Trump says he will pardon late baseball great Pete Rose who was banned from sport over gamblin

President Donald Trump said on Friday he would pardon criticizing Major League Baseball for barring the all-time hit champion from the sports hall of fame for gambling. Rose, who was banned from baseball for life. He admitted in 2004 that he had bet on games, though never against his own team. Over the next few weeks I will be signing a complete pardon of Pete Rose Yonny Chirinos Jersey , who shouldnt have been gambling on baseball, but only bet on his team winning, Trump posted on Truth Social. Pete Rose fixes his hat at the microphone during a pregame ceremony at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 17, 2017. Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images President Donald Trump waits outside the White House before a meeting on Feb. 27, 2025. POOL/AFP via Getty Images Explore More He never betted against himself, or the other team. He had the most hits, by far, in baseball history, and won more games than anyone in sports history. Trump did not say what the as Rose was not convicted of a crime. In 2017, the Philadelphia Phillies canceled a ceremony to honor Rose after allegations surfaced that he had had a sexual relationship in the 1970s with a girl before she turned 16. He said she was 16, the age of consent, at the time, ESPN reported. Rose, who spent most of his 1963-1986 career with the Cincinnati Reds, won the World Series three times and leads Major League Baseballs all-time charts in hits, games played, at-bats, singles and outs. Josh Simpson Jersey