I’m not here to talk about he whole “betting on baseball” fiasco that’s been wrung out for all it’s worth by writers that belong writing for TMZ. Not getting chokeslammed by Kane at Wrestlemania, or why he’s apparently the only senior citizen in society that’s allowed to wear 9FIFTY snapbacks. When I was a wee lad in Florida, i remember going to his steakhouse, and he was thereon the other side of a studio window doing a damn radio show. In honor of Pete Rose’s 80th birthday today, I’m here to really look into, not the obvious hit king stat, but the numbers Pete put up in his legendary career that truly makes him unique. Mr. Cincinnati’s surprising in depth statistics of note:
- He’s the all time leader in games played, with 3562, and his 162 game avg? 162 games played.
- He’s the all time leader in Plate Appearances and At-Bats (15,890 and 14,053 respectively). Essentially, no one played more baseball, than Pete
- Interestingly enough, never had a season of 20 HRs, or 100 RBIs
- Never struck out more than 76 times in a season
- Faced and recorded a hit against Warren Spahn and Todd Worrell
- 6th all time in runs scored (2165), with 10 seasons of 100+ runs
- .321 lifetime postseason AVG. over 67 playoff games
- Been to 6 different World Series
- Switch hitter. Which might be the most impressive thing about his hitting accomplishments
- 500+ games played at 6 different positions
- in his only year in Single A ball in Macon, he scored 136 runs, and was promoted straight to the majors
There really is no comparison to Pete. No father to his style. If one did believe in reincarnation, you’d have to wonder if Ty Cobb’s spirit didn’t find his way into the body of tough, brash, no BS, piss and vinegar kid from Cincinnati, Ohio. If I created a top 5 things to see in the history of baseball, one of them would be to go back and watch Pete Rose play baseball. You wanted to play like that. Coaches want their players to learn from Pete, play like Pete. He is baseball.
Travis Landes, 2SeamSports.com
Awesome.Also remember his Hit King boat in front of his restaurant. Was lucky enough to see him and the rest of The Big Red Machine in the early seventies at Dodger stadium, listening to Vin on the transistor radio in our Scout seats,which everyone did there.Put Charlie hustle in the hall,Please!