Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader who helped lift the Phillies to their first World Series title in 1980 before being banned from baseball nine years later for gambling on the sport, was found dead Monday at his home in Las Vegas.

Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.

Pete Rose died Monday at 83 years old. According to TMZ Sports, the Major League Baseball hit king died in his Las Vegas home. Rose's agent, Ryan