Al Rosen
Albert Leonard Rosen (Flip)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 29, 1924 in Spartanburg, SC
School: University of Florida
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1947
Final Game: September 30, 1956
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1947 23 CLE AL 7 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 1 0 0 0 /5O
1948 24 CLE AL 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 1 1 0 0 /5
1949 25 CLE AL 23 51 44 3 7 2 0 0 5 0 1 7 4 .159 .275 .205 .479 29 9 1 0 0 5
1950 26 CLE AL 155 668 554 100 159 23 4 37 116 5 7 100 72 .287 .405 .543 .948 144 301 27 10 4 *5 MVP-17
1951 27 CLE AL 154 661 573 82 152 30 1 24 102 7 5 85 71 .265 .362 .447 .809 123 256 14 2 1 *5
1952 28 CLE AL 148 649 567 101 171 32 5 28 105 8 6 75 54 .302 .387 .524 .911 159 297 18 4 3 *5/36 AS,MVP-10
1953 29 CLE AL 155 688 599 115 201 27 5 43 145 8 7 85 48 .336 .422 .613 1.034 179 367 19 4 0 *5/36 AS,MVP-1
1954 30 CLE AL 137 566 466 76 140 20 2 24 102 6 2 85 43 .300 .404 .506 .910 147 236 14 3 1 11 53/46 AS,MVP-15
1955 31 CLE AL 139 596 492 61 120 13 1 21 81 4 2 92 44 .244 .362 .402 .765 103 198 14 4 0 8 5 *53 AS
1956 32 CLE AL 121 481 416 64 111 18 2 15 61 1 3 58 44 .267 .351 .428 .779 103 178 13 0 0 7 4 *5
10 Seasons 1044 4374 3725 603 1063 165 20 192 717 39 33 587 385 .285 .384 .495 .879 136 1844 121 27 9 26 9
162 Game Avg. 162 679 578 94 165 26 3 30 111 6 5 91 60 .285 .384 .495 .879 136 286 19 4 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1947 23 CLE AL 9 8 0 0.0 94 .167 .111 .259 .111 .338 .111 .372 .222 .711 -37 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .125 .000 .000
1948 24 CLE AL 5 5 0 0.0 104 .333 .200 .270 .200 .355 .200 .391 .400 .746 7 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1949 25 CLE AL 51 39 2 1.4 105 .175 .159 .268 .275 .360 .205 .390 .479 .750 29 .098 -4.4 -0.4 .385 .182 .045
1950 26 CLE AL 668 433 117 7.2 111 .274 .287 .275 .405 .361 .543 .412 .948 .773 144 .662 37.7 3.5 .953 .433 .256 8.8
1951 27 CLE AL 661 441 92 5.6 98 .268 .265 .261 .362 .342 .447 .383 .809 .725 123 .598 19.0 1.9 .784 .333 .182 10.8
1952 28 CLE AL 649 423 113 7.2 91 .295 .302 .253 .387 .332 .524 .369 .911 .701 159 .733 44.1 4.5 .900 .358 .222 12.4
1953 29 CLE AL 688 424 151 9.6 101 .311 .336 .267 .422 .343 .613 .393 1.034 .736 179 .801 65.7 6.4 1.078 .421 .277 13.5
1954 30 CLE AL 566 354 97 7.4 100 .283 .300 .268 .404 .344 .506 .391 .910 .735 147 .731 34.0 3.4 .959 .397 .206 9.6
1955 31 CLE AL 596 396 76 5.1 106 .228 .244 .271 .362 .351 .402 .404 .765 .755 103 .553 4.2 0.4 .763 .350 .159 6.7
1956 32 CLE AL 481 328 62 5.1 109 .264 .267 .271 .351 .353 .428 .413 .779 .767 103 .523 2.1 0.2 .729 .296 .161 1.9
10 Seasons 4374 2851 710 6.7 102 .274 .285 .266 .384 .346 .495 .394 .879 .741 136 .670 199.8 19.7 .875 .369 .210 64.8
162 Game Avg. 679 442 110 6.7 102 .274 .285 .266 .384 .346 .495 .394 .879 .741 136 .670 31 3 .875 .369 .210 10

