Pete Rose Passed Away!

Pete Rose, the legendary infielder/outfielder and manager of the Cincinnati Reds died in Las Vegas.

The legendary and infamous baseball player Pete Rose, the man they named Charlie Hustle has passed away at 83 years old. Pete Edward Rose, Sr. was born in Cincinnati in 1941.

He passed away in Las Vegas of possible natural causes. He was in Nashville prior for an autograph signing.

Disgraced after a betting scandal while managing the Cincinnati Reds, he died trying to reclaim his name and legacy in Cooperstown, New York at the Baseball Hall of Fame. 

Lodged as a possible sexual predator after three women claimed abuse including one who was a minor, Rose maintain no sexual encounter occurred.

Hailed one of the members of the Big Red Machine, he took the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Philies to MLB Division and World Series Championships.

Rose played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, most prominently as a member of the Cincinnati Reds lineup known as the Big Red Machine for their dominance of the National League in the 1970s. He also had a successful stint playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, where he won his third World Series championship, as well as a brief stint with the Montreal Expos. During and after his playing career, he served as the manager of the Reds from 1984 to 1989.

Rose is MLB's all-time leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215) and outs (10,328). He won three World Series championships, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Glove Awards, and the Rookie of the Year Award. He also made seventeen All-Star appearances at an unequaled five positions (second baseman, left fielder, right fielder, third baseman and first baseman). Rose won both of his Gold Gloves when he was an outfielder, in 1969 and 1970.

The all time hit king. Pete Rose's passing could finally put him in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

In August 1989 (his last year as a manager and three years after retiring as a player), Rose was penalized with permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while he played for and managed the Reds; the charges of wrongdoing included claims that he bet on his own team. In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame formally voted to ban those on the "permanently ineligible" list from induction, after previously excluding such players by informal agreement among voters. After years of public denial, Rose admitted in 2004 that he bet on baseball and on the Reds. The issue of his possible reinstatement and election to the Hall of Fame remains contentious throughout baseball.

He was fired from the Reds soon after. The commissioner who placed the lifetime ban, Bart Giamatti had passed away from a massive heart attack.

Rose had a brief stint with a few minor league teams that were not affiliated with the MLB or MiLB. He managed the Bridgeport Bluefish.

Thanks to his gambling and debts, he avoided paying taxes.

Pete Rose had a brief stint as a wrestler and celebrity referee in the WWE.

Rose entered a plea of guilty to two charges of filing false income tax returns not showing income he received from selling autographs and memorabilia and from horseracing winnings. On July 19, he was sentenced to five months in the minimum security prison camp at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, and fined $50,000. Rose was released on January 7, 1991, after having paid $366,041 in back taxes and interest and was required to perform 1,000 hours of community service.

Rose married Karolyn Englehardt on January 25, 1964. The couple had two children, daughter Fawn (b. 1964) and son Pete Rose Jr. (b. 1969). The marriage ended in divorce in 1980. In 1978, a paternity suit was filed naming Rose as the father of Morgan Erin Rubio. In a 1996 settlement of the lawsuit, Rose acknowledged that Rubio was his daughter.

Rose married his second wife, Carol J. Woliung, in 1984. They had two children, son Tyler (b. 1984) and daughter Cara (b. 1989), who was born two days before Rose's banishment from MLB. Rose filed for divorce from Carol in March 2011, citing irreconcilable differences, but his petition did not offer any additional details. Rose did not include a date for their separation. Documents in the filing said that Rose was looking to acquire all memorabilia and other possessions from before the marriage.