Pete Rose, MLB’s controversial all-time hits leader, dead at 83

Pete Rose, the MLB legend and all-time hits leader whose historic career was followed by a lifetime ban over a gambling controversy, has died, the Reds announced Monday evening.

He was 83 years old.

ABC News reported that a family member discovered Rose and that foul play is not believed to be involved in the death.

Ryan Fiterman, Rose’s agent, told TMZ that “the family is asking for privacy at this time.”

Rose spent 19 of his 24 MLB seasons with the Reds — across two different stints — while adding five others with the Phillies and one with the Expos.

He collected 4,256 hits across those years, but in 1989, he was banned from baseball for life following an investigation into bets he made on the Cincinnati games while serving as their manager.

Rose was a player/manager from 1984-86 before retiring and serving as the Reds’ manager for the final three years before the ban.

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