A young Peter Edward Rose readies to bowl a strike!
Gallery of Peter Rose
Gallery of Peter Rose
Gallery of Peter Rose
Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies bats during a MLB game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. Rose played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1979 to 1983.
Gallery of Peter Rose
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds and owner Marge Schott looks on during batting practice prior to the start of a Major League Baseball game against the New York Mets circa 1986 at Shea Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City. Rose played for the Reds from 1963-78 and 1984-86.
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Manager Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds argues with an umpire during a Major League Baseball game circa 1988 against the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. Rose managed the Reds from 1984-89.
Gallery of Peter Rose
Former Cincinnati Reds player and Manger Pete Rose watches a Major League Baseball game circa 1993 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rose managed the Reds from 1984-89.
Gallery of Peter Rose
Former Cincinnati Reds player and Manger Pete Rose watches a Major League Baseball game circa 1993 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rose managed the Reds from 1984-89.
Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies bats during a MLB game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. Rose played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1979 to 1983.
Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies poses during a MLB game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. Rose played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1979 to 1983.
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds and owner Marge Schott looks on during batting practice prior to the start of a Major League Baseball game against the New York Mets circa 1986 at Shea Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City. Rose played for the Reds from 1963-78 and 1984-86.
Manager Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds argues with an umpire during a Major League Baseball game circa 1988 against the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. Rose managed the Reds from 1984-89.
Former Cincinnati Reds player and Manger Pete Rose watches a Major League Baseball game circa 1993 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rose managed the Reds from 1984-89.
Former Cincinnati Reds player and Manger Pete Rose watches a Major League Baseball game circa 1993 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rose managed the Reds from 1984-89.
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Peter Edward Rose, also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is an American baseball player, radio talk-show host in Florida, and writer. He is the second player in baseball history to exceed 4000 hits, all-time leader in hits.
Background
Peter Edward Rose was born on April 14, 1941, in Anderson Feny, Ohio, to Harry Francis Rose, a banker, and LaVerne Rose.
Rose was the third of four children born to his father, a former semi-pro baseball and football player who encour¬aged his son’s athletic endeavors.
Education
Rose weighed only 140 pounds (ca. 64 kg) when he graduated from Western Hills High School, where he was a better football than a baseball player.
Peter's uncle, Buddy Bloebaum, was a scout for the Cincinnati Reds and convinced the team to take a chance on the hometown boy. They did, drafting Rose as an infielder and sending him to play minor league ball in Geneva, New York, in 1960.
The time Peter spent in Geneva was short - only two years - but invaluable as Rose spent the time honing his skills and bulking up. In 1963 a 200-pound Rose started at second base for the Cincinnati Reds, hitting .273 and earning National League Rookie of the Year honors. As baseball analysts would note over the next few years, it was not Rose’s natural ability that made him a superb baseball player, it was his drive and enthusiasm. Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford dubbed Rose “Charlie Hustle,” a name originally intended to be derisive, but one that Rose adopted with pride.
Peter's trademark spirit will probably best be remembered by the winning run he scored in the 1970 All-Star Game by unapologetically barreling into catcher Ray Fosse, injuring Fosse’s shoulder in the process. Aside from the flashiness of such plays, Rose showed hustle in everything he did, from running to first base after being walked to diving for infield grounders that were far beyond his reach.
After seventeen years with the Cincinnati Reds, during which time he won many awards and set several records, he signed with the Philadelphia Phillies after the 1978 season. He left Philadelphia for the Montreal Expos in 1984, and after getting his 4,000th hit as an Expo returned to the Cincinnati Reds to become player-manager in August 1984. On September 11, 1985, Rose hit a single to bring his major-league hit total to 4,192, breaking Ty Cobb’s long-lasting record for most career hits. Rose continued to play and manage the Reds through the 1986 season.
In the late 1980s allegations surfaced that Rose had lost a great deal of money gambling on sports. To make matters worse, some of the alleged bettings was on Major League Baseball, some even involving the Reds while Rose was managing them. Lawyer John Dowd investigated these claims for baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, eventually concluding that among other things, Rose bet on 52 Reds’ games in 1987. On August 24, 1989, Giamatti and Rose agreed to Rose being banned from baseball for life, with the provision that his banishment would be reexamined in one year. Despite pleas to the contrary from Rose and his fans, "Charlie Hustle" has yet to be reinstated in baseball by the year 2000. After serving five months for federal tax evasion in 1990, Rose became a sports radio talk-show host in Florida. He has written several books about his life and times in baseball, and the allegations surrounding his gambling. To this day he maintains that he never bet on baseball.
Quotations:
"There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids."
"Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball."
"Willie Mays could throw better, and Hank Aaron could hit more home runs. But I've got enthusiasm. I've got desire. I've got hustle. Those are God-given talents, too."
"I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that."
"The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses."
"I bet on the game of baseball and I bet on my team, even the mistakes I made, I have to take a different look at someone betting against their own team... that's throwing the game."
"The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game."
Personality
Rose filed a defamation suit against attorney John M. Dowd in July 2016, after Dowd had alleged in a radio interview the previous summer that Rose had engaged in statutory rape. A court document during the suit was released in July 2017 with a sworn statement alleging Rose had engaged in a sexual relationship with a minor in the 1970s. In light of these new allegations, the Phillies cancelled his upcoming Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame ceremony. On December 15, 2017, a judge dismissed the defamation lawsuit when both parties reached an agreement.
Pete Rose is also a lifelong gambler and a sufferer of oppositional defiant disorder. For the past 13 years, he has been banned from baseball and barred from his rightful place in the Hall of Fame accused of violating MLB's one taboo. Rule 21 states that no one associated with baseball shall ever gamble on the game. The punishment is no less than a permanent barring from baseball and exclusion from the Hall of Fame.
Pete Rose has lived in the shadow of his exile. He has denied betting on the game that he loves. He has been shunned by MLB, investigated by the IRS, and served time for tax charges in the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois.
Connections
On January 25, 1964, Rose married Karolyn Aim Engelhardt, but their marriage ended a divorce in 1979. The same year, Rose married Carol Woliung. Rose has a son, Pete Jr., and daughter, Fawn, from his first marriage, and a son, Tyler, and daughter, Cara, from the second.
Father:
Harry Rose Rose
Mother:
LaVerne Rose
Daughter:
Cara Rose
Son:
Tyler Rose
Son:
Peter Rose
Daughter:
Fawn Rose
ex-wife:
Karolyn Aim Englehardt
Wife:
Carol Woliung
References
Pete Rose: They Call Him Charlie Hustle.
A biographical sketch of the baseball player focuses on his rise to prominence with the Cincinnati Reds and the influence of his family on his career.