Pete Rose bet about $2,000 per game on the Cincinnati Reds while he was managing them, he said on the Dan Patrick radio show on Tuesday.

Rose, in his 2004 book, "My Prison Without Bars," admitted to betting $1,000 a game as the Reds' manager, starting in 1987. For football games, he bet about $2,000.

But 1989's Dowd Report — the findings of baseball's investigation into Rose's gambling — mentioned Rose betting $2,000 on baseball games.

"It was like $2,000. That's it," Rose said in the interview. "And it didn't change -- because I know you're going to say, Well betting's all about pitching and stuff like that -- I didn't care who was pitching for me or who was pitching for the opposition. I just made it easy for the guys making the bets and just bet this much every game and that's the way we did it."

Rose was banned from baseball for life in 1989 by then-commissioner Bart Giamatti. He denied any betting allegations until early 2004 when he admitted to betting on the Reds.

The ban has kept baseball's all-time hits leader out of the Hall of Fame.

Rose, who retired after the 1986 season, compiled 4,256 hits, made 17 All-Star teams at five different positions, won the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year award, the 1973 NL MVP award and helped three teams to World Series titles. He managed the Reds from 1984 until his banishment in 1989.

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