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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1924-02-29 · Played 1947–1956 · College: University of Florida (1942) · Career WAR 32.3 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=rosenal01, LAHMAN=rosenal01, MLBAM=121461, RETROSHEET=rosea101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1947	CLE	AL	7	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-0.1
1948	CLE	AL	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.1
1949	CLE	AL	23	44	3	7	2	0	0	5	0	1	7	4	.159	.275	.205	.480	-0.4
1950	CLE	AL	155	554	100	159	23	4	37	116	5	7	100	72	.287	.405	.543	.948	5.8
1951	CLE	AL	154	573	82	152	30	1	24	102	7	5	85	71	.265	.362	.447	.809	3.5
1952	CLE	AL	148	567	101	171	32	5	28	105	8	6	75	54	.302	.387	.524	.911	6.0
1953	CLE	AL	155	599	115	201	27	5	43	145	8	7	85	48	.336	.422	.613	1.035	10.1
1954	CLE	AL	137	466	76	140	20	2	24	102	6	2	85	43	.300	.404	.506	.910	4.4
1955	CLE	AL	139	492	61	120	13	1	21	81	4	2	92	44	.244	.362	.402	.764	1.3
1956	CLE	AL	121	416	64	111	18	2	15	61	1	3	58	44	.267	.351	.428	.779	1.8
Total			1044	3725	603	1063	165	20	192	717	39	33	587	385	.285	.383	.495	.878	32.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1947	CLE	AL	3B	2			0	0	0	0
1947	CLE	AL	OF	1			1	1	0	1
1948	CLE	AL	3B	2			1	1	0	0
1949	CLE	AL	3B	10			10	16	0	1
1950	CLE	AL	3B	154			151	322	15	24
1951	CLE	AL	3B	154			157	277	19	20
1952	CLE	AL	1B	4			17	6	2	3
1952	CLE	AL	3B	147			159	256	18	25
1952	CLE	AL	SS	3			1	3	0	1
1953	CLE	AL	1B	1			4	0	0	1
1953	CLE	AL	3B	154			174	338	19	38
1953	CLE	AL	SS	1			0	0	0	0
1954	CLE	AL	1B	46	43	385.2	391	39	7	34
1954	CLE	AL	2B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0
1954	CLE	AL	3B	87	85	753.2	110	149	11	14
1954	CLE	AL	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1955	CLE	AL	1B	41	37	315.1	277	26	6	31
1955	CLE	AL	3B	106	99	884.0	119	195	12	17
1956	CLE	AL	3B	116	114	966.0	89	219	18	20
Total				1031	378	3307.2	1662	1848	127	230

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1953	Most Valuable Player	AL
1953	TSN All-Star	ML
1953	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1953	TSN Player of the Year	AL
1954	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Inducted
2003	Veterans - Players	No
2005	Veterans - Players	No
2007	Veterans - Players	No

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