Rose, Pete

Rose, Pete	Gender: M
Birthname	Peter Edward Rose
born on	14 April 1941 at 05:45 (= 05:45 AM )
Place	Cincinnati, Ohio, 39n10, 84w27
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
	Rodden Rating AA
	Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	24°05' 00°23 Asc. 15°04'

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Biography

American baseball player for 24 seasons, nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, most prominently as a member of the Cincinnati Reds lineup known as the Big Red Machine for their dominance of the National League in the 1970s. He also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, where he won his third World Series championship in 1980, and had a brief stint with the Montreal Expos. He managed the Reds from 1984 to 1989.

At the centre of one of the most talked about controversies in baseball history, with an all-time career record of 4,256 hits, he was a shoe-in for the Baseball Hall of Fame until 20 February 1989 when investigations began on his gambling habits. Rose was suspended from baseball on 23 August 1989 for committing baseball's capital crime; from 1985 through 1987 he bet on his own team. Rose was sentenced on 19 July 1990 to five months in prison and then, following his prison time, three months in a half-way house. He held three National League batting titles, hit .300 nine consecutive seasons and was named MVP in the 1975 World Series. He held the National League record as the only player to play 500 or more games at each of five positions.

Rose had two sisters and a brother. Living in Cincinnati, Ohio in comfortable middle-class surroundings, his father, Harry F. Rose, chief cashier of Union Trust Co., got him into sports early playing catch with Pete when he was only two. His dad told the Knot Hole League baseball coach Pete could only play if he could switch hit at nine. Attending Western Hills High School, Rose played football and baseball and although he was short and weighed 150 pounds, he could dunk a basketball. He was considered one of the toughest players in school. After high school Rose signed with the Cincinnati Reds receiving a $12,000 signing bonus. He played in Geneva, New York Class D Pony League for 85 games hitting .277 and committing 36 errors at second base. His spirit and hustle saved him. In the spring of 1963 he was invited to the Reds training camp and became the National League Rookie of the Year with 17 of 20 votes. At age 22 he was uniquely aggressive, totally egocentric and had an instinct for publicity. Ambitious and selfish, he had little respect for his older teammates and was given the nickname "Charlie Hustle" as he ran to first base even when he got a walk.

The winter of 1964-1965 he played baseball in Venezuela which prepared him for playing second base in the 1965 All-Star game, the first of 17 appearances. He was moved to third base and then the outfield in 1967. He won the NL batting title for the first time in 1969 and signed a contract for over $100,000, the highest paid in Cincinnati history. In 1978, 14 June through 31 July, he tied the NL record for most consecutive games with one or more hits in a season, 44. "Sporting News" named him Player of the Decade in 1979. He joined the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980 through 1983 and became a player-manager for the Reds in 1984 and remained with them through 1989, breaking Ty Cobb's record of 4,191 hits on 11 September 1985.

On 20 March 1989 the Baseball Commissioner's Office began investigating Rose. On 9 May 1989 a 225 page report on his gambling activities was turned in and on 24 August 1989 he accepted a lifetime ban from baseball with the ability to apply for reinstatement after one year. He applied for reinstatement on 26 September 1997.

On 21 April 1990 Rose pled guilty to two charges of filing false income tax returns not showing income he received from selling autographs and baseball memorabilia. Rose was sentenced to five months in federal prison, three months in a halfway house, ordered to serve 1,000 hours of community service and fined $50,000 on 20 July 1990. He was released on 7 January 1991 after having paid $366,041 in back taxes and interest on $354,968 of unreported income.

President Jimmy Carter wrote an open letter in "USA Today" on 30 October 1995 saying it was time to forgive Pete Rose. Roger Kahn, who wrote "The Boys of Summer" also wrote Pete's biography, "Ballplayer!: The Headfirst Life of Peter Edward Rose," and stated, "after seeing all the evidence, I don't know if Pete Rose bet on baseball, but I know he was railroaded out of the game."

Rose lived in Boca Raton, Florida where he owned the Pete Rose Ballpark Cafe and had a weekly radio show. He married Karolyn Englehardt on 25 January 1964. They had a daughter, Fawn Renee and son, Pete Rose, Jr., born 1970 who became a minor league baseball player. After divorcing in 1980, Rose seldom got in touch with them. Carol was Rose's second wife. They had a son Tyler born early 1985 and daughter Cara born late summer 1989.

