1941 - Born Peter Edward Rose on April 14th in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Harry and LaVerne Rose; one of four children

1960 - Signed by the Cincinnati Reds on July 8th as an amateur free agent out of Western Hills High School, where he played both baseball and football

1963 - In a spring training game, Rose earns the nickname "Charlie Hustle" when Whitey Ford witnessed the young player sprint to first base after taking an intentional walk

1963 - After minor league stops in Tampa, Florida and Macon, Georgia, Rose makes his major league debut at second base with the Reds on Opening Day, April 8th

1963 - Named National League Rookie of the Year after hitting .273 in his first season

1965 - Frank Robinson is traded to the Baltimore Orioles, leaving Rose as the unquestioned team leader in Cincinnati

1965 - Named to National League All-Star team, his first of an unprecedented 18 appearances at four different positions (2B, 1B, OF, 3B)

1968 - Wins first batting title, hitting .335 for the season

1969 - Rose has the best season of his career, hitting .348, scoring 120 runs, recording 218 hits, drawing 88 walks, and earning his first Gold Glove award as an outfielder; Rose lost the MVP award to Willie McCovey

1970 - In All-Star game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, Rose notoriously scores the winning run for the National League by bowling over catcher Ray Fosse at home plate, separating the catcher's shoulder

1970 - Reds win NL West and advance to the World Series for the first time in Rose's career

1973 - Named National League MVP

1975 - Wins first World Series ring with the Big Red Machine, defeating the Boston Red Sox in seven games; Rose named World Series MVP, Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, and the Sporting News Man of the Year

1976 - Wins second World Series ring when the Reds sweep the New York Yankees

1978 - Records 44-game hitting streak, the closest any player had come in 37 years to reaching Joe DiMaggio's immortal 56-game streak

1978 - Signed with the Philadelphia Phillies via free agency, where he would win three division titles and two pennants

1980 - Wins third and final World Series ring as the Phillies defeat the Kansas City Royals in six games

1984 - In January, as a 42 year-old free agent with 3,990 career hits (199 away from Ty Cobb's all-time record), Rose signs with the Montreal Expos

1984 - On August 16th, Rose is traded back the Reds for Tom Lawless and becomes the team's player-manager

1985 - On September 11th, in front of a packed house in his hometown of Cincinnati, Rose laced a single to center field off Padres pitcher Eric Show to break Ty Cobb's career hits record

1986 - On November 11th, Rose was released as a player by the Reds, though he stayed on as the team's manager until 1989

1989 - Article in the March 21st issue of Sports Illustrated alleges that Rose bet on baseball, a claim that was later supported by a Major League Baseball investigation called the Dowd Report. The report claims that Rose bet on baseball from 1985 to 1987 and turned up 412 baseball wagers between April and July, 1987, including 52 bets on Cincinnati to win; Rose denies the allegations and vehemently states that he never bet against the Reds while he was a manager

1989 - In August, Rose voluntarily accepts a permanent ban from baseball, agreeing that there was material reason for the punishment. In return, baseball ceases investigations into Rose's gambling habits and allows Rose to apply for re-instatement after two years

1989 - Weeks later, in September, commissioner Bart Giamatti dies suddenly of a heart attack; the promise of application for re-admission was never made in writing, and Rose would later say that Giamatti's promise died with him

1990 - Rose serves five months in federal prison when it's learned that he failed to pay taxes on income earned from memorabilia sales

1991 - Hall of Fame votes to exclude players banned from baseball

1996 - Rose's son, Pete Rose, Jr., is signed as a minor league free agent by the Reds; He sees time in the majors but is ultimately nothing more than a minor-league journeyman

1999 - After receiving a standing ovation from the crowd before game two of the 1999 World Series, Rose is pressured by NBC broadcaster Jim Gray to admit betting on baseball; the interview arouses scorn from Rose and fans across the country who support him

2001 - In August, Rose's former friend and confidant Tommy Gioiosa tells Vanity Fair that not only did Rose bet on the Reds, but that he was a chronic gambler, was involved in drug deals, and kept large stashes of cash hidden in his house to avoid paying taxes

2002 - In November, after 12 years without contact with the commissioner's office, Rose has finally a face-to-face meeting with commissioner Bud Selig; He would later write in his autobiography that he admitted betting on baseball at this meeting; When asked by Selig why he did it, Rose responds, "I didn't think I'd get caught."

2003 - In December, an ABC News/ESPN poll shows that two-thirds of baseball fans favor re-instating Rose; Fifty-six percent say that Rose should be re-instated even if he admitted to betting on baseball

2004 - Rose releases his autobiography, "My Prison Without Bars," in which he admits to betting on baseball (though not against the Reds) and fails to offer an apology for doing so; The announcement is accompanied by a whirlwind media tour, angering supporters who feel betrayed by Rose's long-stading mistruths

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Managerial Career