Al Rosen
American baseball player (1924-2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Al Rosen | |
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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 | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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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]