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J.K. Simmons in 4192 - The Crowning of the Hit King, Peter Rose documentary

By April MacIntyre Nov 2, 2010, 6:26 GMT

J.K. Simmons - "Up In The Air" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals - Mann\'s Village Theater - Westwood, CA. USA © Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

Baseball legend Pete Rose is coming to a theater near you.

"4192 - The Crowning of the Hit King," the documentary film featuring J.K. Simmons about Pete Rose's playing career is currently playing in Cincinnati and Philadelphia, expanding nationwide on November 5.

Despite a betting scandal, Rose is considered one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game. In his 23 years as a player for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies, Rose established records that will probably never be broken.

4,256 hits (all time major league record) He broke the record held by Ty Cobb, one of the greatest players ever.

3,562 games played (major league record)

14,053 at bats (major league record)

3,215 singles (major league record)

5,752 total bases by a switch hitter (major league record)

If ever a player belonged in baseball's Hall of Fame, it's Rose.

But in 1989, then Commissioner Bart Giamatti banned him from baseball for betting on games while he managed the Reds.  The ban is still in effect.

Number 14 Rose was baseball.   He played the game with passion, intensity and a work ethic found in very few players since.  http://www.4192movie.com/

Director: Terry Lukemire
Cast: Pete Rose
Run Time: 115 minutes
Official Synopsis:

On the evening of September 11, 1985, before a sellout crowd of 52,000 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Pete Rose was poised to collect hit number 4,192 of his long brilliant career, passing Ty Cobb as the all-time career hits leader. Rose came up to bat in the first inning against the San Diego Padres Eric Show and on the fourth pitch lined a clean single to left center. As he reached first base, thousands of camera flash bulbs fired off rapidly, his teammates mobbed him, fireworks exploded above the stadium and the crowd overwhelmed him with an unprecedented nine-minute standing ovation.

From Pete's first at bat to that immortal September evening where history was made, "4192" traces the Hit King's rise as one of baseball's greatest and most controversial stars. Pete Rose was perhaps the most versatile player in Major League Baseball history, having played five hundred or more games at five different positions in his twenty-four year career. He holds numerous major league records including most hits, most games played and most at-bats. He was the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year, the 1973 NL MVP, 1975 World Series MVP, won two gold gloves, three World Series rings, and appeared in seventeen All-Star games among other notable achievements.