Pete Rose Should Be In The Hall Of Fame!
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 3/17/2015 1:00:00 AM
When you about baseball's all time greats, you can't overlook Pete Rose, unless you're talking to the people who run The Baseball Hall Of Fame.
He admitted to being a gambling addict, and even betting on baseball. Some may agree that banning him from actively playing or managing makes sense, because of the potential for throwing a game to win a bet. The fact is, he never bet AGAINST his own team, so to me, even the ban on actively participating was way too harsh.
Regardless of the ban on participating in the game, banning him from The Hall of Fame is just plain stupid!
Just look at his list of records (taken from his Wikipedia page)
Records and achievements
Major League records:
Most career hits – 4,256
Most career outs – 10,328
Most career games played – 3,562
Most career at bats – 14,053
Most career singles – 3,215
Most career runs by a switch hitter – 2,165
Most career doubles by a switch hitter – 746
Most career walks by a switch hitter – 1,566
Most career total bases by a switch hitter – 5,752
Most seasons of 200 or more hits – 10 (shared)
Most consecutive seasons of 100 or more hits – 23
Most consecutive seasons with 600 or more at bats – 13 (1968–1980)
Most seasons with 600 at bats – 17
Most seasons with 150 or more games played – 17
Most seasons with 100 or more games played – 23
Record for playing in the most winning games – 1,972
Only player in major league history to play more than 500 games at five different positions – 1B (939), LF (671), 3B (634), 2B (628), RF (595)
National League records:
Most years played – 24
Most consecutive years played – 24
Most career runs – 2,165
Most career doubles – 746
Most career games with 5 or more hits – 10
Modern (post-1900) NL record for longest consecutive-game hitting streak NL – 44
Modern record for most consecutive hitting streaks of 20 or more games – 7
It takes more than statistics to get into The Hall of Fame, but you can't overlook that list. To put it into perspective his record of 4,256 hits, is 937 more hits that the #10 spot, and 791 more than Derek Jeter's #6 spot.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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Posted: 3/17/2015 9:28:07 AM
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