Gary Allenson

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: February 4, 1955 in Culver City, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 9th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Lawndale HS (Lawndale, CA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: April 8, 1979 (Age 24-063d, 14,156th in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 23, 1985 (Age 30-200d)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Steve Freyer

Full Name: Gary Martin Allenson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

1061

235

.222

114

RBI

131

OBP

.307

SLG

.325

OPS

.632

OPS+

Summary of 19 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 3 go ahead

1 Tm
BOS	19

Platoon
vs RHP	11
vs LHP	8

Home/Road
Away	11
Home	8

Outs
0	8
1	6
2	5

10 Opps
CHW	6
MIL	4
CAL	2
MIN	1
KCR	1
TEX	1
CLE	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
DET	1

17 Pitchers
Ross Baumgarten	2
Britt Burns	2
Rick Wise	1
Doc Medich	1
Bruce Kison	1
Shane Rawley	1
Aurelio López	1
Steve Mingori	1
LaMarr Hoyt	1
Don Sutton	1
Ken Forsch	1
Chico Escárrega	1
Jim Palmer	1
Reggie Cleveland	1
Frank Viola	1
Frank Tanana	1
Chuck Porter	1

9 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	8
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	14
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	19

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	9
1--	4
12-	2
123	2
1-3	2

37 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	9
1 on	4
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	10

Inning
2	3
4	3
5	2
6	1
7	5
8	2
9	3

1-3	3
4-6	6
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	1
+2	2
+1	5
Tied	2
-1	3
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	8
Tied	2
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	19

OrderPos
8th	10
9th	8
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	3
Low Lev	9

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-04-16	BOS		CLE	Rick Wise	behind 1-4	b 7	1	---	1	9	2	0.084	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1979-06-13	BOS	@	KCR	Steve Mingori	ahead 7-2	t 9	1	123	4	9	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Fisk Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores; L. Wolfe Scores
3	3	3	1	1979-08-28	BOS	@	CHW	Ross Baumgarten	behind 1-6	t 8	0	---	1	9	2	0.019	4%		Home Run
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1981-04-10	BOS		CHW	Britt Burns	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.107	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
5	5	2	1	1981-04-19	BOS	@	CHW	Ross Baumgarten	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	12-	3	8	2	0.170	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rudi Scores; G. Hoffman Scores
6	6	3	1	1981-04-26	BOS	@	BAL	Jim Palmer	behind 0-4	t 2	2	1--	2	7	2	0.127	25%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Pérez Scores
7	7	4	1	1981-08-12	BOS		CHW	LaMarr Hoyt	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.148	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	5	1	1981-09-23	BOS		MIL	Reggie Cleveland	tied 4-4	b 7	2	123	4	8	2	0.353	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rice Scores; C. Lansford Scores; D. Stapleton Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1982-06-06	BOS	@	CAL	Ken Forsch	ahead 3-1	t 9	1	1--	2	8	2	0.057	98%		Home Run; G. Hoffman Scores
10	10	2	1	1982-07-31	BOS	@	CHW	Britt Burns	behind 2-7	t 8	2	12-	3	8	2	0.059	7%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lansford Scores; W. Boggs Scores
11	11	3	1	1982-08-08	BOS		CHW	Chico Escárrega	ahead 4-2	b 2	0	---	1	9	2	0.073	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1982-09-18	BOS	@	DET	Aurelio López	ahead 3-2	t 9	0	---	1	9	2	0.089	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
13	13	5	1	1982-09-28	BOS		MIL	Doc Medich	behind 2-9	b 6	2	---	1	9	2	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	6	1	1982-09-29	BOS		MIL	Don Sutton	behind 2-3	b 7	0	---	1	9	2	0.220	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1983-07-03	BOS	@	NYY	Shane Rawley	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	1-3	3	9	2	0.179	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Nichols Scores; D. Stapleton Scores
16	16	2	1	1983-07-18	BOS	@	CAL	Bruce Kison	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.178	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Stapleton Scores
17	17	3	1	1983-08-01	BOS		MIL	Chuck Porter	behind 0-2	b 5	0	1--	2	8	2	0.220	57%		Home Run; R. Miller Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1984-08-09	BOS	@	TEX	Frank Tanana	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1-3	3	8	2	0.253	71%		Home Run; M. Easler Scores; B. Buckner Scores
19	19	2	1	1984-08-28	BOS	@	MIN	Frank Viola	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.192	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)