CINCINNATI — Pete Rose could also be on baseball’s completely ineligible listing, however the late hit king’s No. 14 will likely be on Cincinnati Reds’ uniforms this 12 months.
Cincinnati posted a photograph of the patch on X on Monday with the message “14 on our facet all season” and a coronary heart emoji.
Rose, who died in September on the age of 83, performed 19 of his 24 main league seasons along with his hometown Reds. He completed his taking part in profession in 1986 with a file 4,256 hits.
The participant generally known as Charlie Hustle was a 17-time All-Star and member of three World Sequence championship groups. He was NL Most Invaluable Participant in 1973, and he received three batting titles and two Gold Gloves.
A Main League Baseball investigation discovered he wagered on the Reds to win in video games from 1985-87 whereas taking part in for and managing the staff, and Rose agreed in 1989 to go on the completely ineligible listing. Baseball’s Corridor of Fame in 1991 adopted a rule barring folks on MLB’s completely ineligible listing from the Corridor poll.
Rose’s software for reinstatement was denied by Commissioner Rob Manfred in 2015.
