Cincinnati Reds will wear patch honoring Pete Rose throughout 2025 season

The Cincinnati Reds announced Monday they will wear a patch with the No. 14 on their uniforms during the 2025 season, honoring the late Pete Rose.

Rose died in September at 83 at his home in Las Vegas, Nev. His No. 14 was retired by the Reds in 2016, the same year he entered the Reds Hall of Fame.

The Reds made the announcement by sharing a photo of the patch on social media.

Rose, nicknamed “Charlie Hustle, made his big-league debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 1963, winning the National League Rookie of the Year award, and finished his career with the Reds in 1986. He played 19 of his 24 seasons in the big leagues with the Reds.

Rose became the hit king on Sept. 11, 1985, with his 4,192nd hit, passing Ty Cobb in the record book with a single to center field at Riverfront Stadium.

Rose was a 17-time All-Star and member of three World Series championship teams. He was NL Most Valuable Player in 1973, and he won three batting titles and two Gold Gloves.

A Major League Baseball investigation found he wagered on the Reds to win in games from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team, and Rose agreed in 1989 to go on the permanently ineligible list. Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1991 adopted a rule barring people on MLB’s permanently ineligible list from the Hall ballot.

Rose’s application for reinstatement was denied by Commissioner Rob Manfred in 2015.

MLB did not have any immediate comment on the Reds’ decision.

Reds pitchers and catchers reported to Goodyear, Ariz., on Monday for spring training. They will have their first full workout Wednesday. Position players report Saturday. The first full-squad workout will be Feb. 17.

(The Associated Press contributed).