Pete Rose’s decades-long baseball ban has come to an finish.
Rose, amongst different deceased gamers, has been faraway from MLB’s completely ineligible listing, in response to Commissioner Rob Manfred, in a growth that clears the all-time hits king for Corridor of Fame consideration.
He was one in every of 17 folks whose ban was reversed, as had been eight members of the scandal-scarred 1919 “Black Sox,” together with “Shoeless” Joe Jackson.
Rose, who died in September at age 83, was banned in 1989 after an MLB investigation discovered that he wagered on baseball video games whereas he was the Cincinnati Reds’ supervisor.
“A person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game,” Manfred wrote to Rose’s legal professional, Jeffrey M. Lenkov, in a letter launched Tuesday by MLB.
“Moreover, it is hard to conceive of a penalty that has more deterrent effect than one that lasts a lifetime with no reprieve. Therefore, I have concluded that permanent ineligibility ends upon the passing of the disciplined individual.”
The Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame confirmed that Tuesday’s announcement makes Rose and the opposite 16 people eligible for induction.
“The Historical Overview Committee will develop the ballot of eight names for the Classic Baseball Era Committee — which evaluates candidates who made their greatest impact on the game prior to 1980 — to vote on when it meets next in December 2027,” Jane Forbes Clark, the Corridor’s chairman of the board, mentioned in a press release.
Rose totaled an MLB-record 4,256 hits throughout his 24-year profession with the Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos from 1963-86.
He was a 17-time All-Star and the 1973 Nationwide League MVP.
Rose accepted his ban from Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti in a settlement of potential litigation, not a commissioner motion — a distinction Manfred referenced in his letter.
“At the time, the Hall of Fame did not have a rule barring people on the permanently ineligible list from Hall of Fame consideration,” Manfred wrote. “In fact, Shoeless Joe Jackson was afforded the opportunity to be voted upon in 1936 and again in 1946.”
Lenkov had tried for the higher a part of a decade to reverse Rose’s ban, together with in January when he filed a brand new petition.
The “Black Sox,” in the meantime, refers to eight Chicago White Sox gamers who had been accused of throwing the 1919 World Collection. They had been completely banned by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis in 1921.
Among the many 17 folks included in Tuesday’s determination, 16 had been former gamers. The opposite was former Phillies proprietor William Cox, who was banned in 1943 for wagering his crew’s video games.
Initially Revealed: Might 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM EDT