It was reported that he took amphetamines throughout his career and when he stopped taking them, he gained a good deal of weight. In June 1967 he suffered a hurt shoulder and missed 14 games. A fractured left thumb kept him on the bench for three weeks in 1968. He had knee surgery on 20 July 1990 to repair torn cartilage.

After serving his prison sentence he saw a psychiatrist for his gambling addiction. The end of Rose's career did not benefit a man whose brain had the power to absorb everything worth knowing about baseball. Unfortunately, Rose was an amateur human being; the faults associated with such a title were his ultimate downfall. He was once described as "self-absorbed, boorish, and heedless." A movement began to elect Rose to the Hall of Fame. Former US president Jimmy Carter, as well as many other big names from the history of baseball, joined together to push for Rose's induction. Meanwhile, he made an honest living hosting a radio show, running a restaurant, tending investments, and hawking memorabilia.

In mid-December 1999, Rose launched a new campaign to be reinstated into baseball, claiming to have evidence refuting charges that he bet on the Cincinnati Reds team that he managed from 1984 to 1989. His mission was twofold: to get elected to baseball's Hall of Fame, from which he was barred, and to once again manage a big-league club and collect a seven-figure salary.

After 15 years of denials, Pete Rose admitted in January 2004 that in 1987 and 1988 he bet on baseball and on his own team while he was manager of the Cincinnati Reds. His autobiography "My Prison Without Bars" was released at the same time. His admission of wrongdoing reopened debate about his suitability for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The issue of his election to the Hall of Fame remains contentious throughout baseball.

While separated from his second wife, Rose began a relationship with Kiana Kim, a Playboy model 40 years his junior. During a 2009 interview, Rose discussed this relationship, stating, "My girl has finally decided to try to shoot for Playboy, and they were kind enough to give her an opportunity to come to Houston for an interview, and we're excited about that." A 2013 reality show called Pete Rose: Hits & Mrs. which followed the couple, and his two stepchildren Cassie and Ashton, premiered on TLC on 14 January 2013. Rose and Kim had been engaged since 2011 but never married. They appeared on a national Skechers commercial which aired during Super Bowl XLVIII.

Two of Rose's children have lived public lives. Cara has worked as a television actress, appearing as a regular in the first season of the NBC soap opera Passions and playing a recurring role on Fox's Melrose Place. She uses the stage name "Chea Courtney". His son, Pete Jr., spent 16 years as a minor leagues player, advancing to the majors once for an 11-game stint with the Reds in 1997.

Pete Rose died at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on 30 September 2024 at the age of 83 from heart disease.

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Relationships

business associate/partner relationship with Morgan, Joe (born 19 September 1943). Notes: Team mates on the Cincinnati Reds

business associate/partner relationship with Schmidt, Mike (born 27 September 1949). Notes: Team mates on the Philadelphia Phillies

opponent/rival/enemy relationship with Pallone, Dave (born 5 October 1951)

parent->child relationship with Courtney, Chea (born 22 August 1989)

parent->child relationship with Rose, Pete Jr. (born 16 November 1969)

Events

Work : New Job 8 April 1963 in Cincinnati (Major League Baseball playing debut)
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Relationship : Marriage 25 January 1964 (First wife, Karolyn Englehardt)
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Work : Gain social status 14 July 1970 in Cincinnati (All-Star Game)
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Work : Prize 22 October 1975 in Boston (World Series with the Cincinnati Reds)
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Work : Prize 21 October 1976 in Bronx (World Series with the Cincinnati Reds)
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Work : Prize 21 October 1980 in Philadelphia (World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies)
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Work : Retired 17 August 1986 in Cincinnati (Final Major League Baseball game as a player)
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Work : Lose social status 24 August 1989 (Lifetime ban from baseball)
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Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital 19 July 1990 (Given five months jail, probation, fine)
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Social : Secrets revealed January 2004 (Admitted to gambling in baseball)
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Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released January 2004 (Autobiography, "My Prison Without Bars")
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Death by Disease 30 September 2024 (Heart disease, age 83)
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Source Notes

B.C. in hand from Genieve Wolfsohn. (Same in Contemporary American Horoscopes. Gauquelin Book of American Charts gave 12 April 1942 in error).

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