FILE - In this July 13, 2003, file photo, Cleveland Indians great Al Rosen throws out the first pitch before the Indians game against the Chicago White Sox at Jacobs Field in Cleveland.

Portrait of American professional baseball player Al Rosen, third baseman for the Cleveland Indians, kneeling in an empty stadium, 1950s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty ... 192 home runs and 717 RBI ...

Seventy years ago, the best baseball player in the world was Al Rosen. Playing third base for the Cleveland Indians (and it ... defensive third baseman in the game. His salary in 1953?