Frank Allen

Frank Leon Allen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 26, 1888 in Newbern, AL
Schools: Rhodes College (Memphis, TN), Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1912
Teams (by GP): Braves/Rebels/Robins/Superbas/Dodgers 1912-1917

Final Game: September 19, 1917
Died: July 30, 1933 in Gainsville, AL
Buried: Newbern Cemetery, Newbern, AL
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1909	20	MOB	A	1	4	.200		5																								MOB · SOUA
1911	22	MOB	A	14	12	.538		34																								MOB · SOUA
1912	23	BRO	NL	3	9	.250	3.63	20	15	4	5	1	0	109.0	119	70	44	1	57	58	1	0	5	495	92	1.615	9.8	0.1	4.7	4.8	1.02
1913	24	BRO	NL	4	18	.182	2.83	34	25	3	11	0	2	174.2	144	75	55	6	81	82	10	0	4	736	115	1.288	7.4	0.3	4.2	4.2	1.01
1914	25	TOT	MLB	9	14	.391	3.18	37	22	11	11	1	0	178.1	174	83	63	6	57	71	3	0	1	735	90	1.295	8.8	0.3	2.9	3.6	1.25
1914	25	BRO	NL	8	14	.364	3.10	36	21	11	10	1	0	171.1	165	79	59	6	57	68	3	0	1	707	92	1.296	8.7	0.3	3.0	3.6	1.19
1914	25	PBS	FL	1	0	1.000	5.14	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	9	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	28	65	1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	3.9
1915	26	PBS	FL	23	13	.639	2.51	41	37	3	24	6	0	283.1	230	90	79	9	100	127	11	2	7	1122	121	1.165	7.3	0.3	3.2	4.0	1.27
1916	27	BSN	NL	8	2	.800	2.07	19	14	4	7	2	1	113.0	102	32	26	1	31	63	4	0	2	464	118	1.177	8.1	0.1	2.5	5.0	2.03
1917	28	BSN	NL	3	10	.231	3.94	29	14	6	2	0	0	112.0	124	61	49	3	47	56	6	0	4	490	65	1.527	10.0	0.2	3.8	4.5	1.19
1928	39	GAD	D	12	6	.667	2.46	20						150.0	153	61	41		19							1.147	9.2		1.1			GAD · GAAL
6 Yrs				50	66	.431	2.93	180	127	31	60	10	3	970.1	893	411	316	26	373	457	35	2	23	4042	101	1.305	8.3	0.2	3.5	4.2	1.23
162 Game Avg.				11	15	.431	2.93	40	28	7	13	2	1	215	198	91	70	6	83	101	8	0	5	895	101	1.305	8.3	0.2	3.5	4.2	1.23

BRO (3 yrs)				15	41	.268	3.13	90	61	18	26	2	2	455.0	428	224	158	13	195	208	14	0	10	1938	100	1.369	8.5	0.3	3.9	4.1	1.07
BSN (2 yrs)				11	12	.478	3.00	48	28	10	9	2	1	225.0	226	93	75	4	78	119	10	0	6	954	83	1.351	9.0	0.2	3.1	4.8	1.53
PBS (2 yrs)				24	13	.649	2.57	42	38	3	25	6	0	290.1	239	94	83	9	100	130	11	2	7	1150	118	1.168	7.4	0.3	3.1	4.0	1.30

NL (5 yrs)				26	53	.329	3.08	138	89	28	35	4	3	680.0	654	317	233	17	273	327	24	0	16	2892	95	1.363	8.7	0.2	3.6	4.3	1.20
FL (2 yrs)				24	13	.649	2.57	42	38	3	25	6	0	290.1	239	94	83	9	100	130	11	2	7	1150	118	1.168	7.4	0.3	3.1	4.0	1.30

