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Bob Allen
Robert Gilman Allen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 19, 1890
Final Game June 1, 1900
Born July 10, 1867 in Marion, OH
Died May 14, 1943 in Little Rock, AR

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1890 22 PHI NL 133  456   69  103  15 11   2   57  13     87  54  .226  .356  .320   95  146               5    
 1891 23 PHI NL 118  438   46   97   7  4   1   51  12     43  44  .221  .291  .263   59  115               0    
 1892 24 PHI NL 152  563   77  128  20 14   2   64  15     61  60  .227  .304  .323   89  182               1    
 1893 25 PHI NL 124  471   86  126  19 12   8   90   8     71  40  .268  .369  .410  105  193               5    
 1894 26 PHI NL  40  149   26   38  10  3   0   19   4     17  11  .255  .335  .362   71   54               1    
 1897 29 BSN NL  34  119   33   38   5  0   1   24   1     18      .319  .409  .387  105   46   3           0    
 1900 32 CIN NL   5   15    0    2   1  0   0    1   0      0      .133  .188  .200    8    3   0           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      606 2211  337  532  77 44  14  306  53  0 297 209  .241  .334  .334   87  739   3   0   0  13   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        591   90  142  21 12   4   82  14  0  79  56  .241  .334  .334   87  198   1   0   0   3   0
 Career High    152  563   86  128  20 14   8   90  15  0  87  60  .268  .369  .410  105  193   3   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1890 22 PHI NL  548  353   51   3.8    90| .226  .262| .356  .340| .320  .356| .676  .696|  95  .485   0.2   0.0     
 1891 23 PHI NL  481  341   33   2.6    90| .221  .263| .291  .338| .263  .358| .554  .696|  59  .313 -23.0  -2.5     
 1892 24 PHI NL  625  435   55   3.3    81| .227  .252| .304  .325| .323  .337| .627  .662|  89  .458  -7.8  -0.9     
 1893 25 PHI NL  547  345   70   5.4   108| .268  .288| .369  .367| .410  .393| .779  .760| 105  .541   3.5   0.3     
 1894 26 PHI NL  167  111   18   4.2   123| .255  .310| .335  .381| .362  .437| .697  .818|  71  .345  -6.8  -0.6     
 1897 29 BSN NL  140   84   19   5.9   112| .319  .306| .409  .371| .387  .407| .796  .777| 105  .591   1.9   0.2     
 1900 32 CIN NL   16   13    0   0.0    97| .133  .284| .188  .345| .200  .375| .388  .720|   8  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2524 1682  246   3.8    95| .241  .271| .334  .346| .334  .368| .668  .714|  87  .454 -33.9  -3.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1890 22 PHI NL SS 133 337 500 69 68 .924 .902 6.29 5.29 1891 23 PHI NL SS 118 258 426 79 50 .896 .889 5.80 5.16 1892 24 PHI NL SS 152 331 537 77 67 .919 .897 5.71 5.33 1893 25 PHI NL SS 124 302 447 66 65 .919 .897 6.04 5.47 1894 26 PHI NL SS 40 87 129 20 15 .915 .898 5.40 5.59 1897 29 BSN NL SS 32 78 117 16 12 .924 .908 6.09 5.67 2B 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 5.50 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.10 0 1 0 1900 32 CIN NL SS 5 6 13 3 1 .864 .922 3.80 5.76
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1897 29 BSN NL 2B 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 5.50 1897 29 BSN NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.10 0 1 0 1890 22 PHI NL SS 133 337 500 69 68 .924 .902 6.29 5.29 1891 23 PHI NL SS 118 258 426 79 50 .896 .889 5.80 5.16 1892 24 PHI NL SS 152 331 537 77 67 .919 .897 5.71 5.33 1893 25 PHI NL SS 124 302 447 66 65 .919 .897 6.04 5.47 1894 26 PHI NL SS 40 87 129 20 15 .915 .898 5.40 5.59 1897 29 BSN NL SS 32 78 117 16 12 .924 .908 6.09 5.67 1900 32 CIN NL SS 5 6 13 3 1 .864 .922 3.80 5.76
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 604 1399 2169 330 278 .915 .897 5.91 5.36 2B 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 5.50 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.10 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 606 1403 2171 330 278 .915 .897 5.90 5.35
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1892 NL-152-5

Triples
1892 NL-14-10

Bases on Balls
1890 NL-87-2

Strikeouts
1890 NL-54-5
1892 NL-60-7
1893 NL-40-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2276) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 12, 1897: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Beaneaters.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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