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 24 CLE AL WS BSN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 30 CLE AL WS NYG L 3 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 14 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .231 .286 .231 .516 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 14 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .231 .286 .231 .516 3 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1952 CLE AL 28 as 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 29 as 3B 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 30 as 1B 5 4 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1 .750 .800 2.250 3.050 9 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CLE AL 31 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 14 11 3 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 3 .273 .429 .818 1.247 9 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 23 CLE AL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 67%
1948 24 CLE AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 60%
1949 25 CLE AL 51 0.0% 7.8% 13.7% 3.9% 29% 0.57 11.0 8.8 78%
1950 26 CLE AL 668 5.5% 10.8% 15.0% 9.6% 40% 0.72 7.7 15.0 4.8 67%
1951 27 CLE AL 661 3.6% 10.7% 12.9% 8.3% 36% 0.84 8.1 23.9 5.6 72%
1952 28 CLE AL 649 4.3% 8.3% 11.6% 10.0% 38% 0.72 10.5 20.3 5.4 75%
1953 29 CLE AL 688 6.3% 7.0% 12.4% 10.9% 37% 0.56 12.5 13.9 4.1 74%
1954 30 CLE AL 566 4.2% 7.6% 15.0% 8.1% 33% 0.51 10.8 19.4 4.6 0.76 72%
1955 31 CLE AL 596 3.5% 7.4% 15.4% 5.9% 29% 0.48 11.2 23.4 6.1 0.64 73%
1956 32 CLE AL 481 3.1% 9.2% 12.1% 7.3% 32% 0.76 9.5 27.7 6.8 0.84 76%
10 Seasons 4374 4.4% 8.8% 13.4% 8.6% 36% 0.66 9.7 19.4 5.2 0.74 73%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 30 CLE AL 10 0 26% 222 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 9 52% 36 19 16 3 3 0 21 4 15
1955 31 CLE AL 8 0 21% 236 4 2 67% 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 13 37% 31 22 9 8 5 1 13 3 9
1956 32 CLE AL 6 0 32% 187 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 6 33% 21 19 2 7 3 4 11 3 7
10 Seasons 24 0 28% 645 39 33 54% 11 7 0 2 0 0 5 0 29 28 42% 88 60 27 18 11 5 45 10 31
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 30 CLE AL 566 33% 140 5 2 0 1 1.88 24 0 21 18 6 14 10 1 1 1 100% 126 14 11% 49 22 45% 419 84 20% 52 31 60% 24 9 38% 0
1955 31 CLE AL 596 44% 120 2 0 0 0 2.54 21 0 12 10 11 13 8 0 0 0 123 14 11% 54 18 33% 431 65 15% 39 23 59% 31 9 29% 0
1956 32 CLE AL 481 30% 111 4 0 0 0 1.09 15 0 13 8 7 6 9 0 1 0 0% 102 13 13% 51 17 33% 324 47 15% 29 16 55% 24 12 50% 0
10 Seasons 1643 36% 1063 11 2 0 1 1.71 192 0 46 36 24 33 27 1 2 9 450% 351 121 34% 154 57 37% 1174 196 17% 120 70 58% 79 30 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 23 7 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 1 0 0 0
1948 24 12 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 2 1 0 0
1949 25 35 65 58 4 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 7 9 .155 .246 .190 .436 18 11 2 0 0
1950 26 190 733 612 104 168 25 4 37 121 5 8 107 81 .275 .391 .510 .901 133 312 29 10 4
1951 27 344 1394 1185 186 320 55 5 61 223 12 13 192 152 .270 .377 .479 .857 128 568 43 12 5
1952 28 492 2043 1752 287 491 87 10 89 328 20 19 267 206 .280 .380 .494 .874 137 865 61 16 8
1953 29 647 2731 2351 402 692 114 15 132 473 28 26 352 254 .294 .391 .524 .915 148 1232 80 20 8
1954 30 784 3297 2817 478 832 134 17 156 575 34 28 437 297 .295 .393 .521 .914 148 1468 94 23 9 11
1955 31 923 3893 3309 539 952 147 18 177 656 38 30 529 341 .288 .388 .503 .892 141 1666 108 27 9 19 5
1956 32 1044 4374 3725 603 1063 165 20 192 717 39 33 587 385 .285 .384 .495 .879 136 1844 121 27 9 26 9

