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Al
Rosen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 29, 1924 in Usa, SC, SPARTANBURG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1949   
Bronze Rookie 1948   
Gold Glove 1949    1953   
All-Star Selections 1949    1953    1955   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 23 MON NL     7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 8 8 8
1948 24 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
1949 25 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1950 26 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1951 27 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1952 28 MON NL $ 2,321,429   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1953 29 MON NL $ 3,328,571   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6
1954 30 MIN AL $ 3,328,571   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
1955 31 DET AL $ 6,150,000   4 4 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1956 32 TAM AL $ 6,150,000   4 4 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,150,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 23 AAA   137 529 123 178 26 1 53 112 8 4 100 60 .336 .442 .690 1.132 145.5  
1948 24 MON NL 132 459 99 147 29 1 36 113 1 1 96 36 .320 .434 .623 1.057 115.0 28.3
    AAA   26 111 26 37 5 0 14 34 0 2 17 10 .333 .422 .757 1.179 30.8  
1949 25 MON NL 145 524 109 159 39 1 38 143 1 0 95 96 .303 .412 .599 1.011 121.6 26.0
1950 26 MON NL 147 516 97 144 23 1 38 124 1 1 75 75 .279 .368 .548 .916 100.0 19.6
1951 27 MON NL 152 527 82 123 25 3 31 102 1 0 60 99 .233 .309 .469 .777 72.9 8.7
1952 28 MON NL 143 470 85 122 23 0 36 95 0 1 66 71 .260 .355 .538 .893 86.3 15.1
1953 29 MON NL 146 522 68 130 38 3 22 110 0 0 56 83 .249 .322 .460 .782 72.7 12.8
1954 30 MIN AL 150 536 81 108 25 0 35 80 1 2 55 104 .201 .279 .444 .723 64.4 6.6
1955 31 DET AL 150 552 83 145 39 1 34 110 0 1 63 102 .263 .338 .522 .859 91.4 15.1
1956 32 TAM AL 122 449 53 95 22 0 19 76 1 1 55 88 .212 .298 .388 .685 50.2 4.4
9 Years Sim 1287 4555 757 1173 263 10 289 953 6 7 621 754 .258 .346 .510 .856 774.5 136.5
2 Years AAA 163 640 149 215 31 1 67 146 8 6 117 70 .336 .442 .702 1.143 176.3  
162 Game Average 573 95 147 33 1 36 119 0 0 78 94 .258 .346 .510 .856 97.5  
Career Highs 152 552 109 159 39 3 38 143 1 2 96 104 .320 .434 .623 1.057 121.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2893 489 750 162 7 193 615 5 6 360 452 .259 .341 .520 .861 511.5
vs LH   1662 268 423 101 3 96 338 1 1 261 302 .255 .355 .492 .848 295.2
Home 634 2183 363 543 116 1 143 460 1 2 292 365 .249 .337 .499 .836 373.4
Away 653 2372 394 630 147 9 146 493 5 5 329 389 .266 .355 .520 .875 433.4
RISP   1285 0 343 74 3 86 646 0 0 193 206 .267 .358 .530 .888 245.4
Pinch Hitting   46 10 9 2 0 2 7 0 0 7 4 .196 .302 .370 .671 5.6
Close/Late   486 73 136 26 1 34 80 0 0 81 83 .280 .385 .547 .933 100.2
Mar/Apr 191 702 106 165 47 1 34 133 0 2 84 122 .235 .317 .450 .767 101.7
May 233 804 124 187 39 3 51 178 2 1 127 131 .233 .337 .479 .816 135.6
June 223 797 137 202 40 0 54 150 0 2 111 139 .253 .345 .507 .852 140.5
July 224 787 139 218 40 1 56 170 2 0 119 122 .277 .371 .544 .915 157.2
August 230 804 142 217 50 2 60 188 0 0 113 127 .270 .361 .561 .922 159.0
Sep/Oct 186 661 109 184 47 3 34 134 2 2 67 113 .278 .342 .513 .855 112.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1948 24 MON NL 3B 124 119 1062.7 79 267 14 19 .961 2.93   2.5
    2B 4 0 9.0 6 6 0 3 1.000 12.00   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1949 25 MON NL 3B 138 137 1208.7 81 296 16 29 .959 2.81   3.0
    2B 5 0 11.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 7.36   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1950 26 MON NL 3B 142 136 1197.7 95 277 20 26 .949 2.80   3.7
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 27 MON NL 3B 147 144 1234.3 95 306 17 24 .959 2.92   5.0
    SS 4 1 16.0 4 3 1 1 .875 3.94   0.0
1952 28 MON NL 3B 136 135 1156.7 89 269 16 27 .957 2.79   1.6
    SS 3 0 3.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1953 29 MON NL 3B 142 142 1221.0 85 311 14 29 .966 2.92   3.4
    2B 3 0 8.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
1954 30 MIN AL 3B 145 144 1259.7 70 295 21 28 .946 2.61   3.2
