MLB legend Piet Roos died at the age of 83, TMZ Sports has learned.

Rose, Major League Baseball’s hit king, died earlier today at his home in Las Vegas.

Pete’s agent, Ryan Fiterman of Fiterman Sports, confirmed the news, saying, “The family requests privacy at this time.”

Pete was one of the greatest baseball players to ever grace a diamond. He earned seventeen All-Star Game nominations, won three World Series and was NL MVP in 1973.

Rose, who played first base, second base and the outfield, had an impressive 4,256 hits during his 24-season career.

Rose spent most of his storied career with the Cincinnati Reds, but also played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos, before returning to Cinci and ending his career as a player-manager.

Rose hung up the spikes for good (as a player) in 1986.

Of course, Rose was not without controversy. He was banned from baseball by the MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti in 1989 after the league decided he would bet on baseball.