Restaurant in Toronto at Bloor and Dundas Streets for a time. He was also a business executive with a major Canadian brewery, John Labatt Limited, in their sales staff and was still so popular in baseball circles he was answering around 2,000 pieces of fan mail annually in his later years. He died of pneumonia in Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital on April 6, 1994, at age 81 and was buried at Beth Tzedec Memorial Park. Achievements Rosen was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in in its second year. His .291 career batting average was eighth-best of all Jewish major leaguers (directly behind Ron Blomberg), through 2010. Rosen said that his "proudest accomplishment was being the only Jewish Canadian ever to play in the majors." He held that distinction for almost 70 years as it was not until the major leagues saw another Jewish Canadian when London, Ontario-born Adam Stern suited up for the Boston Red Sox.<ref name= See also List of select Jewish baseball players References Further reading External links 1912 births 1994 deaths American League All-Stars Baseball players from Toronto Brooklyn Dodgers players Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States Canadian people of Russian-Jewish descent Canadian people of Belarusian-Jewish descent Columbus Red Birds players Jewish Canadian sportspeople Jewish Major League Baseball players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players Major League Baseball center fielders Major League Baseball players from Canada Montreal Royals players New York Giants (NL) players Stroudsburg Poconos players Syracuse Chiefs players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees