Bob Allen

Robert Gilman Allen

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

Born: July 10, 1867 in Marion, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1890
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Beaneaters/Reds 1890-1900

Final Game: June 1, 1900
Died: May 14, 1943 in Little Rock, AR
Buried: Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, AR
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1890	PHI	NL	22	SS	133	906	337	500	69	68	.924	6.29	.902	5.33
1891	PHI	NL	23	SS	118	763	258	426	79	50	.896	5.80	.889	5.25
1892	PHI	NL	24	SS	152	945	331	537	77	67	.919	5.71	.897	5.37
1893	PHI	NL	25	SS	124	815	302	447	66	65	.919	6.04	.897	5.54
1894	PHI	NL	26	SS	41	242	90	132	20	15	.917	5.41	.897	5.70
1897	BSN	NL	29	SS	32	211	78	117	16	12	.924	6.09	.907	5.76
1897	BSN	NL	29	2B	1	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.00	.936	5.60
1897	BSN	NL	29	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.940	2.10	0-1-0
1900	CIN	NL	32	SS	5	22	6	13	3	1	.864	3.80	.922	5.88
	7 Seasons			SS	605	3904	1402	2172	330	278	.915	5.91	.897	5.42
	1 Season			2B	1	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.00	.936	5.60
	1 Season			OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.940	2.10	0-1-0
	7 Seasons			TOT	607	3910	1406	2174	330	278	.916	5.90	.897	5.41	0-1-0

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	2B	SS	CF	OF
1890	PHI	NL	22	133	133	0	133	0	0
1891	PHI	NL	23	118	118	0	118	0	0
1892	PHI	NL	24	152	152	0	152	0	0
1893	PHI	NL	25	124	124	0	124	0	0
1894	PHI	NL	26	41	41	0	41	0	0
1897	BSN	NL	29	34	34	1	32	1	1
1900	CIN	NL	32	5	5	0	5	0	0
	7 Seasons			607	607	1	605	1	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1890 NL 500 (1st) 1892 NL 537 (4th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1891 NL 79 (5th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1890 NL 133 (3rd) 1891 NL 118 (4th) 1892 NL 152 (1st) 1893 NL 124 (5th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1890 NL 337 (1st) 1891 NL 258 (2nd) 1892 NL 331 (2nd) 1893 NL 302 (1st)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1890 NL 500 (1st) 1891 NL 426 (5th) 1892 NL 537 (2nd) 1893 NL 447 (4th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1890 NL 69 (3rd) 1891 NL 79 (3rd) Career 330 (61st)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1890 NL 6.29 (1st) 1891 NL 5.80 (1st) 1892 NL 5.71 (5th) 1893 NL 6.04 (2nd) Career 5.91 (3rd)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1890 NL .924 (2nd) 1892 NL .919 (4th) 1893 NL .919 (3rd)

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