Pete Rose: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

A biography examining Rose’s career and his gambling and organized crime connections is Michael Y. Sokolove, Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose (1990, reissued 1992). James Reston, Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti (1991, reissued 1992, 1997), examines the protagonists in Major League Baseball’s modern-day gambling scandal.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Pete Rose. Aug 29, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - Pete Rose, MLB legend who was banned for gambling, dies at 83. Jun 04, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 10, 2026
Add new Web site: CBC Sports - Pete Rose: 'I look forward to being a friend of baseball'. Jan 24, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 26, 2025
Noted that Rose has been posthumously removed from the list of permanently ineligible players. May 13, 2025
Revised opening paragraph. May 13, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Remembering baseball legend Pete Rose. Dec 21, 2024
Updated for his death. Sep 30, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 04, 2024
Add new Web site: All American Entertainment Speakers - Pete Rose. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: ESPN Sports Century - Hustle made Rose respected, infamous. Nov 09, 2023
Add new Web site: CNN - Pete Rose Fast Facts. Jul 14, 2022
Add new Web site: CNN - Pete Rose Fast Facts. Jul 14, 2022
Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Biography of Peter E. Rose. May 03, 2019
Replaced photograph. Mar 13, 2019
Add new Web site: ESPN - Biography of Pete Rose. Jul 14, 2017
Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Pete Rose. Jul 14, 2017
Add new Web site: HickokSports.com - Biography of Pete Rose. Jul 23, 2013
Corrected Ty Cobb's career hit total and mentioned that Ichiro Suzuki tied Rose's record for most career 200-hit seasons. Nov 14, 2012
Added 2005 reissue of Hustle. Nov 14, 2012
Media added. Sep 05, 2008
Added new Web site: Astro Data Bank - Biography of Pete Rose.
  • Gaurav Shukla
May 22, 2007
Article revised. Feb 24, 2005
Article revised. Mar 13, 2003
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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