th inning at the Atlanta Fulton County Stadium on Monday, night, July 31, 1978.
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Cincinnati Reds third baseman Pete Rose, shown relaxing with a cup of coffee while waiting for his turn to bat in the team's last game of the season on Friday, Oct. 20, 1978, trimmed the list of possible teams he might consider in the upcoming free agent draft. Rose named eight teams he would give "serious consideration," but also did not rule out signing with the Reds
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Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose hits a line drive, Sept.11,1985, to break Ty Cobb's all-time hit record.
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Cincinnati Reds player-manager Pete Rose is congratulated by his teammates after he broke Ty Cobb's hitting record, Sept. 11, 1985.
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In this Sept. 11, 1985, file photo, Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose rounds first base after hitting a single to break Ty Cobbs hitting record during a baseball game at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio. The last player to be banned for life from baseball makes his living these days signing autographs. Rose has some advice for Alex Rodriguez if he wants to avoid the same fate.
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Cincinnati Reds' manager Pete Rose Leans against the dugout before the start of game Wednesday, March 22, 1989, in Plant City, Fla. Rose talked to reporters before the start of the game but refused to comment on the Commissioner's Office investigation.
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Congratulations Pete!
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Pete Rose, 22-year-old second baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, is seen on February 27, 1963.
PHOTO: AP photo
Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose won his second consecutive batting crown last season in the National League with a .348 average March 7, 1970 in Clearwater, Florida. Winner of many top honors, Rose was named team captain by new manager Sparky Anderson.
PHOTO: AP photo
In this July 14, 1970, file photo, National League's Pete Rose collides with American League catcher Ray Fosse as he scores the winning run during the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fosse's body still aches all over 45 years later. He never did fully recover physically from one of most infamous plays in All-Star Game history.
PHOTO: AP photo
Pete Rose who rapped out his 2,000th career hit during this series, June 21, 1973, in San Francisco flys across the plate with the Cincinnati Reds' sixth run in the fourth inning yesterday as Johnny Bench whose spectacular catch robbed the San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds of a tying homer in the fourth holds a runner at third. Giant's pitcher Don Carrithers, the pitcher of record in the 7-5 Giant loss watches at left.
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Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose, right, wore bow tie to luncheon for All-star baseball players in Kansas City, Tuesday, July 24, 1973 and drew admiring attention from other All-Star players, from left; Amos Otis of the Kansas City Royals; Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Bobby Murcer, New York Yankees. National League and American League meet Tuesday night in 44th All-Star game.
PHOTO: AP photo
In this Oct. 9, 1973, file photo, Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose holds a bat as he talks to the press prior to workout at Shea Stadium in New York. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has rejected Pete Rose바카라 게임 웹사이트s plea for reinstatement, citing his continued gambling and evidence that he bet on games when he was playing for the Cincinnati Reds. Manfred says in a letter sent to Rose and made public on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, that baseball바카라 게임 웹사이트s hits king hasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t been completely honest about his gambling on baseball games.
PHOTO: AP photo
Pete Rose, most valuable player in the National League for the Cincinnati Reds, strains as he fails to make a 200-pound lift, coming in fourth in the Superstars 1974 event at Rotonda, Fla., Feb. 25, 1974.
PHOTO: AP photo
Pictured here is Pete Rose, switch hitter for the Cincinnati Reds, 1975.
PHOTO: AP photo
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Will McEnany (37) celebrates his team's World Series championship victory with catcher Johnny Bench and third baseman Pete Rose (14) in Boston, Ma., Oct. 22, 1975. McEnary came in to pitch for the Reds in the ninth inning of game 7. The Reds beat the Red Sox, 4-3.
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Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose holds his Hickok "Professional Athlete of The Year" belt in New York, Thursday, Jan. 9, 1976. Rose was the 26th annual winner of the award.
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Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds slides to third during eighth inning of game three in World Series action against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., on Oct. 20, 1976. At right is Yankees player Graig Nettles (9). The Reds defeated the Yankees, 6-2.
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Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose (14) poses with his son, Pete Rose Jr., at the All-Star game in New York City on July 19, 1977.
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Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds is shown beating out a first inning single during action in Philadelphia, May 3, 1978. He singled to left field which put him three hits away from 3,000. He later got another hit and needs two on Friday to get 3,000.
PHOTO: AP photo
Cincinnati Reds third baseman Pete Rose tips his cap to the crowd after hitting in his 44th straight game to tie Willie Keeler's 44-game hitting streak set in 1987. The hit came in the 6th inning at the Atlanta Fulton County Stadium on Monday, night, July 31, 1978.
PHOTO: AP photo
Cincinnati Reds third baseman Pete Rose, shown relaxing with a cup of coffee while waiting for his turn to bat in the team's last game of the season on Friday, Oct. 20, 1978, trimmed the list of possible teams he might consider in the upcoming free agent draft. Rose named eight teams he would give "serious consideration," but also did not rule out signing with the Reds
PHOTO: AP photo
Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose hits a line drive, Sept.11,1985, to break Ty Cobb's all-time hit record.
PHOTO: AP photo
Cincinnati Reds player-manager Pete Rose is congratulated by his teammates after he broke Ty Cobb's hitting record, Sept. 11, 1985.
PHOTO: AP photo
In this Sept. 11, 1985, file photo, Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose rounds first base after hitting a single to break Ty Cobbs hitting record during a baseball game at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio. The last player to be banned for life from baseball makes his living these days signing autographs. Rose has some advice for Alex Rodriguez if he wants to avoid the same fate.
PHOTO: AP photo
Cincinnati Reds' manager Pete Rose Leans against the dugout before the start of game Wednesday, March 22, 1989, in Plant City, Fla. Rose talked to reporters before the start of the game but refused to comment on the Commissioner's Office investigation.
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Congratulations Pete!
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Baseball's Hit King to be inducted into Reds Hall of Fame Saturday
Rose, a Cincinnati native, played 24 seasons with the Reds and collected an MLB-record 4,256 hits in his career.