Anonymous ID: 8b6252 Feb. 28, 2025, 9:34 p.m. No.22679080   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9105

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https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-truth-about-pete-rose-why-youd-rather-have-minnie-minoso-on-your-team/

 

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The Truth About Pete Rose: Why You’d Rather Have Minnie Miñoso On Your Team

This article was written by Philip Siller

 

This article was published in 2000 Baseball Research Journal

 

Pete Rose’s reputation is built on two pillars: he has more hits than any player in history and he helped his teams immeasurably with his hustle. The first is a fact; the second is a complete misimpression. Rose was not much of a hitter and only an average offensive player. He didn’t create runs, he didn’t get on base much, and he was a liability on the base paths and in the field. Among players with 3,000 career hits — the standard for elite hitters — he doesn’t measure up. Outside that group, he merely holds his own with leading, but not dominant players.