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- Pete Rose was one of
- baseballΓÇÖs greatest hitters.
- He holds the major league
- record for career hits with
- 4,256. As a switch-hitter,
- he collected more than 200 hits in a season
- a record 10 times! HeΓÇÖs also the only player
- to play 500 games at each of five different
- positions.
-
- PeteΓÇÖs nickname was ΓÇ£Charlie Hustle." He
- got it because he showed so much energy
- on the field. Pete often ran to first on a walk
- and slid into bases head first.
-
- PeteΓÇÖs career as a player spanned 24 years.
- He played with the Cincinnati Reds,
- Philadelphia Phillies, and Montreal
- Expos, but most fans remember him
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