Johnny Allen

Q: When was Johnny Allen born?

Johnny Allen was born on September 30, 1904.

Q: Where was Johnny Allen born?

Johnny Allen was born in Lenoir, NC .

Q: How tall was Johnny Allen?

Johnny Allen was 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Johnny Allen weigh when playing?

Johnny Allen weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Johnny Allen play?

Johnny Allen played 13 seasons.

Q: Is Johnny Allen in the Hall of Fame?

Johnny Allen has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Johnny Allen have?

Johnny Allen had 1,070 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Johnny Allen played for?

Johnny Allen played for 5 teams; the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns and New York Giants.

Q: How many World Series has Johnny Allen won?

Johnny Allen won 1 World Series.

Q: When did Johnny Allen retire?

Johnny Allen last played in 1944.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 30, 1904 in Lenoir, NC us

Died: March 29, 1959 in St. Petersburg, FL

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Petersburg, FL

High School: Thomasville HS (Thomasville, NC)

Debut: April 19, 1932 (Age 27-202d, 7,472nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.2 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1944 (Age 39-362d)
vs. CIN 3.2 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: John Thomas Allen

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Career

WAR

26.4

142

ERA

3.75

352

241

1950.1

1070

WHIP

1.326

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1932	27	NYY	AL	17	4	.810	3.70	33	21	6	13	3	2	192.0	162	86	79	10	76	1	109	5	1	5	804	110	3.60	1.240	7.6	0.5	3.6	5.1	1.43	MVP-14
1933	28	NYY	AL	15	7	.682	4.39	25	24	1	10	1	1	184.2	171	96	90	9	87	0	119	4	0	10	804	89	3.72	1.397	8.3	0.4	4.2	5.8	1.37
1934	29	NYY	AL	5	2	.714	2.89	13	10	2	4	0	0	71.2	62	30	23	3	32	2	54	2	0	5	309	142	3.64	1.312	7.8	0.4	4.0	6.8	1.69
1935	30	NYY	AL	13	6	.684	3.61	23	23	0	12	2	0	167.0	149	76	67	11	58	2	113	4	0	3	692	113	3.80	1.240	8.0	0.6	3.1	6.1	1.95	MVP-18
1936	31	CLE	AL	20	10	.667	3.44	36	31	4	19	4	1	243.0	234	108	93	5	97	4	165	1	0	13	1030	149	3.43	1.362	8.7	0.2	3.6	6.1	1.70
1937	32	CLE	AL	15	1	.938	2.55	24	20	4	14	0	0	173.0	157	55	49	4	60	0	87	5	0	2	713	176	3.62	1.254	8.2	0.2	3.1	4.5	1.45	MVP-13
1938	33	CLE	AL	14	8	.636	4.19	30	27	3	13	0	0	200.0	189	107	93	15	81	2	112	3	0	7	855	110	4.17	1.350	8.5	0.7	3.6	5.0	1.38	AS,MVP-28
