News item: Pete Rose, who had more MLB hits than anyone in history, has died at the age of 83.
You can read about Rose’s career at that link, or just about anywhere, and the various reasons he isn’t in the Hall of Fame. Beyond his gambling, which he denied for 15 years until he admitted it to sell books, there are accusations he had a sexual relationship with an underage girl in Cincinnati in the 1970s. Rose, basically, wasn’t a good person. He will likely always hold the all-time MLB record with 4,256 hits and his on-field career was one of the greatest of all time.