Pete Rose Breaks Cobb's Hit Record: 4,192 and Counting
Pete Rose smashed through Ty Cobb's sixty-year barrier with his 4,192nd career base hit to claim the all-time record. This feat instantly cemented a legacy of durability that defined an era of baseball, even as it later sparked a lifetime ban for gambling violations.
September 11, 1985
41 years ago
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