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

Born: February 29, 1924 in Spartanburg, SC
Schools: 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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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 .779 104 178 13 0 0 7 4 *5
10 Seasons 1044 4374 3725 603 1063 165 20 192 717 39 33 587 385 .285 .384 .495 .879 137 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 .879 137 286 19 4 1

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
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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 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--138th

Slugging % s c a p y
1950 AL--.543--5th
1952 AL--.524--3rd
1953 AL--.613--1st
1954 AL--.506--4th
Career--.495--119th

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--96th

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--137--98th

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--130th

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--14.973--1st
1951 AL--23.875--10th
1952 AL--20.250--6th
1953 AL--13.930--2nd
1954 AL--19.417--3rd
1955 AL--23.429--9th
Career--19.401--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 (86), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 97 (228), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 82 (210), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (311), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

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