Baseball legend Pete Rose dies at the age of 83

Pete Rose, MLB’s hit king who then became a pariah for gambling on the game, has died at the age of 83, the medical examiner in Clark County, Nevada, confirmed to ABC News on Monday. Rose was found at his home by a family member, according to the medical examiner. Outfielder Pete Rose #14 of the Cincinnati Reds salutes the crowd after surpassing Ty Cobb with his 4192 hit that came against San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show on Sept. 11, 1985 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Focus On Sport/Getty Images, FILE The medical examiner told ABC News that Rose was not under the care of a doctor when he died, and the scene is being examined. Rose died of from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with a significant condition of diabetes mellitus, the medical examiner’s office told ABC News on Tuesday. In this Dec. 15, 2015, file photo, former baseball player and manager Pete Rose speaks at a news conference in Las Vegas. Mark J. Terrill/AP, FILE Rose brought a workmanlike attitude to America’s pastime and won innumerable fans for his hustle on the field. By the end of his 24-year career, 19 of which were with the Cincinnati Reds, he held the record for most career hits, as well as games played, plate appearances and at-bats. He also won three World Series — two with Cincinnati’s “Big Red Machine” clubs in 1975 and 1976, and a third with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980. With Rose under suspicion, new MLB Commissioner Bart Giamatti commissioned an investigation led by John Dowd, a lawyer with the Department of Justice, in April 1989. By June, the damning report was released, documenting at least 52 bets on Reds games in 1987, his first season as solely a manager after serving as player/manager for three seasons. In this June 3, 1981, file photo, Philadelphia Phillies’ Pete Rose slides to third base during a baseball game against the New York Mets in Philadelphia. Rusty Kennedy/AP, FILE Faced with few options, Rose voluntarily accepted placement on baseball’s ineligible list in August 1989. Despite this, Rose continued to deny he ever gambled on his own team for over a decade. He finally admitted to gambling on Reds games in his 2004 autobiography, “My Prison Without Bars.” “I bet on baseball in 1987 and 1988,” he told ABC News’ Charles Gibson in an exclusive interview that aired Jan. 8, 2004, on “Primetime Thursday.” “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 said. AP, FILE Two years after Rose was banned for life, the Baseball Hall of Fame ruled no one on the ineligible list would be allowed into the institution. The controversy over Rose’s suspension and ban from the Hall of Fame has taken on a life of its own, becoming a subject sports fans often debate more than his legendary on-field exploits. Rose petitioned the league to be removed from the list in 1992, 1998, 2003, 2015 and 2022 — but either was rejected or received no response each time. “That was a part of my life that you can’t change, you wish it hadn’t happened, but you can just guarantee yourself that it won’t happen again,” Rose told ABC News in 2004. Rose broke Ty Cobb’s hallowed record on Sept. 11, 1985, with a single against the San Diego Padres for his 4,192nd hit. Decades later, Rose remains atop the career hits list. Only Derek Jeter (3,465), Albert Pujols (3,384) and Paul Molitor (3,319) have even come within 1,000 hits of Rose’s record in the time since it was set — and none seriously challenged the mark. Years earlier, in 1978, Rose captured attention when he made a run at Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak — maybe the most vaunted record in sports. Starting on June 14, Rose would record a hit in 44 straight games. The two appeared in a reality TV show, “Pete Rose: Hits and Mrs.” in 2013. Rose’s eldest son, Pete Rose Jr., played in the minors and independent baseball for over 10 years, but played just 11 games in the majors with the Reds in 1997. Rose never strayed far from baseball, despite being on the sport’s ineligible list. 14 was retired by the Reds and appeared on the sport’s All-Century Team, as voted by fans, in 1999. Only three non-Hall of Famers are on the list of 30 players, with Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire absent due to allegations of steroid use that popped up after the list was compiled. “I owe baseball,” Rose told Gibson in 2004. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/baseball-legend-pete-rose-dies-age-83/story?id=114369503