MLB Icon Pete Rose Passed Away at 83.

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Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader in Major League Baseball and a three-time World Series champion, has passed away at the age of 83.

Rose won the World Series with the Cincinnati Reds in 1975 and 1976, then again with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980.

Known as "Charlie Hustle," he earned the National League MVP award in 1973 and was named the World Series MVP in 1975.

Over his 21 seasons, he was selected for the All-Star Game 17 times, playing an impressive five different positions in the infield and outfield.

Rose had a short time with the Montreal Expos before becoming the manager of the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1989, serving as player-manager for the first three years.

In 1989, he received a lifetime ban for betting on baseball games that involved him as a player or manager, which controversially made him ineligible for the MLB Hall of Fame.

In his 2004 autobiography, he confessed to gambling on Reds games but maintained that he never bet against his own team.