Pete Rose
Born: April 14, 1941
1960: Signed with Reds
1963: During Spring Training, Whitey Ford called Rose “Charlie Hustle” deriding the rookie’s playing style. The nickname stuck.
Debut: April 8, 1963 (Reds)
April 13, 1963: First big league hit after starting 0-for-11
1963: Won Rookie of the Year
1963: Joined army reserves at the end of the season
1964: Reached on an error and scored on an error to beat Houston’s Ken Johnson. Johnson no-hit the Reds, but still got the loss.
1968: 22-game hitting streak and a 19-game hitting streak
1968: Won Batting Title
1968: Won Hutch Award
1969: Won Batting Title
1969: Won Lou Gehrig Award
1970: Injured Ray Fosse at a play at the plate during the All-Star Game.
1970: Reds won the pennant
1972: Reds won the pennant
1973: Won Batting Title
1973: Fought Mets Bud Harrelson on the field during the NLCS
1973: NL MVP
1975: Rose moved to 3b to make room for George Foster’s bat
1975: Reds win World Series
1975: Won World Series MVP
1975: SI’s Sportsman of the Year and Hickok Belt winner as best pro athlete
1975: Reds win World Series
1976: Reds win World Series
1976: Roberto Clemente Award
1978: 3000th hit off Steve Rogers
1978: 44-game hitting streak
1979: Joined Phillies as a free agent
1980: Phillies win World Series
1980: Makes iconic play with Bob Boone in Game 6 World Series
1981: Breaks Stan Musial’s NL hit record
1983: Phillies win pennant
1984: Joined the Montreal Expos
1984: 4000th hit off Jerry Koosman
1984: Traded to Reds for Tom Lawless. Becomes player-manager
1985: Breaks Ty Cobb’s hit record
1986: Retires as a player
1988: Suspended 30 days for bumping umpire Dave Pallone
1989: Banned for life for betting on baseball based on information gathered in the Dowd Report
1990: Rose plead guilty of income tax evasion and sentenced to 5 months in prison
1991: The Baseball Hall of Fame voted that permanently ineligible players could not be elected
1997: Rose applied for reinstatement
1998-2000: Rose appeared in various WWE events
1999: Elected to All Century Team. At the ceremony, NBC’s Jim Gray harassed Rose trying to get him to confess on national television resulting in a backlash from players and fans against Gray.
2002: John Dowd (author of the Dowd Report) claims Rose may have bet against the Reds
2004: Rose admits to betting on baseball
2010: Appeared on WWE Raw
Accomplishments:
3x World Champion
3x Batting Champion
1973 NL MVP
1963 Rookie of the Year
1975 World Series MVP
44-game hitting streak (1978)
17x All Star
2x Gold Glove winner
1981 Silver Slugger
.303 career hitter
Hit .300 +: 15x
4256 Hits (#1 all time)
200+ hits: 12x (led league 7x)
3562 Games played (#1 all time)
Led league in GP: 5x
14053 ABs (#1 All time)
Led league in ABs: 4x
2165 runs scored (Led league: 4x)
100+ runs: 9x
746 doubles (led league: 5x)
30+ doubles: 15x
40+ doubles: 7x
51 doubles: 1978
135 triples
160 home runs
1314 RBI
1566 walks
106 walks (1974)
.375 OBP (led league 2x)
.400+ OBP: 5x
.512 slugging (1969)
5752 total bases
300+ total bases: 3x
.940 OPS (1969)
Postseason:
.321, 5 HR, 22 RBI, .828 OPS
Managerial Record:
412-373 (.525)
