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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 CLE AL 23 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1947 CLE AL 23 OF 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 1.000 2.40 1-0-0
1948 CLE AL 24 3B 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.95
1949 CLE AL 25 3B 10 26 10 16 0 1 1.000 2.60 .958 2.95
1950 CLE AL 26 3B 154 488 151 322 15 24 .969 3.07 .960 3.04 MVP-17
1951 CLE AL 27 3B 154 453 157 277 19 20 .958 2.82 .950 2.87
1952 CLE AL 28 3B 147 433 159 256 18 25 .958 2.82 .953 2.98 AS,MVP-10
1952 CLE AL 28 1B 4 25 17 6 2 3 .920 5.75 .988 8.88 AS,MVP-10
1952 CLE AL 28 SS 3 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.33 .950 4.30 AS,MVP-10
1953 CLE AL 29 3B 154 531 174 338 19 38 .964 3.32 .957 2.93 AS,MVP-1
1953 CLE AL 29 1B 1 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 4.00 1.000 8.80 AS,MVP-1
1953 CLE AL 29 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 AS,MVP-1
1954 CLE AL 30 3B 87 85 753.2 270 110 149 11 14 .959 -0.8 -1.3 -1.8 1.2 -3.0 1 3.09 2.98 .959 3.48 3.07 AS,MVP-15
1954 CLE AL 30 1B 46 43 385.2 437 391 39 7 34 .984 -3.5 -10.9 -3.5 0.1 -3.7 0 10.03 9.35 .990 9.60 8.00 AS,MVP-15
1954 CLE AL 30 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80 AS,MVP-15
1954 CLE AL 30 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.30 AS,MVP-15
1955 CLE AL 31 3B 106 99 884.0 326 119 195 12 17 .963 -2.5 -3.4 -2.5 -0.1 -2.4 0 3.20 2.96 .949 3.17 2.73 AS
1955 CLE AL 31 1B 41 37 315.1 309 277 26 6 31 .981 -3.1 -11.8 -3.1 -2.0 -1.1 0 8.65 7.39 .991 9.63 8.17 AS
1956 CLE AL 32 3B 116 114 966.0 326 89 219 18 20 .945 4.2 5.2 3.2 -5.1 8.3 1 2.87 2.66 .949 3.22 2.78
10 Seasons 3B 932 298 2603.2 2855 970 1773 112 159 .961 0.9 0.4 -1.1 -4.0 2.9 2 9.48 2.94 .954 3.28 2.92
4 Seasons 1B 92 80 701.0 775 689 71 15 69 .981 -6.6 -11.3 -6.6 -1.9 -4.8 0 9.76 8.26 .990 9.61 8.12
3 Seasons SS 5 0 1.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 36.00 0.80 .950 5.40 4.34
1 Season 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1 Season OF 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 1.000 2.40 1-0-0
10 Seasons TOT 1031 378 3307.2 3637 1662 1848 127 230 .965 -6.1 -2.2 -8.1 -6.2 -2.0 2 9.55 3.40 .927 4.62 3.39 1-0-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 CLE AL 23 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
1948 CLE AL 24 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CLE AL 25 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CLE AL 26 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CLE AL 27 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 28 148 148 148 0 0 4 0 147 3 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 29 155 155 155 0 0 1 0 154 1 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 30 137 128 137 137 0 0 46 1 87 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1955 CLE AL 31 139 136 139 139 0 0 41 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 CLE AL 32 121 114 121 121 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
10 Seasons 1044 378 1044 1044 0 0 92 1 932 5 1 0 0 1 15 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CLE AL 30 3130 59% 81% 25% 275 86% 2 110 94 5 11 143 120 20 0 7 11 0 10 1 10 14 11 0 12 1 0 1 13 38%
1955 CLE AL 31 3867 62% 76% 22% 320 91% 0 139 119 9 11 175 128 39 2 4 13 0 10 3 11 17 14 0 14 1 1 0 4 50%
1956 CLE AL 32 4223 63% 77% 24% 323 88% 3 86 70 8 8 216 161 49 1 5 18 1 15 2 14 20 17 1 18 1 0 0 15 73%
3 Seasons 11220 62% 77% 24% 918 88% 5 335 283 22 30 534 409 108 3 16 42 1 35 6 35 51 42 1 44 3 1 1 32 56%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CLE AL 30 1648 58% 80% 26% 118 91% 3 391 45 341 4 26 40 31 4 1 0 7 0 6 1 6 34 1 0 1 30 1 4 2 2 13 85%
1955 CLE AL 31 1346 59% 77% 22% 68 91% 0 242 14 223 6 24 24 16 6 0 2 5 0 5 0 4 31 0 0 0 28 0 3 0 3 7 100%
2 Seasons 2994 59% 79% 24% 186 91% 3 633 59 564 10 50 64 47 10 1 2 12 0 11 1 10 65 1 0 1 58 1 7 2 5 20 90%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 CLE AL 30 8 63% 100% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 63% 100% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 CLE AL 30 7 43% 86% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 43% 86% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

* 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.

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