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 23 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1948 24 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1949 25 24 51 45 3 6 2 0 0 5 0 6 4 .133 .235 .178 .413 2 23
1950 26 162 675 568 95 155 22 4 36 110 5 97 75 .273 .388 .516 .904 111 155
1951 27 162 694 603 87 160 32 1 25 108 7 89 75 .265 .362 .446 .808 97 154
1952 28 155 693 605 119 191 36 6 31 124 9 84 56 .316 .403 .549 .951 133 148
1953 29 162 719 626 121 210 28 5 45 153 8 89 50 .335 .421 .612 1.033 160 155
1954 30 143 596 491 82 150 21 2 26 110 6 91 45 .305 .409 .515 .925 105 137
1955 31 145 625 516 61 127 14 1 22 81 4 97 46 .246 .365 .405 .770 76 139
1956 32 126 493 429 62 110 18 2 15 59 1 57 46 .256 .339 .413 .751 61 121
10 Seasons 1091 4560 3897 630 1109 173 21 200 750 40 610 402 .285 .383 .494 .877 745 1044
162 Game Avg. 162 677 579 94 165 26 3 30 111 6 91 60 .285 .383 .494 .877 111 1044

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1952 (3B)
1953 (3B)
1954 (1B)
1955 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1953-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1953-AL-MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1950-AL-17-3%
1952-AL-10-15%
1953-AL-1-100%
1954-AL-15-5%
1 MVP
1.23 Career Shares (180th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1952 AL--.302--7th
1953 AL--.336--2nd

On-Base% s c a p y
1952 AL--.387--6th
1953 AL--.422--2nd
1954 AL--.404--5th
Career--.384--140th

Slugging % s c a p y
1950 AL--.543--5th
1952 AL--.524--3rd
1953 AL--.613--1st
1954 AL--.506--4th
Career--.495--120th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1950 AL--.948--5th
1952 AL--.911--3rd
1953 AL--1.034--1st
1954 AL--.910--4th
Career--.879--98th

Games Played s c a p y
1950 AL--155--5th
1951 AL--154--1st
1953 AL--155--4th

At Bats s c a p y
1951 AL--573--6th
1953 AL--599--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 AL--668--10th
1951 AL--661--9th
1953 AL--688--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1952 AL--101--3rd
1953 AL--115--1st

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL--171--5th
1953 AL--201--3rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1950 AL--301--7th
1951 AL--256--8th
1952 AL--297--1st
1953 AL--367--1st

Doubles s c a p y
1951 AL--30--9th
1952 AL--32--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1950 AL--37--1st
1951 AL--24--7th
1952 AL--28--6th
1953 AL--43--1st
1954 AL--24--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1950 AL--116--7th
1951 AL--102--5th
1952 AL--105--1st
1953 AL--145--1st
1954 AL--102--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL--100--5th
1951 AL--85--5th
1952 AL--75--7th
1953 AL--85--5th
1954 AL--85--5th
1955 AL--92--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 AL--72--9th
1951 AL--71--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1952 AL--8--10th
1953 AL--8--8th

Singles s c a p y
1953 AL--126--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1950 AL--144--3rd
1952 AL--159--3rd
1953 AL--179--1st
1954 AL--147--4th
Career--136--96th

Runs Created s c a p y
1950 AL--117--7th
1951 AL--92--10th
1952 AL--113--2nd
1953 AL--151--1st
1954 AL--97--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1950 AL--38--3rd
1952 AL--44--2nd
1953 AL--66--1st
1954 AL--34--4th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1950 AL--3.5--3rd
1952 AL--4.5--2nd
1953 AL--6.4--1st
1954 AL--3.4--4th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1950 AL--64--8th
1951 AL--55--5th
1952 AL--65--3rd
1953 AL--75--1st
1954 AL--46--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 AL--269--7th
1951 AL--239--9th
1952 AL--250--5th
1953 AL--290--1st

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1950 AL--.662--9th
1952 AL--.733--3rd
1953 AL--.801--1st
1954 AL--.731--4th
Career--.670--136th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 AL--10--1st

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL--11--1st
1955 AL--8--2nd
1956 AL--7--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 AL--27--2nd
1952 AL--18--4th
1953 AL--19--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1950 AL--7--4th
1953 AL--7--6th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1950 AL--8.8--7th
1951 AL--10.8--5th
1952 AL--12.4--3rd
1953 AL--13.5--3rd
1954 AL--9.6--6th

AB per HR s c a p y
1950 AL--15.0--1st
1951 AL--23.9--10th
1952 AL--20.3--6th
1953 AL--13.9--2nd
1954 AL--19.4--3rd
1955 AL--23.4--9th
Career--19.4--95th

Outs Made s c a p y
1950 AL--433--9th
1951 AL--441--5th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 23 (85), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 97 (229), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 82 (212), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (351), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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