{"id":52645,"date":"2025-05-14T09:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=52645"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:21:06","slug":"mlb-reinstates-pete-rose-and-joe-jackson-hall-of-fame-back-on-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/mlb-reinstates-pete-rose-and-joe-jackson-hall-of-fame-back-on-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Reinstates Pete Rose and Joe Jackson &#8211; Hall of Fame Back on the Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a seismic shift that rewrites a century of baseball precedent, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and other deceased individuals on the league&rsquo;s permanently ineligible list have officially been reinstated.<\/p><p>The decision ends what was effectively a lifetime ban, even after death, for some of the most controversial figures in baseball history. Most notably, it reopens the door for Rose, MLB&rsquo;s all-time hits leader, and Jackson, the enigmatic star of the 1919 Black Sox scandal, to be considered for induction into the Hall of Fame.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Pete Rose, \"Shoeless\" Joe Jackson and other deceased players from Major League Baseball&rsquo;s permanently ineligible list.<br><br>Manfred ruled that MLB&rsquo;s punishment of banned individuals ends upon their deaths. They are now presumably&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YkIZ34jMUu\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/YkIZ34jMUu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1922383736718418029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Manfred clarified that MLB&rsquo;s disciplinary reach ends with a person&rsquo;s death, a stance that marks a philosophical break from how the league has traditionally viewed gambling-related offenses, the sport&rsquo;s once-untouchable cardinal sin.<\/p><p>Rose accepted his ban in 1989 after then-commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti concluded that the 17-time All-Star had bet on games while managing the Cincinnati Reds. Jackson, along with seven other White Sox teammates, was expelled from professional baseball in 1921 by Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the league&rsquo;s first commissioner, for allegedly fixing the 1919 World Series.<\/p><p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/roki-sasaki-injury-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Roki Sasaki Injury Update: Dodgers Hit With Major Blow as Rookie Lands on IL With No Timeline<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>In total, Manfred&rsquo;s ruling clears 16 deceased players and one deceased owner from the permanently ineligible list. Among them are several of Jackson&rsquo;s former teammates, including pitcher Eddie Cicotte and third baseman Buck Weaver, central figures in one of the darkest sagas in American sports. The scandal, which nearly torpedoed the integrity of the game, became cultural lore through books and the 1988 film <em>Eight Men Out<\/em>.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pete Rose Top 14 Moments\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JJl02sQlOJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Based on current eligibility rules, the earliest either could be enshrined is 2028. Jackson, who passed away in 1951, had been considered by various committees over the decades. Rose, however, was never allowed on the ballot. That&rsquo;s because in 1991, just before he would have become eligible, the Hall&rsquo;s board implemented a policy stating that any player on MLB&rsquo;s permanently ineligible list could not be considered for induction. The clause would later be dubbed &ldquo;the Pete Rose rule.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Pete Rose, who died in September at age 83, long maintained hope that his suspension would be temporary. Jackson never lived to see his name cleared. Now, for both of them, Cooperstown is suddenly back in play.<\/p><p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/pirates-paul-skenes-commits-to-team-usa-for-wbc-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Pirates&rsquo; Paul Skenes Commits to Team USA for WBC 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Still, the decision raises serious questions about where baseball draws its ethical lines, and whether this could open the door for a flood of other contested legacies to be revisited.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Manfred clarified that MLB\u2019s disciplinary reach ends with a person\u2019s death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6776,6777,26],"class_list":["post-52645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-joe-jackson","tag-mlb-hall-of-fame","tag-pete-rose"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MLB Reinstates Pete Rose and Joe Jackson - Hall of Fame Back on the Table - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MLB has officially lifted lifetime bans on Pete Rose, Joe Jackson, and others posthumously, making them eligible for Hall of Fame induction.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/mlb-reinstates-pete-rose-and-joe-jackson-hall-of-fame-back-on-the-table\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MLB Reinstates Pete Rose and Joe Jackson - Hall of Fame Back on the Table - The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MLB has officially lifted lifetime bans on Pete Rose, Joe Jackson, and others posthumously, making them eligible for Hall of Fame induction.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/mlb-reinstates-pete-rose-and-joe-jackson-hall-of-fame-back-on-the-table\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-14T09:21:06+01:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25396638_168416411_lowres.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1693\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mohsin Baldiwala\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mohsin Baldiwala\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/mlb-reinstates-pete-rose-and-joe-jackson-hall-of-fame-back-on-the-table\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/mlb-reinstates-pete-rose-and-joe-jackson-hall-of-fame-back-on-the-table\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mohsin Baldiwala\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3b7cc7ef97ecc770d12ed60259652963\"},\"headline\":\"MLB Reinstates Pete Rose and Joe Jackson &#8211; 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