On This Day: September 11, 1985 — Pete Rose Made Baseball History
On September 11, 1985, Pete Rose singled to left-center field off San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show, recording career hit #4,192 and surpassing Ty Cobb’s record that had stood untouched for 57 years. A crowd of 47,237 at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium gave him a seven-minute standing ovation. His 15-year-old son — the team’s batboy —…