Yes, Pete Rose, the all-time Major League Baseball hit leader, did bet on his own team. An investigation conducted by Major League Baseball found that Rose had bet on baseball games, including those involving his own team, the Cincinnati Reds, of which he was the player-manager at the time. The investigation was led by former United States District Judge John M. Dowd and was published in a report known as the “Dowd Report.”
Rose denied the allegations for years, but in 2004, he finally admitted to them in his autobiography, “My Prison Without Bars: From theMLB to the Penitentiary.” As a result of the betting scandal, Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 by then-Commissioner Bart Giamatti. This ban effectively keeps him from being eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, although there have been periodic discussions and campaigns to reconsider his status.