Pete RoseHolly Billups
Charlie Hustle
Pete got the nickname from Whitney Ford after Mickey Mantle hit a homerun where Pete ran to the wall and jumped as high as he could to catch it.
Major League Records
• Most career hits- 4,256• Most career outs – 10,328• Most career at bats- 14,053• Most career singles 3,215• Record for playing the most winning games-1,972• Only player in major league history to play more than
500 games in five different positions.
World Series Wins
• 1975 World Series Champs (Reds)• 1976 World Series Champs (Reds)• 1980 World Series Champs (Pittsburg
Pirates)
All Around Player!
• Rose Played 2nd base, Left Field, Right Field, 3rd Base and 1st Base.
Cincinnati’s Great Eight
• Also know as The Big Red Machine • Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, Dave
Concepcion, George Foster, Ken Griffey, Cesar Geronimo Made up the Great Eight
• From 1970 -76, the Reds won five divisional titles, four league pennants and consecutive World Series.
• They Averaged 98 wins a season.
Banned For Life
• Pete was banned from Baseball in 1989 amidst the accusations of betting on baseball including his own teams.
• In 2004 Pete admitted to betting on baseball and betting on the Reds but not against them.
• In 1991 The Baseball Hall of Fame voted to ban him for life from the Hall of Fame.
Where is Pete now?
• Pete Rose lives in Las Vegas with his wife and stepson. • You can find Pete at The Mandalay Bay most days
signing autographs for his many fans.
Works Cited
http://www.nndb.com/people/451/000023382/
http://365cincinnati.com/indoors/home-garden-show
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/11/whitey-ford-gave-pete-rose-his-charlie-hustle-nickname/
http://www.lifttheban.net/who-is-charlie-hustle/pete-roses-records/
http://sports.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7037&lotIdNo=74001
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2010/10/02/general/ichiro-nowhere-near-the-player-rose-was/#.UpgGCul8Prc
http://www.chacha.com/question/what-teams-did-pete-rose-win-the-world-series
http://reds.enquirer.com/bigred/
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