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.

Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson reinstatement. MLB announced on Tuesday that Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson will be reinstated from the permanently ineligible list. "Obvio

Pete Rose is finally out of MLB’s doghouse, and he has some company. Rose, placed on the league’s permanently ineligible list in August 1989 over gambling on baseball, was reinstated by commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday — and was joined by “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, according to ESPN.