Pete Rose, baseball player, 160 home runs, 1963-1986

Pete Rose

Born: 4/14/1941 in Cincinnati, OH, USA

Died: 9/30/2024 in Las Vegas, NV, USA

MLB Debut: 1963-04-08 | Final Game: 1986-08-17

Bats: B | Throws: R | Height: 5'11" | Weight: 192 lbs

Full name: Peter Edward Rose

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Biography

Pete Rose, born in 1941, was a legendary position player who left an indelible mark on Major League Baseball during his career from 1963 to 1986. Known for his relentless hustle and unparalleled work ethic, Rose played in an astonishing 3,562 games, a record that remains unmatched. He accumulated 4,256 hits, solidifying his place as the all-time leader in this category, and finished his career with a batting average of .303. His offensive contributions included 160 home runs and 1,314 RBIs, alongside 198 stolen bases, showcasing his versatility and ability to impact the game in numerous ways. Rose's career was punctuated by numerous accolades, including being named Rookie of the Year and earning the TSN Rookie Player of the Year honors early in his career. He was a significant contributor to his teams, earning All-Star selections 17 times and being named World Series MVP, highlighting his ability to perform in crucial moments. Playing predominantly in the 1970s and 1980s, an era characterized by intense competition and the evolution of the game, Rose's style of play and commitment to winning made him a beloved figure among fans and players alike. Despite his controversial post-career decisions, his achievements on the field ensure he remains a pivotal figure in baseball history.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
3562 14053 2165 4256 746 135 160 1314 198 1566 1143 0.303 0.375 0.409 0.784 40127.6

Career AVG .303 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — +18.9% above league average.

Career OBP .375 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — +17.1% above league average.

Career SLG .409 vs. league average .378 across their career seasons — +8.4% above league average.

