A coroner has ruled on Pete Rose’s cause of death, one day after the Cincinnati Reds legend passed away.
Rose died from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. His death was of natural causes.
The former baseball pro was 83 when he died at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday, Sept. 30.
Rose was a Cincinnati Reds icon, winning rookie of the year in 1963, and he currently stills holds the Major League Baseball record for most hits with 4,256.
During his career, Rose earned 17 All-Star Game nods and won three World Series championships — two with the Reds in 1975 and 1976, and one with the Phillies in 1980. He also won the National League MVP award in 1973 and had 4,256 hits, which remains the record for most hits by a player in MLB history.
In 1989, he was banned from the sport for betting on games while serving as the Reds manager. After years of denying the allegations, Rose admitted to betting on teams, including his own, in his 2004 autobiography, “Pete Rose: My Story.”
