For other people named Al Rosen, see Al Rosen (disambiguation).
Baseball player
Al Rosen
Al Rosen, circa 1953
Third baseman
Born:(1924-02-29)February 29, 1924 Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.
Died: March 13, 2015(2015-03-13) (aged 91) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 10, 1947, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1956, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average
.285
Home runs
192
Runs batted in
717
Teams
Cleveland Indians (1947–1956)
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Star (1952–1955)
World Series champion (1948)
AL MVP (1953)
2× AL home run leader (1950, 1953)
2× AL RBI leader (1952, 1953)
Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame
Albert Leonard Rosen (February 29, 1924 – March 13, 2015), nicknamed "Flip" and "the Hebrew Hammer", was an American baseball third baseman and right-handed slugger for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball for ten seasons in the 1940s and 1950s.
After serving for four years in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Rosen played his entire ten-year career (1947–1956) with the Cleveland Indians in the American League (AL). A stand-out on both offense and defense, he drove in 100 or more runs five consecutive years, was a four-time All-Star, twice led the league in home runs and twice in runs batted in (RBIs), and was an AL Most Valuable Player. Rosen was a .285 career hitter, with 192 home runs and 717 RBIs in 1,044 games. He was selected for the All-Star Game from 1952 to 1955. Rosen appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1955.
Following two decades as a stockbroker after retirement from baseball, Rosen returned to the game as a top front office executive in the late 1970s, serving the New York Yankees, Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants variously as president, CEO, and general manager. Regarded as a GM who still thought like a player, he became the only former MVP to also earn baseball's Executive of the Year award.[1]
^Sports Illustrated obit [1] Archived March 23, 2017, at the Wayback Machine"Best remembered for winning the American League's Most Valuable Player award in 1953 as Cleveland's third baseman, Rosen shined brightly but only briefly as a player and would later reach similar levels of accomplishment as a general manager, becoming the only former MVP to also earn the Executive of the Year award."
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[A]nyone who played with him or against him would agree that he is the best." AlRosen remembered "...you had the feeling you were playing against someone who...
departure, though officially he resigned (tearfully), before Yankees President AlRosen could carry out Steinbrenner's dictum to fire him. David Wells recalled...
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