Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader in Major League Baseball, has died at the age of 83. The Rose family confirmed his passing to Sports Illustrated on Monday.
Rose spent parts of 24 seasons in the majors and over that span he amassed 4,256 hits. On Sept. 11, 1985, Rose at age 44 passed Ty Cobb with his 4,192nd hit and became MLB’s anointed Hit King. Of his nearly quarter-century in the majors, 19 of those seasons came with Rose’s hometown Cincinnati Reds, whom he also managed at one point. Rose was a three-time World Series champion – first with the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and then with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980. Along the way, Rose was selected to 17 All-Star teams, and he won the National League MVP Award in 1973 as a member of the Reds.
