Pete Rose, Jr.
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Peter Edward Rose Jr. (born November 16, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is the son of the famous baseball player Pete Rose. He has played in the minor leagues most of his career except for a brief stint in 1997 for the Cincinnati Reds. Rose Jr. is a notable graduate of Oak Hills High School. He is sometimes nicknamed "PJ."
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[edit] Childhood
Rose Jr. was often shown on national television during his childhood years as a bat-boy for his father's teams. He also appeared on a 1982 Fleer baseball card (#640) titled "Pete & Re-Pete; Pete Rose & son" with his father. As a teenager, on September 11, 1985, he made an emotional on-field appearance live on ESPN to celebrate with his father after Rose Sr. broke Ty Cobb's record for most career hits.
[edit] Baseball Career
Rose Jr. would later become a fixture in baseball's minor leagues. Rose, Jr. was originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles. He was largely a mediocre player during his almost two decades bouncing around almost every minor and independent league. In his early years, Rose Jr. met with limited success in matching his father's rise to baseball stardom, and was often a target of heckling in regards to his father's legal woes and ban from baseball.
Rose's best minor league season was in 1997 at Chattanooga, for the Chattanooga Lookouts, at age 27. He hit .308 in 112 games with 25 home runs, 98 RBIs, 31 doubles and 75 runs scored for the Lookouts. Later that year, Rose was called up to the Cincinnati Reds for his first and only time in the major leagues. He hit only .143 in just 11 games for the Reds, but was widely shown on popular sports highlight shows when he copied his dad's famous crouching batting stance during the first pitch of his first Major League at-bat.
Another of Rose's notable feats in the minors was, in 1998, while playing for the Indianapolis Indians of the International League, he and three teammates hit for the rare "homer cycle" in one inning; Rose opened the inning with a solo home run; Jason Williams, three at-bats later, hit a three-run home run; four batters later, Glen Murray hit a grand slam; and two hitters later, Guillermo Garcia hit a two-run shot to complete the cycle. [1]
[edit] Conviction for GBL Distribution
In November 2005, Rose Jr. was indicted for distributing gamma butyrolactone (GBL) to his Lookouts teammates in the late 1990's. GBL is known to be sold under the counter at retailers as a sports performance enhancer as well as a sedative. When taken orally, GBL is converted to the "date-rape" drug GHB [gamma hydroxybutyrate]. Rose Jr. plead guilty to this charge on November 7, 2005, claiming that he distributed GBL to teammates to help them relax after games.
On May 1, 2006, Rose Jr. was convicted on this charge and was sentenced to one month in federal prison, from June 5 to July 5, 2006. [2], and house arrest for 5 more months after release from prison.
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Minor Leagues
- Games: 1662
- At Bats: 5912
- Hits: 1556
- Runs: 756
- Doubles: 301
- Triples: 30
- Home Runs: 128
- Runs Batted In: 835
- Batting Average: .263
- Bases on Balls: 621
- Strikeouts: 748
- Stolen Bases: 34
- Caught Stealing: 28
[edit] Major Leagues
- Games: 11
- At Bats: 14
- Hits: 2
- Runs: 2
- Doubles: 0
- Triples: 0
- Home Runs: 0
- Runs Batted In: 0
- Batting Average: .143
- Bases on Balls: 2
- Strikeouts: 9
- Stolen Bases: 0
[edit] References
- [3] - Another Pete Rose Plays Ball, CBS News, 48 Hours (June 28, 2001)
[edit] External link
- [4] Pete Rose Jr. profile, provided by thebaseballcube.com
