Pete Rose, 1972 Topps PSA 9, NL MVP, World Series MVP, Rookie of the Year

Description: Pete Rose PSA 10 sells between $37,610 - $55,152 Rose played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, most prominently as a member of the Cincinnati Reds lineup known as the Big Red Machine for their dominance of the National League in the 1970s. He also had a successful stint playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, where he won his third World Series, as well as a brief stop with the Montreal Expos. During and after his playing career, he served as the manager of the Reds from 1984 to 1989. Rose was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215) and outs (10,328). He won three World Series, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves and the Rookie of the Year Award. He also made seventeen All-Star appearances at an unequaled five positions (second baseman, left fielder, right fielder, third baseman and first baseman). Rose won both of his Gold Gloves when he was an outfielder, in 1969 and 1970. In 1999, Rose was selected as an outfielder on the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Fans voted Rose's record-breaking hit over Ty Cobb as the sixth most memorable moment in baseball history. Rose made the National League All-Star roster seventeen times. Only three National League players (Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Stan Musial) and five American League (AL) players (Mickey Mantle, Cal Ripken, Ted Williams, Rod Carew, and Carl Yastrzemski) have more appearances. He was voted the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1973, but also finished in the top five vote-getters in 1968, 1969, 1975, and 1976. He led the league in batting average three times (1968, 1969, 1973), in plate appearances and hits seven times, in games played and doubles five times, in at-bats and runs scored four times, and in on-base percentage twice (1968, 1979). Major League records:Most career at-bats – 14,053Most career plate appearances – 15,890Most career hits – 4,256Most career singles – 3,215Most career times on base – 5,929Most career outs – 10,328Most career games played – 3,562Most career winning games played – 1,972Only player to play at least 500 games at five different positions – 1B (939), LF (671), 3B (634), 2B (628), RF (595)Most career runs by a switch hitter – 2,165Most career doubles by a switch hitter – 746Most career walks by a switch hitter – 1,566Most career total bases by a switch hitter – 5,752Most seasons of 200 or more hits – 10 (shared)Most consecutive seasons of 100 or more hits – 23Most consecutive seasons with 600 or more at-bats – 13 (1968–1980) (shared)Most seasons with 600 at-bats – 17Most seasons with 150 or more games played – 17Most seasons with 100 or more games played – 23National League records:Most years played – 24Most consecutive years played – 24Most career runs – 2,165Most career doubles – 746Most career games with 5 or more hits – 10Modern (post-1900) NL record for longest consecutive-game hitting streak NL – 44Modern record for most hitting streaks of 20 or more consecutive games – 7Rose retired in 1986 with the highest modern-day career fielding percentage for a right fielder at 99.14% and the highest National League modern-day career fielding percentage for a left fielder at 99.07%

Price: 2500 USD

Location: Alpharetta, Georgia

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