Pete Rose, one of the greatest players and most complicated figures in baseball history, has died at age 83. Rose is Major League Baseball's all-time hit king, though never was inducted into the Hall of Fame because he was found to have bet on baseball,

But the christening of Rose as "Charlie Hustle" was anything but complimentary. In a spring training game against New York that year, Rose bunted for a single, much to the amusement of Yankee's great Mickey Mantle and teammate Whitey Ford. From O'Brien's book:

Pete Rose: "My dad said the quicker you get to first base, the quicker you go around the bases. I played the way I was supposed to play."

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"Charlie Hustle" had a hard-nosed playing style but was banned from baseball in 1989 for illegally betting on the sport.

Pete Rose, a great player with a controversial legacy, rewrote baseball history but reached Cooperstown only as a vendor selling his autograph. Rose, who died Sept. 30 at age 83, will be remembered as the career leader in hits (4,256) and 17-time All-Star who also managed his hometown Cincinnati Reds for five years.

MLB's all-time hits leader, Pete Rose, died at age 83, sparking tributes despite the controversial legacy of the man called "Charlie Hustle."

Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he

Pete Rose, baseball's all-time hits leader who was shunned by the Hall of Fame over a gambling scandal during his coaching career, died September 30 at 83.

Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83. Stephanie Wheatley,

Pete Rose makes for a fascinating on-field study -- a player whose reputation changed even as his game stayed the same.