Pete Rose Biography

Fast Facts

• Set an MLB record for most singles at 3,315
• At the time of his retirement, he was the only major league baseball player in history to play 500 games at five positions
• Retired as the MLB's leader in hits, games played and at-bats
• His father was a boxer and semiprofessional football player
• Played football and baseball at Western Hills High School
• Was a star player on the "Big Red Machine" Cincinnati team that won back-to-back World Series championship starting in 1975
• Helped the Philadelphia Phillies win their first ever World Series in 1980 after signing with the team as a free agent
• Released an autobiography in 2004 called "My Prison Without Bars․"
• Started regularly signing autographs at a Las Vegas memorabilia store after being suspended from baseball
• Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford nicknamed him "Charlie Hustle․"