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Pete Rose

1963–1986 · Bats B · Throws R · 5'11", 192 lb · b. 1941 Cincinnati, OH

Career 3,562 G · 4,256 H · 160 HR · 1,314 RBI · .303 AVG

Seasons leading his league

20 best in baseball 9 league only

117 Top-5 finishes

13 Title seasons

11 Categories led

1968 Best season

Spanning 1965–1981, peaking at 4 titles in 1968.

Clubs 3,000 Hit Club 200 Hit Seasons ×10

Team records #1 Reds career H #1 Reds career R #1 Reds 1973 H #5 Reds career AVG #5 Reds career RBI #6 Reds 1969 AVG #7 Reds 1976 R

Led in Doubles for 3 straight seasons (1974–1976) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

68th League titles 29
38th Best in baseball 20
33rd Top-5 finishes 117

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

1st Hits 4,256
2nd Doubles 746
6th Runs 2,165
9th Total Bases 5,752
14th Walks 1,566
24th Outfield Fielding Percentage .991
75th Triples 135
105th Runs Batted In 1,314
131st First Base Assists 665
161st First Base Putouts 7,881
166th First Base Double Plays 649
178th Batting Average .303
201st Second Base Putouts 1,470
230th On-Base Percentage .375
241st Second Base Double Plays 328
258th Third Base Assists 1,083
260th Third Base Double Plays 91
268th Third Base Putouts 464
276th Second Base Assists 1,502
291st Outfield Putouts 2,579
310th Outfield Assists 99
319th Outfield Range Factor 2.02
372nd Stolen Bases 198

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Hits	7	1st	2 yrs (1972–1973)	1965 209 1968 210 1970 205 1972 198 1973 230 1976 215 1981 140 1966 #2 1969 #2 1975 #2 1977 #2 1978 #2 1979 #3
Doubles	5	1st	3 yrs (1974–1976)	1974 45 1975 47 1976 42 1978 51 1980 NL 42 1965 #3 1966 #2 1968 #2 1969 #3 1970 #3 1973 #3
Runs	4	1st	3 yrs (1974–1976)	1974 110 1975 112 1976 130 1969 NL 120 1965 #3 1968 #2 1970 #3 1973 #3 1978 #2 1981 #2
Batting Average	3	1st	2 yrs (1968–1969)	1968 .336 1969 .348 1973 NL .338 1979 #2 1981 #2
Outfield Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1974 .997 1970 NL .997 1968 #3 1971 #2 1972 #2 1973 #3
Outfield Assists	2	1st	—	1972 15 1968 NL 20
On-Base Percentage	2	1st	—	1968 NL .391 1979 NL .418 1965 #3 1969 #3 1975 #2 1976 #3
First Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1980 .997 1982 #3
First Base Assists	1	1st	—	1980 123 1981 #2
Third Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1976 NL .969 1975 #2
Second Base Putouts	1	1st	—	1965 NL 382 1963 #2 1966 #2
First Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	1979 #2
First Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1979 #2
Total Bases	—	#2	—	1968 #3 1976 #2
Second Base Range Factor	—	#3	—	1966 #3
Second Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1964 #2 1966 #3
Triples	—	#2	—	1969 #2 1972 #2
Second Base Double Plays	—	#3	—	1965 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	—	#3	—	1968 #3

Title Seasons

13 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1981	1	H 140
1980	3	2B 42 1B A 123 1B FPCT .997
1979	1	OBP .418
1978	1	2B 51
1976	4	H 215 R 130 2B 42 3B FPCT .969
1975	2	R 112 2B 47
1974	3	R 110 2B 45 OF FPCT .997
1973	2	AVG .338 H 230
1972	2	H 198 OF A 15
1970	2	H 205 OF FPCT .997
1969	2	AVG .348 R 120
1968	4	AVG .336 H 210 OBP .391 OF A 20
1965	2	H 209 2B PO 382

