The Reds announced in a press release earlier this week that the club will unveil a Pete Rose statue at Great American Ball Park on June 17 next year. Rose will be the fourth player with a statue at GABP, joining Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Tony Perez.
Reds COO Phil Castellini said, “The statue of Pete Rose will be the finishing touch on the celebration of Pete here at Great American Ball Park. We had the honor of inducting him into the Reds Hall of Fame and retiring his number in 2016, and I know Pete is looking forward to his statue joining his Big Red Machine teammates on Crosley Terrace.”
Rose, 75, is baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,256. He helped the Reds win the World Series in 1975 and ’76, overall helping them reach the postseason five times in a span of seven years between 1970-76.
Rose has been working as an analyst for FOX for the past two years.
