Albert Leonard `` Al '' Rosen ( February 29 , 1924 -- March 13 , 2015 ) , nicknamed `` Flip '' and `` The Hebrew Hammer '' , was an American baseball third baseman and right-handed slugger in the Major Leagues for ten seasons in the 1940s and 1950s .
Albert Leonard `` Al '' Rosen ( February 29 , 1924 -- March 13 , 2015 ) , nicknamed `` Flip '' and `` The Hebrew Hammer '' , was an American professional baseball player . He was a third baseman and right-handed slugger in the Major Leagues for ten seasons in the 1940s and 1950s .