Pete Rose: Timeline

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: 3000^th 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: 4000^th 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)

New York Mets Top 10 Moments

Yes, they have great moments...stop laughing.

The Amazing Mets (October 16, 1969): The ‘69 Mets are the poster children for the old adage that pitching and defense wins championships. The Mets came from nowhere to win 100 games, swept Hank Aaron’s Braves in the NLCS, and then defeated a 109 win Oriole team in the World Series. The Mets won with timely hitting, great pitching, and stellar defense. The Mets flashed their leather in the series against Baltimore and none was flashier than Ron Swoboda’s Game 4 catch off Brooks Robinson’s bat. Swoboda saved the game allowing the Mets to win in 10 innings to take a 3 games to 1 lead. They clinched the championship the following game.


Tom Seaver strikesout 19 (April 22, 1970): Tom Seaver was called “the Franchise” and he demonstrated why on April 22, 1970. On that date, he struck out 19 Padres including the final 10 in a row in one of the most dominant performances in history. Seaver won the game 2-1 on a 2 hitter.

The Harrelson-Rose fight (October 8, 1973 Game 3 NLCS): The Big Red Machine were gunning for their third pennant in four seasons when they played the Mets in the NLCS. The Mets barely finished over .500 while the Reds were the class of the National League. The Mets were unimpressed. Bud Harrelson reflected this attitude when he fought Pete Rose on the field. Before the game, Joe Morgan threatened Harrelson after the Mets short stop made some disparaging comments about the Reds. The Mets led the game 9-2 and the Reds were getting frustrated, so Rose tried to take it out by sliding hard into Harrelson. After the fight, Rose returned to left field. Mets fans pelted him with whatever they could throw. Reds manager Sparky Anderson pulled his team from the field to protect his players. Eventually, the Mets calmed down the crowd and won the game. They would defeat the Reds in five games to face the A’s in the World Series.

Keith Hernandez hits for the cycle in the most surreal game in history (July 4, 1985): The Mets beat the Braves 16-13 in 19 innings. New York led 10-8 in the 13th and the Braves tied the game. In the 18th, the Mets again took the lead. Then, reliever Rick Camp tied it with a home run for Atlanta. The Mets finally beat the Braves in a game that ended at 3:55 A.M. Six minutes later, the Braves shot off fireworks frightening people asleep in their beds. In the meantime, Keith Hernandez hit for the cycle.

Game 6 NLCS (October 15, 1986): The Mets won the greatest LCS game ever in 16 innings over Houston. Mike Scott handcuffed the Mets in two games and would have pitched Game 7. The Mets knew Game 7 meant a playoff defeat and rallied for three in the 9th against Bob Knepper. The teams exchanged runs in the 14th. In the 16th, the Mets scored three and the Astros two. Jesse Orosco struck out Kevin Bass with runners on to win the pennant.

It gets by Buckner! (October 25, 1986 Game 6 World Series): The Mets had no business winning the 1986 World Series, but they did courtesy a patented Red Sox collapse. With the Red Sox leading the World Series three games to two, Dave Henderson hit a lead off homer to give Boston the lead in the 10th. The Sox added another run to take a 5-3 lead to the bottom of the frame. With two out and nobody on, the Mets rallied for three to win the game. Gary Carter and Kevin Mitchell singled. Ray Knight singled in Carter sending Mitchell to third. Bob Stanley came in to pitch for Boston and uncorked a wild pitch to tie the game. Mookie Wilson then hit a roller to first which got by Buckner. It is doubtful that Buckner would have beaten Wilson to the bag had he fielded the ball cleanly. Knight scored on the error to save the Mets.

The Bad Guys Won (October 27, 1986 Game 7 World Series): Boston recovered from their collapse in Game 6 to take a 3-0 lead in Game 7. Then, they collapsed. In the 6th, Keith Hernandez singled in two to ignite the Mets. In the 1982 World Series, Hernandez also singled in two to bring his team back from a 3-0 deficit. The Mets tied the game with a groundout. New York scored three more in the 7th. They went on to win the game 8-5 and the World Series.

Todd Pratt (October 9, 1999): New York defeated the Diamondbacks in the NLDS on a Todd Pratt walk off. It was the highlight for the career backups career.

The Grand Slam single (October 17, 1999): The Mets trailed Atlanta three games to none in the 1999 NLCS. They rallied to win Game 4. In Game 5, the teams battled to a 2-2 tie. The game remained tied until the 15th inning when the Braves scored a run. In the bottom of the 15th, New York loaded the bases. Robin Ventura apparently unloaded the bases with a homer, but his teammates refused to allow him to round the bases. As a result, it went down as a two-run single. The Mets lost the series in 6.

Piazza’s 911 home run (9/21/01): In 2001, the Mets-Braves rivalry was one of baseball’s best. Despite this, 911 united the teams on an emotional night at Shea. Baseball returned from the attacks and Mike Piazza hit a two-run homer to give the Mets the win. After the game, Tom Glavine said it was one of the few losses that a team could live with.