Grandma's Scorebook

Pete Rose’s 2,500th Hit

  • 1975
  • Milestones & Records

Pete Rose gets his 2,500th hit

Reds 3, Pirates 1 in Cincinnati

Aug. 17, 1975: Pete Rose hit a single to RF off Bruce Kison in B7 driving in Bill Plummer for his 2,500th career hit. He ended his career with 4,256 hits.

If you look really close and hard at her tiny writing in the center, she tells us about this milestone and bless her heart she even draws an arrow. It’s almost like she knew we would all be looking at this one day, and if you are reading this post, we truly are looking at this together.