Major League Baseball hitting legend Pete Rose passed away on Monday at his home in Las Vegas, his agent has confirmed. He was 83 years old.
Rose’s agent Ryan Fiterman of Fiterman Sports, confirmed to TMZ Rose had died and “the family is asking for privacy at this time.”
At the time of this publication, a cause of death has yet to be reported.
The Cincinnati-native and All-Time MLB Hits leader was banned from playing the sport at the height of his career in 1989 for gambling while he was a manager of the Reds, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
BREAKING: MLB legend Pete Rose has died at the age of 83, per @TMZ. pic.twitter.com/bSigcJNZj6
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The lifetime baseball ban also kept Rose — who won three World Series titles during his career — from being inducted into Cooperstown New York’s Baseball Hall of Fame, something that has been…
