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Pete Rose

Biography

Pete Rose

Pete Rose grew up in Cincinnati and went on to star for the hometown Reds and later the Philadelphia Phillies. He holds the all-time baseball records for most hits in a career (4,256), most singles (3,215), most games played (3,562), most at-bats (14,053) and most outs (10,328). Rose made his major-league debut for the Reds in April 1963, a week before his 22nd birthday, and he was 45 when he made his last major-league appearance in August 1986, also for the Reds. He appeared in 17 different All-Star Games and played on three teams that won the World Series.

Pete Rose

Books by Pete Rose

Play Hungry: The Making of a Baseball Player
by Pete Rose - Memoir, Nonfiction, Sports

Pete Rose was a legend on the field. As baseball’s Hit King, he shattered records that were thought to be unbreakable. And during the 1970s, he was the leader of the Big Red Machine, the Cincinnati Reds team that dominated the game. But he’s also the greatest player who may never enter the Hall of Fame because of his lifetime ban from the sport. Perhaps no other ballplayer’s story is so representative of the triumphs and tragedies of our national pastime. In PLAY HUNGRY, Rose tells us the story of how, through hard work and sheer will, he became one of the unlikeliest stars of the game.

My Prison Without Bars
Pete Rose, with Rick Hill - Autobiography, Nonfiction