Bob Allen
Robert Gray Allen
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 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
Final Game: September 27, 1967
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Standard Pitching

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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1961 23 CLE AL 3 2 .600 3.75 48 0 17 0 0 3 81.2 96 42 34 7 40 5 42 1 0 4 373 105 1.665 10.6 0.8 4.4 4.6 1.05
1962 24 CLE AL 1 1 .500 5.87 30 0 9 0 0 4 30.2 29 24 20 5 25 3 23 0 0 0 145 66 1.761 8.5 1.5 7.3 6.8 0.92
1963 25 CLE AL 1 2 .333 4.66 43 0 12 0 0 2 56.0 58 37 29 5 29 6 51 1 1 5 255 78 1.554 9.3 0.8 4.7 8.2 1.76
1966 28 CLE AL 2 2 .500 4.21 36 0 23 0 0 5 51.1 56 27 24 2 13 6 33 2 0 5 227 82 1.344 9.8 0.4 2.3 5.8 2.54
1967 29 CLE AL 0 5 .000 2.98 47 0 23 0 0 5 54.1 49 22 18 4 25 7 50 1 1 4 232 111 1.362 8.1 0.7 4.1 8.3 2.00
5 Seasons 7 12 .368 4.11 204 0 84 0 0 19 274.0 288 152 125 23 132 27 199 5 2 18 1232 89 1.533 9.5 0.8 4.3 6.5 1.51
162 Game Avg. 2 4 .368 4.11 68 0 28 0 0 6 91 96 51 42 8 44 9 66 2 1 6 411 89 1.533 9.5 0.8 4.3 6.5 1.51

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 23 CLE AL 48 372 325 42 96 14 2 7 2 2 40 42 .295 .374 .415 .790 .322 135 12 1 6 0 5
1962 24 CLE AL 30 145 116 24 29 5 0 5 4 2 25 23 .250 .378 .422 .800 .267 49 1 0 2 2 3
1963 25 CLE AL 43 255 218 37 58 10 1 5 4 2 29 51 .266 .352 .390 .742 .323 85 5 1 5 2 6
1966 28 CLE AL 36 227 205 27 56 10 1 2 2 1 13 33 .273 .318 .361 .679 .312 74 5 2 4 3 6
1967 29 CLE AL 47 232 202 22 49 9 2 4 2 3 25 50 .243 .329 .366 .695 .304 74 5 1 4 0 7
5 Seasons 204 1231 1066 152 288 48 6 23 14 10 132 199 .270 .351 .391 .742 .311 417 28 5 21 7 27
162 Game Avg. 68 410 355 51 96 16 2 8 5 3 44 66 .270 .351 .391 .742 .311 139 9 2 7 2 9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1961 23 CLE AL 48 48 17 3 2 4 3 1 75% 7 2 26 5 19% 7 0.837 12 8 28 8 4 36 14 34 27 8 30 5 5.1
1962 24 CLE AL 30 30 9 1 1 5 4 1 80% 11 4 34 9 26% 7 1.076 10 10 10 11 2 17 16 14 8 14 11 9 3.1
1963 25 CLE AL 43 43 12 1 2 2 2 0 100% 5 0 34 9 26% 8 0.747 9 12 21 6 5 32 19 24 18 17 20 13 3.9
1966 28 CLE AL 36 36 23 2 2 6 5 1 83% 10 4 34 9 26% 7 1.069 15 6 14 10 5 21 22 14 18 12 18 9 4.3
1967 29 CLE AL 47 47 23 0 5 8 5 3 63% 14 3 44 12 27% 9 1.238 22 8 14 14 9 24 22 25 16 14 18 11 3.5
5 Seasons 204 204 84 7 12 25 19 6 76% 47 13 172 44 26% 0.965 68 44 87 49 25 130 93 111 87 65 97 47 4.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1961 23 CLE AL 372 64% 1.9% 11.3% 10.8% 6.2% 24% 1.20 74% 77 12 16%
1962 24 CLE AL 145 54% 3.5% 15.9% 17.2% 6.9% 35% 1.31 62% 36 1 3%
1963 25 CLE AL 255 60% 2.0% 20.0% 11.4% 6.3% 28% 1.40 64% 45 5 11%
1966 28 CLE AL 227 72% 0.9% 14.5% 5.7% 5.7% 23% 1.59 76% 55 5 9%
1967 29 CLE AL 232 61% 1.7% 21.6% 10.8% 6.5% 31% 2.09 64% 48 5 10%
5 Seasons 1231 63% 1.9% 16.2% 10.7% 6.3% 27% 1.45 69% 261 28 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1961 23 CLE AL 372 96 7 0 12 5 2 5 2 20 8 1 40% 5 4 4 161 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
1962 24 CLE AL 145 29 5 0 14 3 2 4 1 21 7 3 33% 3 0 1 57 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1963 25 CLE AL 255 58 5 0 11 2 3 3 2 22 12 5 55% 4 5 0 105 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1966 28 CLE AL 227 56 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 21 12 2 57% 6 5 1 98 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1967 29 CLE AL 232 49 4 0 12 4 0 3 1 14 8 4 57% 4 4 0 100 2 3 40% 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 1231 288 23 0 58 16 7 15 8 98 47 15 48% 22 18 6 521 14 10 58% 7 9 6 0 1 1 0 0 44 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1961 23 3 2 .600 3.75 48 0 17 0 0 3 81.2 96 42 34 7 40 5 42 1 0 4 373 105 1.665 10.6 0.8 4.4 4.6 1.05 105
1962 24 4 3 .571 4.33 78 0 26 0 0 7 112.1 125 66 54 12 65 8 65 1 0 4 518 91 1.691 10.0 1.0 5.2 5.2 1.00 91
1963 25 5 5 .500 4.44 121 0 38 0 0 9 168.1 183 103 83 17 94 14 116 2 1 9 773 86 1.646 9.8 0.9 5.0 6.2 1.23 86
1964 26 5 5 .500 4.44 121 0 38 0 0 9 168.1 183 103 83 17 94 14 116 2 1 9 773 86 1.646 9.8 0.9 5.0 6.2 1.23 86
1965 27 5 5 .500 4.44 121 0 38 0 0 9 168.1 183 103 83 17 94 14 116 2 1 9 773 86 1.646 9.8 0.9 5.0 6.2 1.23 86
1966 28 7 7 .500 4.38 157 0 61 0 0 14 219.2 239 130 107 19 107 20 149 4 1 14 1000 85 1.575 9.8 0.8 4.4 6.1 1.39 85
1967 29 7 12 .368 4.11 204 0 84 0 0 19 274.0 288 152 125 23 132 27 199 5 2 18 1232 89 1.533 9.5 0.8 4.3 6.5 1.51 89

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1961 23 4 4 .500 3.87 79.0 96 38 34 7 40 41 1 1.722 10.9 4.6 4.7 1.03 0.8 48
1962 24 1 2 .333 6.30 30.0 30 23 21 5 26 22 0 1.867 9.0 7.8 6.6 0.85 1.5 30
1963 25 2 4 .333 5.17 54.0 61 34 31 5 30 49 1 1.685 10.2 5.0 8.2 1.63 0.8 43
1966 28 2 3 .400 4.76 51.0 60 30 27 2 14 33 2 1.451 10.6 2.5 5.8 2.36 0.4 36
1967 29 3 2 .600 3.78 50.0 53 23 21 4 27 46 1 1.600 9.5 4.9 8.3 1.70 0.7 47
5 Seasons 12 15 .444 4.57 264.0 300 148 134 23 137 191 5 1.655 10.2 6.5 1.39 0.8 204

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Similarity Scores

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