MLB Legend Pete Rose died at age 83, TMZ Sports learned.
Rose, Major League Baseball’s hit king, passed away earlier today at his home in Las Vegas.
Pete’s agent, Ryan Fiterman of Fiterman Sports, confirmed the news, saying, “the family is asking for privacy at this time.”
Pete was one of the greatest baseball players to ever grace a diamond, earning 17 All-Star Game nominations, winning three World Series and the 1973 NL MVP.
Rose accumulated an astonishing 4,256 hits over his 24-season career.
Rose spent most of his legendary career with the Cincinnati Reds, but also played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos before returning to Cinci and finishing his career as a player-manager.
Rose hung up the tips for good (as a player) in 1986.
Of course, Rose was not without controversy. He was banned from baseball by the MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti in 1989, after the league ruled he would bet on baseball.
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