Rose died in September 2024 at the age of 83, and attorney Jeffrey Lenkov filed a petition to remove Rose's permanent ban. In a letter to Lenkov, Manfred said the permanently ineligible list no longer applies to deceased former players.

The posthumous reinstatement makes the South Carolina hitter and 16 others, including Pete Rose, eligible for MLB Hall of Fame nomination

Of all the ironies. Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were removed from the ineligible list for the Baseball Hall of Fame on a day the ancient World Series of 1919 rivals played each other. Shoeless Joe Jackson was a member of the 1919 White Sox that was on the short end of the series with the Cincinnati Reds .

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A signed 1911 photograph of legendary baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson has sold at auction for a staggering $1.47 million. The auction, Extra Innings: A Private Collection of Important ...

In a stunning reversal of decades-long policy, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced today a sweeping decision to remove deceased players, including the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson,