Cincinnati Reds legend and Major League Baseball's all-time hit leader Pete Rose has died at the age of 83.Rose, a Cincinnati native, played 19 seasons with the Reds and collected an MLB-record 4,256 hits in his career.

Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose died Monday. He was 83. After reaching the pinnacle of the sport he loved, Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 for gambling while manager of his hometown Reds. That came just four years after Rose had broken Ty Cobb’s hit record, a mark that still stands. He is MLB's all-time hits leader with 4,256.

Rose grew up just 7 miles from where Great American Ball Park now stands. On Monday, fans paid tribute at his statue.