Major League Baseball Player, Executive. For ten seasons (1947 to 1956), he played at the third-base and first-base positions with the Cleveland Indians. Born Albert Leonard Rosen, he was signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland in 1942, but delayed his professional baseball career in order to attend Florida Military Academy, where he distinguished himself in baseball, football, basketball and boxing. He later enrolled with the University of Florida, prior to service with the United States Navy during World War II. He marked his Major League debut with the Indians on September 10, 1947 and one year later (1948), he experienced a world championship with the Indians. Rosen secured the starting third-baseman spot with Cleveland and made an immediate impact on the league, when he produced a league-leading 37 home runs. 1953 was a monumental year for him statistically, as he belted 43 home runs, scored 115 runs and drove-in 145 runs (league leader in all three categories). He earned Most Valuable Player honors that year (1953) and narrowly missed a Triple Crown, as he lost the batting title to Mickey Vernon by one percentage point. (Rosen batted .336 and Vernon batted .337). In 1954, Rosen experienced his second pennant-winning season with the Indians and recorded 3 hits during the 1954 World Series. In 1,044 regular season games, he compiled 1,063 hits with a .285 lifetime batting average. He earned All-Star status four-times (1952 to 1955). Following his baseball career, he worked for a brokerage firm. In 1978, he returned to baseball and served as president of the New York Yankees (1978 to 1979) and was at that capacity when the Yankees won the World Series in 1978. From 1980 to 1985, he served as general manager of the Houston Astros. Houston clinched their first playoff birth during Rosen's initial year (1980). From 1985 until 1992, he served as general manager of the San Francisco Giants and contributed to their pennant-winning season of 1989. In 1987, he received Executive of the Year honors from The Sporting News. He was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1980 and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. Additionally, he was inducted into the Cleveland Indians' Hall of Fame in 2006.