RIP CHARLIE HUSTLE: Major League Baseball Legend Pete Rose Dies at 83 at Home in Las Vegas

MLB's all-time leader in hits, games played, at-bats, singles and outs

Major League Baseball legend Pete Rose died Monday at the age of 83 at his home in Las Vegas. The cause of death was not announced by a family spokesperson.

Rose, also known by his nickname “Charlie Hustle,” was a switch hitter, and 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 played in Major Leagues 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.

Rose 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.

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 17 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.

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.

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