Pete Rose, baseball’s career-hits leader, and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game, has died. Rose was 83.
Nicked named “Charlie Hustle”, Rose began his baseball career in Geneva in 1960. He played 85 games with the then-Geneva Redlegs in the New York – Penn League. He went on to play 24 seasons in the major leagues and break the record for base hits before he was suspended from baseball for betting on the games.
Tony Perez, who went on to a Hall of Fame career, also debuted with Geneva in 1960 and played another season in Geneva in 1961.
Over the years, future big league stars like Kent Tekulve, Bill Madlock, Mike Hargrove, and Jamie Moyer all got started in Geneva. Geneva’s teams had some success, winning league championships in 1949, 1958, 1978, 1987, and 1992.
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