Career OPS 0.784 vs. league average 0.698 across their career seasons — +12.4% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1963 CIN NL 157 623 101 170 25 9 6 41 13 55 72 0.273 .246 (+11%) .308 (+8%) .371 (avg) .680 (+3%) 465.9
1964 CIN NL 136 516 64 139 13 2 4 34 4 36 51 0.269 .250 (+8%) .312 (+2%) .377 (-14%) .690 (-7%) -556.2
1965 CIN NL 162 670 117 209 35 11 11 81 8 69 76 0.312 .245 (+27%) .310 (+23%) .371 (+20%) .682 (+21%) 2959.4
1966 CIN NL 156 654 97 205 38 5 16 70 4 37 61 0.313 .248 (+26%) .309 (+13%) .376 (+22%) .685 (+18%) 2206.4
1967 CIN NL 148 585 86 176 32 8 12 76 11 56 66 0.301 .242 (+24%) .306 (+19%) .357 (+24%) .663 (+22%) 2405.7
1968 CIN NL 149 626 94 210 42 6 10 49 3 56 76 0.335 .236 (+42%) .298 (+31%) .340 (+38%) .638 (+35%) 3971.7
1969 CIN NL 156 627 120 218 33 11 16 82 7 88 65 0.348 .248 (+40%) .320 (+34%) .369 (+39%) .689 (+36%) 4739.5
1970 CIN NL 159 649 120 205 37 9 15 52 12 73 64 0.316 .253 (+24%) .325 (+18%) .385 (+22%) .711 (+20%) 2704.7
1971 CIN NL 160 632 86 192 27 4 13 44 13 68 50 0.304 .249 (+22%) .316 (+18%) .365 (+15%) .682 (+16%) 2166.2
1972 CIN NL 154 645 107 198 31 11 6 57 10 73 46 0.307 .243 (+26%) .310 (+23%) .353 (+18%) .664 (+20%) 2679.7
1973 CIN NL 160 680 115 230 36 8 5 64 10 65 42 0.338 .256 (+32%) .325 (+23%) .378 (+15%) .703 (+19%) 2793.7
1974 CIN NL 163 652 110 185 45 7 3 51 2 106 54 0.284 .256 (+10%) .324 (+19%) .369 (+5%) .693 (+11%) 1867.1
1975 CIN NL 162 662 112 210 47 4 7 74 0 89 50 0.317 .257 (+23%) .327 (+24%) .374 (+16%) .701 (+20%) 2996.7
1976 CIN NL 162 665 130 215 42 6 10 63 9 86 54 0.323 .255 (+27%) .320 (+26%) .360 (+25%) .681 (+25%) 3629.9
1977 CIN NL 162 655 95 204 38 7 9 64 16 66 42 0.311 .264 (+18%) .329 (+14%) .401 (+8%) .730 (+11%) 1609.1
1978 CIN NL 159 655 103 198 51 3 7 52 13 62 30 0.302 .257 (+17%) .323 (+12%) .378 (+11%) .702 (+12%) 1527.5
1979 PHI NL 163 628 90 208 40 5 4 59 20 95 32 0.331 .265 (+25%) .329 (+27%) .397 (+8%) .727 (+17%) 2616.1
1980 PHI NL 162 655 95 185 42 1 1 64 12 66 33 0.282 .264 (+7%) .326 (+8%) .387 (-9%) .714 (-1%) 55.9
1981 PHI NL 107 431 73 140 18 5 0 33 4 46 26 0.325 .255 (+27%) .320 (+22%) .368 (+6%) .688 (+13%) 1226.5
1982 PHI NL 162 634 80 172 25 4 3 54 8 66 32 0.271 .261 (+4%) .324 (+7%) .388 (-13%) .712 (-4%) -296.0
1983 PHI NL 151 493 52 121 14 3 0 45 7 52 28 0.245 .260 (-6%) .324 (-3%) .389 (-27%) .714 (-16%) -1442.7
1984 WSN NL 95 278 34 72 6 2 0 23 1 31 20 0.259 .259 (avg) .322 (+4%) .384 (-23%) .707 (-11%) -443.3
1984 CIN NL 26 96 9 35 9 0 0 11 0 9 7 0.365 .259 (+40%) .322 (+33%) .384 (+19%) .707 (+26%) -443.3
1985 CIN NL 119 405 60 107 12 2 2 46 8 86 35 0.264 .257 (+3%) .323 (+22%) .390 (-19%) .714 (avg) 501.7
1986 CIN NL 72 237 15 52 8 2 0 25 3 30 31 0.219 .257 (-15%) .325 (-3%) .395 (-32%) .720 (-19%) -702.2

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
67 268 30 86 13 2 5 22 28 22 0.321

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1983 NLCS PHI 4 16 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.375
1983 WS PHI 5 16 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.312
1981 NEDIV PHI 5 20 1 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 0.300
1980 NLCS PHI 5 20 3 8 0 0 0 2 5 3 0.400
1980 WS PHI 6 23 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 2 0.261
1976 NLCS CIN 3 14 3 6 2 1 0 2 1 0 0.429
1976 WS CIN 4 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 0.188
1975 NLCS CIN 3 14 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 0.357
1975 WS CIN 7 27 3 10 1 1 0 2 5 1 0.370
1973 NLCS CIN 5 21 3 8 1 0 2 2 2 2 0.381
1972 NLCS CIN 5 20 1 9 4 0 0 2 1 2 0.450
1972 WS CIN 7 28 3 6 0 0 1 2 4 4 0.214
1970 NLCS CIN 3 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.231
1970 WS CIN 5 20 2 5 1 0 1 2 2 0 0.250

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 939 905 7881 665 51 649
2B 628 601 1470 1502 75 328
3B 634 627 464 1083 63 91
OF 1327 1304 2579 99 24 15

