Event:
Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies
Pete Rose History:
February 4, 1991 - Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose
January 9, 1991 - Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
August 8, 1990 - Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp
July 19, 1990 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion
April 20, 1990 - Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income
August 24, 1989 - Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
March 20, 1989 - Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
February 21, 1989 - Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling
May 2, 1988 - Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump
September 11, 1985 - Pete Rose of Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record
September 8, 1985 - Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits
May 22, 1985 - Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
August 17, 1984 - Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)
July 27, 1984 - Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single vs. Philadelphia
July 26, 1984 - Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single
June 29, 1984 - Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski
April 13, 1984 - Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career
August 24, 1983 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745
August 18, 1982 - Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance
August 14, 1982 - Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron)
June 22, 1982 - Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place
June 20, 1982 - Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz)
August 10, 1981 - Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record
June 10, 1981 - Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits
May 11, 1980 - Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies
September 24, 1979 - Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time
August 5, 1979 - Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single
December 5, 1978 - Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player
August 1, 1978 - Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games
August 1, 1978 - Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)
July 31, 1978 - Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44
July 25, 1978 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games
July 24, 1978 - Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games
May 5, 1978 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
July 24, 1977 - Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881
November 21, 1973 - Pete Rose wins NL MVP
October 8, 1973 - NLCS game 3 brawl between Cincinnatis' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson
June 19, 1973 - Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000
November 26, 1963 - Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year
April 13, 1963 - Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit
March 10, 1963 - Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training
April 14, 1941 - Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle, most hits in majors
More Notable Events on December 5:
1993 Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
1989 France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
1985 Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time
1974 Monty Python's final episode airs on BBC
1946 President Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Executive Order 9808