Batting

led the league 24 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1963	CIN	NL	157	623	101	170	25	9	6	41	55	72	13	.273	.334	.371	.705
1964	CIN	NL	136	516	64	139	13	2	4	34	36	51	4	.269	.319	.326	.645
1965	CIN	NL	162	670	117	209	35	11	11	81	69	76	8	.312	.382	.446	.828
1966	CIN	NL	156	654	97	205	38	5	16	70	37	61	4	.314	.351	.460	.811
1967	CIN	NL	148	585	86	176	32	8	12	76	56	66	11	.301	.364	.444	.808
1968	CIN	NL	149	626	94	210	42	6	10	49	56	76	3	.336	.391	.470	.861
1969	CIN	NL	156	627	120	218	33	11	16	82	88	65	7	.348	.428	.512	.940
1970	CIN	NL	159	649	120	205	37	9	15	52	73	64	12	.316	.385	.470	.855
1971	CIN	NL	160	632	86	192	27	4	13	44	68	50	13	.304	.373	.421	.793
1972	CIN	NL	154	645	107	198	31	11	6	57	73	46	10	.307	.382	.417	.800
1973	CIN	NL	160	680	115	230	36	8	5	64	65	42	10	.338	.401	.437	.838
1974	CIN	NL	163	652	110	185	45	7	3	51	106	54	2	.284	.385	.388	.773
1975	CIN	NL	162	662	112	210	47	4	7	74	89	50	0	.317	.406	.432	.838
1976	CIN	NL	162	665	130	215	42	6	10	63	86	54	9	.323	.405	.450	.854
1977	CIN	NL	162	655	95	204	38	7	9	64	66	42	16	.312	.377	.432	.809
1978	CIN	NL	159	655	103	198	51	3	7	52	62	30	13	.302	.362	.421	.783
1979	PHI	NL	163	628	90	208	40	5	4	59	95	32	20	.331	.418	.430	.848
1980	PHI	NL	162	655	95	185	42	1	1	64	66	33	12	.282	.352	.354	.706
1981	PHI	NL	107	431	73	140	18	5	0	33	46	26	4	.325	.391	.390	.781
1982	PHI	NL	162	634	80	172	25	4	3	54	66	32	8	.271	.345	.338	.683
1983	PHI	NL	151	493	52	121	14	3	0	45	52	28	7	.245	.316	.286	.602
1984	MON +1	NL	121	374	43	107	15	2	0	34	40	27	1	.286	.359	.337	.696
1985	CIN	NL	119	405	60	107	12	2	2	46	86	35	8	.264	.395	.319	.713
1986	CIN	NL	72	237	15	52	8	2	0	25	30	31	3	.219	.316	.270	.586
Career	—	—	3,562	14,053	2,165	4,256	746	135	160	1,314	1,566	1,143	198	.303	.375	.409	.784

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1963	CIN	NL	2B	157	153	1361.1	360	366	22	78	748	.971	4.62
			OF	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1964	CIN	NL	2B	128	118	1069.0	263	301	12	63	576	.979	4.41
1965	CIN	NL	2B	162	162	1449.1	382	403	20	93	805	.975	4.85
1966	CIN	NL	2B	140	140	1264.2	385	344	14	79	743	.981	5.21
			3B	16	16	132.1	24	30	4	4	58	.931	3.38
1967	CIN	NL	OF	123	120	1080.2	211	5	4	0	220	.982	1.76
			2B	35	28	257.0	76	88	7	15	171	.959	4.69
1968	CIN	NL	OF	148	148	1341.0	268	20	3	4	291	.990	1.95
			2B	3	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	0.67
			1B	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1969	CIN	NL	OF	156	156	1391.0	316	10	4	3	330	.988	2.09
			2B	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
1970	CIN	NL	OF	159	158	1391.0	309	8	1	2	318	.997	1.99
1971	CIN	NL	OF	158	158	1390.0	306	13	2	1	321	.994	2.02
1972	CIN	NL	OF	154	154	1408.0	330	15	2	2	347	.994	2.24
1973	CIN	NL	OF	159	159	1429.0	343	15	3	0	361	.992	2.25
1974	CIN	NL	OF	163	163	1441.1	346	11	1	3	358	.997	2.19
1975	CIN	NL	3B	137	137	1137.0	106	230	13	21	349	.963	2.45
			OF	35	25	247.0	55	0	1	0	56	.982	1.57
1976	CIN	NL	3B	159	156	1359.2	115	293	13	25	421	.969	2.57
			OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1977	CIN	NL	3B	161	161	1295.1	98	268	16	18	382	.958	2.27
1978	CIN	NL	3B	156	153	1277.1	117	256	15	23	388	.961	2.39
			OF	7	4	33.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.43
			1B	2	2	15.0	15	0	0	2	15	1.000	7.50
1979	PHI	NL	1B	159	158	1365.2	1,424	87	8	124	1,519	.995	9.50
			3B	5	4	34.2	4	6	2	0	12	.833	2.00
			2B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1980	PHI	NL	1B	162	161	1400.0	1,427	123	5	113	1,555	.997	9.57
1981	PHI	NL	1B	107	107	907.1	929	91	4	69	1,024	.996	9.53
1982	PHI	NL	1B	162	162	1415.1	1,428	123	8	114	1,559	.995	9.57
1983	PHI	NL	1B	112	83	795.0	786	74	9	57	869	.990	7.68
			OF	35	31	239.0	41	0	1	0	42	.976	1.17
1984	MON	NL	1B	63	61	499.0	479	51	6	36	536	.989	8.41
			OF	28	28	204.0	51	2	2	0	55	.964	1.89
1985	CIN	NL	1B	110	110	938.1	870	73	5	80	948	.995	8.57
1986	CIN	NL	1B	61	61	520.1	523	43	6	54	572	.990	9.28
Career	—	—	OF	1,327	1,304	11597.1	2,579	99	24	15	2,702	.991	2.02
	—	—	1B	939	905	7857.1	7,881	665	51	649	8,597	.994	9.10
	—	—	3B	634	627	5236.1	464	1,083	63	91	1,610	.961	2.44
	—	—	2B	628	601	5408.1	1,470	1,502	75	328	3,047	.975	4.73