Earl Allen

Robert Earl Allen
(Thin Man)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.

• Debut September 19, 1937
• Final Game October 2, 1937
• Born July 2, 1914 in Smithville, TN USA
• Died October 30, 2005 in Chesapeake, VA USA

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Biographical Information

Earl Allen, sometimes also called Bob Allen, pitched 3 games for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1937. He had been purchased from the Chicago Cubs organization.

He was presumably nicknamed "Thin Man" because he was 6'1" and 165 lbs., and because the movie The Thin Man had come out in 1934 and its sequel After The Thin Man had been released in 1936.