1939	34	CLE	AL	9	7	.563	4.58	28	26	2	9	2	0	175.0	199	96	89	9	56	2	79	3	2	5	763	96	3.37	1.457	10.2	0.5	2.9	4.1	1.41
1940	35	CLE	AL	9	8	.529	3.44	32	17	12	5	3	5	138.2	126	61	53	3	48	7	62	3	0	0	576	124	3.49	1.255	8.2	0.2	3.1	4.0	1.29
1941	36	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	4.71	31	13	8	3	0	1	124.1	127	71	65	10	41	4	48	2	1	8	535	86	4.09	1.351	9.2	0.7	3.0	3.5	1.17
1941	36	SLB	AL	2	5	.286	6.58	20	9	6	2	0	1	67.0	89	53	49	4	29	1	27	2	1	8	317	66	4.14	1.761	12.0	0.5	3.9	3.6	0.93
1941	36	BRO	NL	3	0	1.000	2.51	11	4	2	1	0	0	57.1	38	18	16	6	12	3	21	0	0	0	218	149	4.04	0.872	6.0	0.9	1.9	3.3	1.75
1942	37	BRO	NL	10	6	.625	3.20	27	15	9	5	1	3	118.0	106	53	42	11	39	8	50	2	0	1	494	103	3.48	1.229	8.1	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.28
1943	38	TOT	NL	6	4	.600	3.65	32	1	14	0	0	3	79.0	79	37	32	6	39	5	39	2	1	6	349	94	4.21	1.494	9.0	0.7	4.4	4.4	1.00
1943	38	BRO	NL	5	1	.833	4.26	17	1	4	0	0	1	38.0	42	21	18	3	25	5	15	2	1	2	180	79	5.02	1.763	9.9	0.7	5.9	3.6	0.60
1943	38	NYG	NL	1	3	.250	3.07	15	0	10	0	0	2	41.0	37	16	14	3	14	0	24	0	0	4	169	112	3.46	1.244	8.1	0.7	3.1	5.3	1.71
1944	39	NYG	NL	4	7	.364	4.07	18	13	3	2	1	0	84.0	88	48	38	7	24	4	33	2	0	3	368	90	3.91	1.333	9.4	0.8	2.6	3.5	1.38
1945	40	PHI-min	C	4	0	1.000	1.31	9	7	1	3	0		62.0	46	19	9		11		51	1	0	3				0.919	6.7		1.6	7.4	4.64	GBO CARL
13 Yrs				142	75	.654	3.75	352	241	68	109	17	16	1950.1	1849	924	813	103	738	41	1070	38	5	68	8292	113	3.70	1.326	8.5	0.5	3.4	4.9	1.45
162 Game Avg.				16	9	.654	3.75	40	28	8	12	2	2	224	212	106	93	12	85	5	123	4	1	8	951	113	3.70	1.326	8.5	0.5	3.4	4.9	1.45
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CLE (5 yrs)				67	34	.663	3.65	150	121	25	60	9	6	929.2	905	427	377	36	342	15	505	15	2	27	3937	127	3.62	1.341	8.8	0.3	3.3	4.9	1.48
NYY (4 yrs)				50	19	.725	3.79	94	78	9	39	6	3	615.1	544	288	259	33	253	5	395	15	1	23	2609	106	3.70	1.295	8.0	0.5	3.7	5.8	1.56
BRO (3 yrs)				18	7	.720	3.21	55	20	15	6	1	4	213.1	186	92	76	20	76	16	86	4	1	3	892	107	3.90	1.228	7.8	0.8	3.2	3.6	1.13
NYG (2 yrs)				5	10	.333	3.74	33	13	13	2	1	2	125.0	125	64	52	10	38	4	57	2	0	7	537	96	3.76	1.304	9.0	0.7	2.7	4.1	1.50
SLB (1 yr)				2	5	.286	6.58	20	9	6	2	0	1	67.0	89	53	49	4	29	1	27	2	1	8	317	66	4.14	1.761	12.0	0.5	3.9	3.6	0.93

AL (10 yrs)				119	58	.672	3.82	264	208	40	101	15	10	1612.0	1538	768	685	73	624	21	927	32	4	58	6863	115	3.67	1.341	8.6	0.4	3.5	5.2	1.49
NL (4 yrs)				23	17	.575	3.40	88	33	28	8	2	6	338.1	311	156	128	30	114	20	143	6	1	10	1429	102	3.85	1.256	8.3	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.25

