Overview
This first biography of four-time all-star Al Rosen covers the career of perhaps the best player on the fabulous Cleveland Indians' teams of the 1950s. From 1951 to 1956, the Tribe won one American League pennant (1954) and finished second to New York the other five seasons. Rosen was selected as the League's Most Valuable Player in 1953, the last Indians player to be so honored. He led the League in home runs (43) and RBI (145). Washington's Mickey Vernon edged Rosen by a single percentage point (.337 to .336) for the league batting championship. His play between the white lines was not the only place where Rosen left his mark on the game. He spent 14 seasons as a president or general manager for the New York Yankees (1978-1979), Houston Astros (1981-1985) and the San Francisco Giants (1986-1992). Under his guidance, those teams won two pennants and one world championship. Rosen is the only person in Major League Baseball history to win an MVP award as a player and to be recognized as Executive of the Year by The Sporting News (1987).
Full Product Details
Author: Joseph Wancho
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.308kg
ISBN: 9781476681313
ISBN 10: 1476681317
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 04 January 2022
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
"""A more comprehensive examination of the Cleveland slugger's career is unimaginable. Wancho, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, has put in a lot of work to chronicle Rosen's life from his childhood in South Carolina and Miami, where he suffered taunts from schoolmates because he was Jewish.""--Akron Beacon Journal. ""A satisfying examination of Al Rosen's career on and off the field, which often doesn't get much attention outside of his MVP season.""--Jonathan Knight, author of Summer of Shadows: A Murder, a Pennant Race, and the Twilight of the Best Location in the Nation ""Rosen's life represents a vacant slot on the baseball bookshelf, and this work fills that void nicely.""--William H. Johnson, author of Hal Trosky: A Baseball Life and Marion Motley: A Life in and Beyond Football"
A satisfying examination of Al Rosen's career on and off the field, which often doesn't get much attention outside of his MVP season. --Jonathan Knight, author of Summer of Shadows: A Murder, a Pennant Race, and the Twilight of the Best Location in the Nation. Rosen's life represents a vacant slot on the baseball bookshelf, and this work fills that void nicely. --William H. Johnson, author of Hal Trosky: A Baseball Life and Marion Motley: A Life in and Beyond Football
Author Information
Joseph Wancho is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and has contributed articles to more than 35 books on the history of baseball. He lives in Brooklyn, Ohio.