    2B 3 0 5.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1955 31 DET AL 3B 145 143 1257.7 86 315 15 27 .964 2.87   2.3
    2B 2 1 13.0 4 7 0 1 1.000 7.62   0.1
    SS 5 0 12.0 3 5 1 1 .889 6.00   0.1
1956 32 TAM AL 3B 121 117 1052.3 64 272 15 27 .957 2.87   3.6
    1B 1 1 6.0 5 4 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
  3B 1240 1217 10650.6 744 2608 148 236 .958 2.83   28.3
  2B 20 1 50.0 18 26 0 5 1.000 7.92   0.4
  SS 17 1 38.0 8 13 2 3 .913 4.97   0.2
  1B 1 1 6.0 5 4 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
Career Totals   1278 1220 10744.6 775 2651 150 245 .958 2.87   28.8
Career Highs   152 145 1282.7 99 327 21 29 .966 3.00    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1949 25 MON NL 9 30 6 11 1 0 2 6 1 0 11 3 .367 .537 .600 1.137
1950 26 MON NL 7 27 2 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .185 .241 .296 .538
1951 27 MON NL 12 46 5 14 2 0 3 14 0 0 6 7 .304 .385 .543 .928
1952 28 MON NL 5 17 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .000 .105 .000 .105
1953 29 MON NL 12 49 7 19 1 0 4 11 0 0 6 12 .388 .455 .653 1.108
1954 30 MIN AL 13 51 5 8 2 0 4 6 0 0 4 13 .157 .214 .431 .646
Career Post-Season Batting 58 220 26 57 9 0 13 41 1 0 31 45 .259 .349 .477 .826
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1948-4-.320
1949-10-.303
 On-Base Pct
1948-3-.434
1949-7-.412
 Slugging Pct
1948-1-.623
1949-1-.599
1950-4-.548
1952-6-.538
1955-9-.522
CAR-33-.510
 OPS
1948-1-1.057
1949-2-1.011
1950-8-.916
1952-10-.893
 XR
1948-5-115.0
1949-2-121.6
1950-9-100.0
 Runs
1949-5-109
Total Bases
1948-7-286
1949-2-314
1950-6-283
1955-8-288
 Doubles
1949-2-39
1953-4-38
1955-4-39
 Homeruns
1948-3-36
1949-2-38
1950-4-38
1951-6-31
1952-5-36
1954-7-35
1955-8-34
 RBIs
1948-4-113
1949-1-143
1950-1-124
1953-7-110
1955-8-110
 Walks
1949-9-95
 Strikeouts
1949-2-96
1951-5-99
1954-5-104
1955-9-102
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 82    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Frank Thomas (841)
  6. Bill Nicholson (839)
  7. Bobby Thomson (838)
  8. Hack Wilson (828)
  9. Bob Johnson (822)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1947
Injured on 8/3/1947 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (double) on 5/1/1948, off Harry Eisenstat (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1948, off Steve Roser (CLE)
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1948, hitting .366 with 9 HR, 22 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1948, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Detroit, driving in 7 runs on 8/30/1948
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1948, hitting .409 with 6 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1948, hitting .368 with 13 HR, 38 RBI
Won Bronze Rookie in 1948, hitting .320 with 36 HR, 113 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against St. Louis, driving in 5 runs on 6/24/1949
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1949, hitting .467 with 6 HR, 16 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 7/14/1949
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1949, hitting .376 with 9 HR, 31 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/16/1949
Injured on 8/25/1949 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
Won Silver Slugger in 1949, hitting .303 with 38 HR, 143 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1949
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1950, hitting .464 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1951, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 5/29/1953
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1953
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 3/3/1954 (Going to MON: CF Joe Dimaggio, SS Lou Klein. Going to MIN: P Earl Johnson, 2B Johnny Logan, 3B Al Rosen)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/4/1955 to a 4-year deal worth $6,150,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1955, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 7/7/1955
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1956 (Going to DET: 1B Monte Irvin. Going to TAM: LF Irv Noren, 3B Al Rosen, P Walt Masterson)
Injured on 3/28/1956 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/1/1956 with a Broken Knee, out for entire career
 
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