(CNN) Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader, should be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday.

Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 for betting on Cincinnati Reds games while he was a player/manager for the team.

For years, Rose denied betting on baseball and wagering on his own team. In 2004, he admitted in his autobiography that he bet on baseball while Reds manager. Three years later, he told ESPN Radio that he bet on the Reds to win every night.

Rose's attorneys recently petitioned Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred for him to be reinstated, according to a news release from Rose's representatives. They argued that Rose's "ongoing punishment for an act that never impacted a single play or game outcome is no longer justifiable as a proportional response to his transgressions."

Trump's tweet supports Rose's induction as a player.

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