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1963 CIN 2B 157 153 360 366 22 78
1963 CIN OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CIN 2B 128 118 263 301 12 63
1965 CIN 2B 162 162 382 403 20 93
1966 CIN 2B 140 140 385 344 14 79
1966 CIN 3B 16 16 24 30 4 4
1967 CIN 2B 35 28 76 88 7 15
1967 CIN OF 123 120 211 5 4 0
1968 CIN 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CIN 2B 3 0 2 0 0 0
1968 CIN OF 148 148 268 20 3 4
1969 CIN 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0
1969 CIN OF 156 156 316 10 4 3
1970 CIN OF 159 158 309 8 1 2
1971 CIN OF 158 158 306 13 2 1
1972 CIN OF 154 154 330 15 2 2
1973 CIN OF 159 159 343 15 3 0
1974 CIN OF 163 163 346 11 1 3
1975 CIN 3B 137 137 106 230 13 21
1975 CIN OF 35 25 55 0 1 0
1976 CIN 3B 159 156 115 293 13 25
1976 CIN OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CIN 3B 161 161 98 268 16 18
1978 CIN 1B 2 2 15 0 0 2
1978 CIN 3B 156 153 117 256 15 23
1978 CIN OF 7 4 3 0 0 0
1979 PHI 1B 159 158 1424 87 8 124
1979 PHI 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0
1979 PHI 3B 5 4 4 6 2 0
1980 PHI 1B 162 161 1427 123 5 113
1981 PHI 1B 107 107 929 91 4 69
1982 PHI 1B 162 162 1428 123 8 114
1983 PHI 1B 112 83 786 74 9 57
1983 PHI OF 35 31 41 0 1 0
1984 MON 1B 40 38 298 42 4 22
1984 MON OF 28 28 51 2 2 0
1984 CIN 1B 23 23 181 9 2 14
1985 CIN 1B 110 110 870 73 5 80
1986 CIN 1B 61 61 523 43 6 54

Career Games by Position

Position Games
First Base 939
Second Base 627
Third Base 634
Left Field 673
Center Field 73
Right Field 589

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1981 Player of the Week Week of 1981-08-14
1981 Silver Slugger 1B
1981 TSN All-Star 1B
1980 Player of the Week Week of 1980-07-11
1979 Player of the Month September
1979 Player of the Week Week of 1979-08-03
1979 Player of the Week Week of 1979-09-14
1978 Player of the Month July
1978 Player of the Week Week of 1978-05-05
1978 Player of the Week Week of 1978-07-28
1978 TSN All-Star 3B
1976 Roberto Clemente Award
1975 World Series MVP
1973 Most Valuable Player
1973 Player of the Month July
1973 TSN All-Star OF
1970 Gold Glove OF
1969 Gold Glove OF
1969 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1968 Hutch Award
1968 TSN All-Star OF
1968 TSN Player of the Year
1966 TSN All-Star 2B
1965 TSN All-Star 2B
1963 Rookie of the Year
1963 TSN Rookie Player of the Year

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
1986 CIN NL $1,000,000
1985 CIN NL $358,858
Total Career Earnings $1,358,858

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1981 Most Valuable Player NL 10th 35.0 336 0
1979 Most Valuable Player NL 15th 23.0 336 0
1978 Most Valuable Player NL 11th 35.0 336 0
1977 Most Valuable Player NL 15th 15.0 336 0
1976 Most Valuable Player NL 4th 131.0 336 0
1975 Most Valuable Player NL 5th 114.0 336 2
1973 Most Valuable Player NL 1st 274.0 336 12
1972 Most Valuable Player NL 12th 19.0 336 0
1971 Most Valuable Player NL 24th 1.0 336 0
1970 Most Valuable Player NL 7th 54.0 336 0
1969 Most Valuable Player NL 4th 127.0 336 0
1968 Most Valuable Player NL 2nd 205.0 280 6
1967 Most Valuable Player NL 10th 40.0 280 0
1966 Most Valuable Player NL 10th 31.0 280 0
1965 Most Valuable Player NL 6th 67.0 280 0
1963 Rookie of the Year NL 1st 17.0 20 17