Rose was permanently banned from MLB in 1989 when he was found to have gambled on games as a player and manager. That ban extended to the Hall of Fame, where he would have been in

Pete Rose is far from the only legendary baseball player not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Alleged and confirmed steroid users who are all over the home-run record books are not in Cooperstown. And Shoeless Joe Jackson is not enshrined because of the 1919 Black Sox scandal.

Former Philadelphia Phillies' infielder Pete Rose claimed that he would make the Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously in an interview ten days before his death.

MLB all-time hits leader Pete Rose, in an interview 10 days before his death in September, said he believed "that I'll make the Hall of Fame after I die."

When longtime first baseman, third baseman and outfielder Pete Rose died on Sept. 30 at the age of 83, baseball fans immediately began discussing whether Rose would eventually make it into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose seemed to think he would make the Hall of Fame posthumously despite never seeing his name on a ballot. In what is believed to be the MLB all-time hits leader’s final interview before his death at 83 on Sept.