Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader, was banned for life in 1989 after an investigation found he had bet on MLB games.

Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader in Major League Baseball, has died at the age of 83. The Rose family confirmed his passing to Sports Illustrated on Monday. Rose spent parts of

Banished baseball great Pete Rose has died. The longtime Cincinnati Red was the career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied.

Pete Rose died Monday at 83 years old. According to TMZ Sports, the Major League Baseball hit king died in his Las Vegas home. Rose's agent, Ryan

Pete Rose, known as Major League Baseballs's hit king who was later banned for betting on games, has died, the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner confirmed to CBS News. He was 83.

When Pete was banned from MLB for life for gambling on the game in 1989, the Hall acted shortly thereafter and effectively made him ineligible for induction. For more than a decade Rose denied he ever bet on baseball during his managing career with the Reds, despite the evidence that said he did repeatedly.

One of the sport’s greatest players, he set a record with 4,256 career hits. But his gambling led to a lifetime ban and kept him out of the Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose's decorated MLB career included three World Series wins and National League MVP Award, before he was banned from baseball in 1989.

Major League Baseball's all-time record holder for hits and three-time World Series winner Pete Rose dies aged 83.

Known as Charlie Hustle for his aggressive style of play, he was banned from baseball for gambling on his own team.