Bob Allen

Robert Gray Allen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 23, 1937 in Tatum, TX
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1961
Team: Indians 1961-1967

Final Game: September 27, 1967
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1956	18	CLE-min	D	17	30	30		2	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133		2							NPL · NESL
1957	19	CLE-min	C	41	60	60		10	2	0	1						.167	.167	.250	.417		15							FMH · NORL
1958	20	CLE-min	B,A	35	61	61		18	4	0	0						.295	.295	.344	.639		21							BRL,REA · CARL,EL
1959	21	CLE-min	A,AA	34	46	42	4	4	0	0	0	1	0		3	13	.095	.156	.095	.251		4		0	1	0	0		REA,MOB · EL,SOUA
1960	22	CLE-min	AA	43	77	75	8	14	1	0	1	9	0		2	21	.187	.208	.240	.448		18							MOB · SOUA
1961	23	CLE	AL	48	13	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1962	24	CLE/CHC-min	AAA	28	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.100	.217	.100	.317		2		0	0	0			SLC · PCL
1962	24	CLE	AL	30	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	25	CLE	AL	43	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

1964	26	CLE-min	AAA	30	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.182	.182	.182	.364		2		0	0	0			POR · PCL
1965	27	CLE-min	AAA	37	59	53	2	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	18	.189	.246	.226	.472		12		0	2	0			POR · PCL
1966	28	CLE	AL	36	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	-7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1967	29	CLE	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1968	30	CLE-min	AAA	50	32	28	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.250	.300	.286	.586		8		0	2	0			POR · PCL
1969	31	CLE-min	AAA	55	26	24	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	5	.333	.385	.375	.760		9		0	0	0			POR · PCL
1970	32	ANA-CLE-min	AAA	41	16	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.077	.250	.077	.327		1		0	0	0			HAW,WCH · PCL,AA
1971	33	SDP-min	AAA	47	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			HAW · PCL
1972	34	SDP-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			HAW · PCL
5 Yrs				204	34	31	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.129	.156	.161	.318	-11	5	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	27	25	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.129	.156	.161	.318	-11	4	0	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1961	23	CLE	AL	48	13	-2	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1962	24	CLE	AL	30	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1963	25	CLE	AL	43	5	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1

1966	28	CLE	AL	36	11	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1967	29	CLE	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	1
5 Seasons				204	34	-5	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1961	23	CLE	AL	13	11	1	2.4	101	.286	.167	.260	.167	.335	.250	.405	.417	.740	11	.234	-1.5	-0.2	.300	.083	.083
1962	24	CLE	AL	5	5	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.260	.000	.331	.000	.404	.000	.736	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1963	25	CLE	AL	5	4	0	0.0	94	1.000	.200	.254	.200	.320	.200	.393	.400	.713	13	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

1966	28	CLE	AL	11	9	0	0.0	90	.250	.111	.248	.200	.315	.111	.383	.311	.698	-7	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.250	.111	.000
5 Yrs				34	29	1	0.9	96	.267	.129	.256	.156	.326	.161	.396	.318	.722	-11	.056	-4.7	-0.5	.222	.065	.032
162 Game Avg.				27	23	1	0.9	96	.267	.129	.256	.156	.326	.161	.396	.318	.722	-11	.056	-4.7	-0.5	.222	.065	.032

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	23	CLE	AL	13	0.0%	38.5%	0.0%	7.7%	50%		2.4			1.00	54%
1962	24	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5				60%
1963	25	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.3				20%

1966	28	CLE	AL	11	0.0%	45.5%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	5.00	1.8			3.00	36%
5 Yrs				34	0.0%	47.1%	2.9%	2.9%	25%	16.00	1.9			2.25	44%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.1%	8.2%	6.3%	28%	1.85	5.9	40.0	8.9	1.09	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1961	23	CLE	AL	-1.5	-0.2	13	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	.90	-0.1	0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.86	-1.8	0
1962	24	CLE	AL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.71	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.71	-1.3	0
1963	25	CLE	AL	-0.6	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.54	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.61	-0.6	0

1966	28	CLE	AL	-1.3	-0.1	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.19	-0.2	0.0	-2.5	-0.3	1.18	-1.7	0
1967	29	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
5 Yrs				-4.8	-0.5	34	-0.3	0.2	-0.6	.92	-0.5	0.1	-5.7	-0.6	0.90	-5.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	23	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	24	CLE	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	25	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1966	28	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1961	23	CLE	AL	13	85%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	24	CLE	AL	5	60%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1963	25	CLE	AL	5	40%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1966	28	CLE	AL	11	91%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	5	1	20%	11	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				34	76%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	0	0%	7	2	29%	15	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1961	23	48	13	12	2	1	0	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	11	3	1
1962	24	78	18	17	2	1	0	7	.118	.118	.176	.294	-21	3	1
1963	25	121	23	22	3	1	0	11	.136	.136	.182	.318	-14	4	1
1964	26	121	23	22	3	1	0	11	.136	.136	.182	.318	-14	4	1
1965	27	121	23	22	3	1	0	11	.136	.136	.182	.318	-14	4	1
1966	28	157	34	31	4	1	1	16	.129	.156	.161	.318	-11	5	2
1967	29	204	34	31	4	1	1	16	.129	.156	.161	.318	-11	5	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	23	48	14	13	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.231	.231	.385	.615	1	48
1962	24	30	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
1963	25	43	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	43

1966	28	36	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	36
4 Yrs		157	35	32	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	16	.094	.121	.156	.277	1	157
162 Game Avg.		162	36	33	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	17	.094	.121	.156	.277	1	157

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