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1912	23	BRO	NL	109.0	20	15	70	5.78	4.67	-0.06	0.00	98.0	4.63	-13	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.436	.492	$
1913	24	BRO	NL	174.2	34	25	75	3.86	4.18	0.09	0.00	102.0	4.17	6	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.8	20	.519	.504	$
1914	25	BRO	NL	171.1	36	21	79	4.15	3.81	-0.07	0.00	102.0	3.95	-2	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.9	10	.492	.498	$
1914	25	PBS	FL	7.0	1	1	4	5.14	4.13	-0.28	0.00	98.0	4.32	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-0	.429	.500	$
1915	26	PBS	FL	283.1	41	37	90	2.86	3.86	0.05	0.00	100.0	3.81	30	3.6	1.0	-0.2	4.4	40	.589	.522	$
1916	27	BSN	NL	113.0	19	14	32	2.55	3.45	0.20	0.00	93.0	3.03	6	0.7	1.0	-0.1	1.5	14	.539	.505	$
1917	28	BSN	NL	112.0	29	14	61	4.90	3.54	-0.06	0.00	94.0	3.39	-19	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-11	.424	.486	$
6 Seasons				970.1	180	127	411	3.81	3.92	0.03	0.00	99.0	3.86	6	1.2	1.0	-0.6	6.5	68	.507	.501	$

BRO (3 yrs)				455.0	90	61	224	4.43	4.16	-0.00	0.00	101.0	4.20	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.3	2.1	26	.490	.498	$
BSN (2 yrs)				225.0	48	28	93	3.72	3.50	0.07	0.00	93.5	3.21	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	0.1	3	.470	.496	$
PBS (2 yrs)				290.1	42	38	94	2.91	3.87	0.04	0.00	100.0	3.82	29	3.6	1.0	-0.2	4.3	39	.585	.511	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1912	23	3	9	.250	3.63	20	15	4	5	1	0	109.0	119	70	44	1	57	58	1	0	5	495	92	1.615	9.8	0.1	4.7	4.8	1.02	92
1913	24	7	27	.206	3.14	54	40	7	16	1	2	283.2	263	145	99	7	138	140	11	0	9	1231	105	1.414	8.3	0.2	4.4	4.4	1.01	105
1914	25	16	41	.281	3.16	91	62	18	27	2	2	462.0	437	228	162	13	195	211	14	0	10	1966	99	1.368	8.5	0.3	3.8	4.1	1.08	99
1915	26	39	54	.419	2.91	132	99	21	51	8	2	745.1	667	318	241	22	295	338	25	2	17	3088	106	1.291	8.1	0.3	3.6	4.1	1.15	106
1916	27	47	56	.456	2.80	151	113	25	58	10	3	858.1	769	350	267	23	326	401	29	2	19	3552	108	1.276	8.1	0.2	3.4	4.2	1.23	108
1917	28	50	66	.431	2.93	180	127	31	60	10	3	970.1	893	411	316	26	373	457	35	2	23	4042	101	1.305	8.3	0.2	3.5	4.2	1.23	101

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1912	23	6	6	.500	3.66	113.0	125	51	46	1	60	60	1	1.637	10.0	4.8	4.8	1.00	0.1	20
1913	24	12	7	.632	3.14	172.0	154	67	60	6	87	81	11	1.401	8.1	4.6	4.2	0.93	0.3	34
1914	25	9	9	.500	3.96	168.0	192	82	74	7	63	67	3	1.518	10.3	3.4	3.6	1.06	0.4	37
1915	26	17	12	.586	3.24	264.0	257	106	95	10	112	118	12	1.398	8.8	3.8	4.0	1.05	0.3	41
1916	27	7	4	.636	3.17	105.0	124	41	37	1	38	59	5	1.543	10.6	3.3	5.1	1.55	0.1	19
1917	28	3	8	.273	6.18	99.0	149	76	68	4	56	50	7	2.071	13.5	5.1	4.5	0.89	0.4	29
6 Yrs		54	46	.540	3.71	921.0	1001	423	380	29	416	435	39	1.539	9.8		4.3	1.05	0.3	180

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1915 FL 3.8 (7th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1915 FL 4.4 (3rd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1915 FL 2.51 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 1915 FL 23 (2nd)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1915 FL .639 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1913 NL 7.420 (3rd) 1915 FL 7.306 (6th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1913 NL 4.225 (9th) 1915 FL 4.034 (10th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1915 FL 283.3 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1915 FL 127 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1915 FL 37 (3rd)	Complete Games s c a p y 1915 FL 24 (4th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1915 FL 6 (2nd)
Home Runs s c a p y 1915 FL 9 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1913 NL 81 (10th) 1915 FL 100 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1913 NL 18 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1915 FL 7 (7th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1913 NL 10 (3rd) 1915 FL 11 (2nd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1915 FL 1,122 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1915 FL 20 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1915 FL 2.3 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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