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
1932	27	NYY	AL	-0.3	33	80	73	5	9	2	1	1	5	0	0	4	22	.123	.169	.219	.388	2	.171	-17	16		0	3	0	1	MVP-14
1933	28	NYY	AL	-0.1	25	78	72	7	13	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	16	.181	.224	.222	.446	22	.209	13	16		0	2	0	1
1934	29	NYY	AL	0.1	13	32	26	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.192	.300	.192	.492	33	.251	33	5		0	2	0	1
1935	30	NYY	AL	0.2	23	73	67	12	15	1	0	1	12	0	0	3	13	.224	.257	.284	.541	43	.250	32	19		0	3	0	1	MVP-18
1936	31	CLE	AL	-0.3	37	101	87	12	14	0	0	0	10	0	0	6	18	.161	.215	.161	.376	-7	.186	-31	14		0	8	0	1/H
1937	32	CLE	AL	-0.8	24	72	67	5	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	15	.090	.103	.090	.192	-51	.088	-86	6		0	4	0	1	MVP-13
1938	33	CLE	AL	0.4	30	85	79	12	20	2	1	1	14	1	0	3	14	.253	.280	.342	.622	56	.285	46	27		0	3	0	1	AS,MVP-28
1939	34	CLE	AL	0.0	34	76	71	10	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	11	.225	.257	.254	.510	33	.240	25	18	2	0	2	0	1/H
1940	35	CLE	AL	0.0	32	50	48	3	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	9	.208	.224	.271	.495	29	.222	17	13	1	0	0	0	1
1941	36	2TM	2LG	-0.3	31	45	42	6	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	8	.095	.116	.167	.283	-25	.128	-51	7	2	0	2	0	1
1941	36	SLB	AL	-0.1	20	24	22	6	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	.136	.174	.273	.447	15	.204	-3	6	2	0	1	0	1
1941	36	BRO	NL	-0.3	11	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.050	.050	.050	.100	-72	.041	-112	1	0	0	1	0	1
1942	37	BRO	NL	0.0	27	44	39	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.179	.200	.179	.379	11	.176	-15	7	2	0	4	0	1
1943	38	2TM	NL	0.0	32	26	21	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.143	.217	.190	.408	18	.204	15	4	0	0	3	0	1
1943	38	BRO	NL	0.3	17	11	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.429	.556	.571	1.127	224	.528	269	4	0	0	2	0	1
1943	38	NYG	NL	-0.2	15	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.004	-148	0	0	0	1	0	1
1944	39	NYG	NL	-0.3	24	24	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.083	.083	.083	.167	-53	.066	-78	2	1	0	0	0	1/H
13 Yrs				-1.4	365	786	716	82	124	12	3	4	64	1	0	33	155	.173	.210	.215	.425	11	.198	-4	154	8	0	36	0	1H
162 Game Avg				-0.6	162	349	318	36	55	5	1	2	28	0	0	15	69	.173	.210	.215	.425	11	.198	-4	68		0	16	0

CLE (5 Yrs)				-0.7	157	384	352	42	66	7	1	1	36	1	0	14	67	.188	.219	.222	.440	12	.206	-6	78	3	0	17	0	1/H
NYY (4 Yrs)				-0.2	94	263	238	26	42	4	2	2	21	0	0	15	57	.176	.225	.235	.461	23	.214	11	56		0	10	0	1
BRO (3 Yrs)				0.0	55	76	66	5	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	.167	.203	.182	.385	10	.183	-8	12	2	0	7	0	1
NYG (2 Yrs)				-0.6	39	39	38	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.053	.053	.053	.105	-70	.040	-102	2	1	0	1	0	1/H
SLB (1 Yr)				-0.1	20	24	22	6	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	.136	.174	.273	.447	15	.204	-3	6	2	0	1	0	1

AL (10 Yrs)				-0.9	271	671	612	74	111	11	3	4	61	1	0	30	127	.181	.220	.229	.448	16	.209	1	140	5	0	28	0	1/H
NL (4 Yrs)				-0.6	94	115	104	8	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	28	.125	.150	.135	.284	-19	.132	-42	14	3	0	8	0	1/H

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1932	27	NYY	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1941	36	BRO	WS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2 Yrs				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

