One of only two players in baseball history with over 4,000 hits, Pete Rose made his mark in MLB history when he broke Hank Aaron’s National League record. Ty Cobb held the total runs scored record with 2,245 runs scored throughout his career before that record was broken by Rickey Henderson. Aaron shares the 4 spot all time with Babe Ruth with 2,174 total runs scored in their careers while Rose sits just behind them at 6th with 2,165 runs scored.
Unfortunately, gambling accusations and controversy surrounding Rose caused him to be banned from the sport of baseball for life and kept out of the baseball Hall of Fame in spite of his tremendous achievements.
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