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CINCINNATI (AP) — Pete Rose may be on
baseball’s permanently ineligible list, but the late hit king’s
No. 14 will be on Cincinnati Reds’ uniforms this year.
Cincinnati posted a photo of the patch on X on Monday with the
message “14 on our side all season” and a heart emoji.
Rose, who died in September at the age of 83, played 19 of his
24 major league seasons with his hometown Reds. He finished his
playing career in 1986 with a record 4,256 hits.
The player known as Charlie Hustle was a 17-time All-Star and
member of three World Series championship teams. He was NL Most
Valuable Player in 1973, and he won three batting titles and two
Gold Gloves.
A Major League Baseball investigation found he wagered on the
Reds to win in games from 1985-87 while playing for and managing
the team, and Rose agreed in 1989 to go on the permanently
ineligible list. Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1991 adopted a rule
barring people on MLB's permanently ineligible list from the
Hall ballot.
Rose's application for reinstatement was denied by Commissioner
Rob Manfred in 2015.
MLB did not have any immediate comment on the Reds' decision.
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