BRO (1 Yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
NYY (1 Yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1932	27	NYY	AL	P	33	21	13	192.0	44	8	31	5	2	.886	.958	1.83	2.24	1.18	2.23	5	10	6	37.5	43.5	0	MVP-14
1933	28	NYY	AL	P	25	24	10	185.0	40	10	29	1	0	.975	.960	1.90	2.28	1.56	2.27	10	6	7	53.8	47.2	0
1934	29	NYY	AL	P	13	10	4	72.0	13	1	12	0	2	1.000	.956	1.63	2.14	1.00	2.11	5	2	2	50.0	37.5	0
1935	30	NYY	AL	P	23	23	12	167.0	43	9	33	1	1	.977	.949	2.26	2.15	1.83	2.14	3	7	7	50.0	43.0	0	MVP-18
1936	31	CLE	AL	P	36	31	19	243.0	61	9	50	2	1	.967	.956	2.19	1.99	1.64	1.96	13	16	14	46.7	37.0	4
1937	32	CLE	AL	P	24	20	14	173.0	45	7	37	1	1	.978	.954	2.29	2.05	1.83	2.01	2	5	7	58.3	39.1	1	MVP-13
1938	33	CLE	AL	P	30	27	13	200.0	59	14	43	2	3	.966	.952	2.57	2.11	1.90	2.06	7	6	6	50.0	36.8	1	AS,MVP-28
1939	34	CLE	AL	P	28	26	9	175.0	58	17	36	5	7	.914	.951	2.73	1.92	1.89	1.89	5	4	5	55.6		0
1940	35	CLE	AL	P	32	17	5	139.0	29	8	21	0	2	1.000	.956	1.88	2.04	0.91	2.01	0	6	4	40.0	42.1	0
1941	36	2TM	2LG	P	31	13	3	124.0	30	5	23	2	2	.933	.962	2.03	2.18	0.90	2.15	8	3	4	57.1	45.0	1
1941	36	SLB	AL	P	20	9	2	67.0	17	3	12	2	1	.882	.960	2.01	2.14	0.75	2.11	8	3	0	0.0	41.7	1
1941	36	BRO	NL	P	11	4	1	57.0	13	2	11	0	1	1.000	.965	2.05	2.23	1.18	2.21	0	0	4	100.0	47.5	0
1942	37	BRO	NL	P	27	15	5	118.0	28	3	25	0	3	1.000	.968	2.14	2.35	1.04	2.35	1	3	1	25.0	45.0	0
1943	38	2TM	NL	P	32	1	0	79.0	27	7	18	2	0	.926	.961	2.85	2.26	0.78	2.25	6	5	1	16.7	46.2	0
1943	38	BRO	NL	P	17	1	0	38.0	14	7	5	2	0	.857	.961	2.84	2.25	0.71	2.25	2	0	0			0
1943	38	NYG	NL	P	15	0	0	41.0	13	0	13	0	0	1.000	.961	2.85	2.26	0.87	2.25	4	5	1	16.7	46.2	0
1944	39	NYG	NL	P	18	13	2	84.0	14	6	8	0	0	1.000	.961	1.50	2.14	0.78	2.13	3	5	0	0.0	45.0	0
13 Yrs					352	241	109	1951.0	491	104	366	21	24	.957	.956	2.17	2.13	1.34	2.12	68	78	64	45.1	38.7	7

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					Standard								Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1932	27	NYY	WS	P	1	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0

1941	36	BRO	WS	P	3	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	100.0
2 Yrs					4	1	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	100.0

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When was Johnny Allen born?

Johnny Allen was born on September 30, 1904.

Where was Johnny Allen born?

Johnny Allen was born in Lenoir, NC.

How tall was Johnny Allen?

Johnny Allen was 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much did Johnny Allen weigh when playing?

Johnny Allen weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Johnny Allen play?

Johnny Allen played 13 seasons.

Is Johnny Allen in the Hall of Fame?

Johnny Allen has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Johnny Allen play?

Johnny Allen was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Johnny Allen have?

Johnny Allen had 1,070 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Johnny Allen played for?

Johnny Allen played for 5 teams; the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns and New York Giants.

How many World Series has Johnny Allen won?

Johnny Allen won 1 World Series.

When did Johnny Allen retire?

Johnny Allen last played in 1944.

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