Former MLB Groundskeeper claims Pete Rose corked bats.

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(05-10-2020, 10:34 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Not even top 25 and arguable on top 50.

Has nothing to do with the post-playing days either: aside from a shit-ton of singles, he was never a top 3 player at his position, year in, year out.

George Foster, Johnny Bench, Barry Larkin, Joe Morgan were better players, off the top of my head.

Truck I've gotta disagree with you here ol buddy. 

Was Pete Rose a great athlete ? No Was he a great baseball player ? Yes

I don't know if you're old enough to have seen Rose play in his heyday in the late 60's 70's ? But the guy went 110% on every play no matter the situation ! Johnny Bench described Rose in an interview something like this "Pete would run through a fire in a suit soaked in gasoline to play baseball". Was Pete gonna win a sprinting, jumping, swimming, etc. competition ? No

But you had your hands full playing him if you were on the other team. He had excellent hand/eye coordination and quickness, reaction time.

Rose had 170 hits as a rookie, led the league in hits 7X, he had over 200 hits in 10 seasons, 13 seasons in a row he had 185 hits+ ! He played in 150+ games in 17 seasons. He played in 148+ games 16 seasons in a row.

Here's the awards on wiki:

Peter Edward Rose (born April 14, 1941), also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is an American former professional baseball player and manager. Rose played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, and managed the Cincinnati 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).[1] He won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, and the Rookie of the Year Award, and also made 17 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.

One could go on and on. Again Rose was not a great athlete, but he was a great, GREAT baseball player.