Gary Allenson
Gary Martin Allenson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 4, 1955 in Culver City, CA
High School: Lawndale (Lawndale, CA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 9th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1979
Final Game: August 23, 1985
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Standard Batting

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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
1979 24 BOS AL 108 271 241 27 49 10 2 3 22 1 1 20 42 .203 .264 .299 .563 49 72 8 1 6 3 0 2/5
1980 25 BOS AL 36 85 70 9 25 6 0 0 10 2 2 13 11 .357 .452 .443 .895 142 31 1 0 1 1 0 2/D5
1981 26 BOS AL 47 164 139 23 31 8 0 5 25 0 0 23 33 .223 .335 .388 .724 103 54 6 1 0 1 0 2
1982 27 BOS AL 92 307 264 25 54 11 0 6 33 0 3 38 39 .205 .306 .314 .620 67 83 6 1 3 1 1 2
1983 28 BOS AL 84 269 230 19 53 11 0 3 30 0 1 27 43 .230 .311 .317 .628 69 73 8 2 5 5 0 2
1984 29 BOS AL 35 92 83 9 19 2 0 2 8 0 0 9 14 .229 .304 .325 .630 72 27 5 0 0 0 2 2
1985 30 TOR AL 14 34 34 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .118 .118 .147 .265 -29 5 1 0 0 0 0 2
7 Seasons 416 1222 1061 114 235 49 2 19 131 3 7 130 192 .221 .307 .325 .632 70 345 35 5 15 11 3
162 Game Avg. 162 476 413 44 92 19 1 7 51 1 3 51 75 .221 .307 .325 .632 70 134 14 2 6 4 1
BOS (6 yrs) 402 1188 1027 112 231 48 2 19 128 3 7 130 182 .225 .312 .331 .643 73 340 34 5 15 11 3
TOR (1 yr) 14 34 34 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .118 .118 .147 .265 -29 5 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1979 24 BOS AL 271 210 19 2.4 107 .231 .203 .277 .264 .342 .299 .419 .563 .761 49 .227 -18.5 -1.8 .463 .178 .095 1.5
1980 25 BOS AL 85 50 15 8.1 104 .417 .357 .276 .452 .339 .443 .409 .895 .749 142 .737 5.3 0.5 .917 .271 .086 .0
1981 26 BOS AL 164 115 18 4.2 94 .255 .223 .264 .335 .330 .388 .384 .724 .713 103 .512 1.2 0.1 .684 .331 .165 .0
1982 27 BOS AL 307 223 26 3.1 104 .218 .205 .272 .306 .337 .314 .414 .620 .751 67 .332 -12.2 -1.2 .543 .242 .110 .0
1983 28 BOS AL 269 196 23 3.1 104 .265 .230 .274 .311 .336 .317 .413 .628 .749 69 .336 -9.2 -0.9 .543 .200 .087 .0
1984 29 BOS AL 92 69 7 2.7 101 .254 .229 .269 .304 .333 .325 .406 .630 .739 72 .283 -3.4 -0.3 .522 .205 .096 .0
1985 30 TOR AL 34 31 0 0.0 102 .167 .118 .266 .118 .332 .147 .413 .265 .745 -29 .000 -6.2 -0.6 .161 .029 .029
7 Seasons 1222 894 108 3.2 103 .251 .221 .272 .307 .337 .325 .410 .632 .747 70 .350 -43.0 -4.3 .548 .222 .104 5.2
162 Game Avg. 476 348 42 3.2 103 .251 .221 .272 .307 .337 .325 .410 .632 .747 70 .350 -43.0 -4.3 .548 .222 .104 2
BOS (6 yrs) 1188 863 108 3.4 103 .253 .225 .272 .312 .337 .331 .410 .643 .747 73 .366 -36.8 -3.6 .563 .229 .106 5.2
TOR (1 yr) 34 31 0 0.0 102 .167 .118 .266 .118 .332 .147 .413 .265 .745 -29 .000 -6.2 -0.6 .161 .029 .029

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1979 24 BOS AL 271 1.1% 15.5% 7.4% 5.5% 31% 2.10 5.7 80.3 11.0 1.00 73%
1980 25 BOS AL 85 0.0% 12.9% 15.3% 7.1% 24% 0.85 6.4 7.0 0.61 71%
1981 26 BOS AL 164 3.1% 20.1% 14.0% 7.9% 42% 1.43 4.2 27.8 5.6 1.05 62%
1982 27 BOS AL 307 2.0% 12.7% 12.4% 5.5% 32% 1.03 6.8 44.0 8.0 0.88 72%
1983 28 BOS AL 269 1.1% 16.0% 10.0% 5.2% 26% 1.59 5.3 76.7 7.7 0.99 70%
1984 29 BOS AL 92 2.2% 15.2% 9.8% 4.4% 21% 1.56 5.9 41.5 10.4 0.54 73%
1985 30 TOR AL 34 0.0% 29.4% 0.0% 2.9% 25% 3.4 11.3 2.00 71%
7 Seasons 1222 1.6% 15.7% 10.6% 5.7% 30% 1.48 5.5 55.8 8.1 0.92 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 24 BOS AL 4 0 36% 86 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 39% 17 12 5 5 3 2 9 4 5
1980 25 BOS AL 2 0 24% 52 2 2 50% 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 31% 11 9 2 0 0 0 5 2 3
1981 26 BOS AL 2 0 36% 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 43% 12 7 4 4 3 1 5 0 4
1982 27 BOS AL 6 0 22% 122 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 21% 18 15 3 3 2 1 8 5 2
1983 28 BOS AL 1 0 20% 93 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 26% 14 13 1 2 1 1 7 2 4
1984 29 BOS AL 0 0 27% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 50% 7 3 4 2 0 1 3 1 1
1985 30 TOR AL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
7 Seasons 15 0 27% 456 3 7 30% 2 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 18 26 34% 80 60 19 16 9 6 38 14 20
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1979 24 BOS AL 271 29% 49 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 1 2 1 2 0 7 6 86% 54 8 15% 25 12 48% 156 19 12% 10 7 70% 13 4 31% 0
1980 25 BOS AL 85 73% 25 1 0 0 0 0.74 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 7 3 43% 47 10 21% 6 4 67% 16 7 44% 0
1981 26 BOS AL 164 34% 31 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 30 6 20% 14 3 21% 99 20 20% 9 4 44% 14 4 29% 0
1982 27 BOS AL 307 46% 54 1 0 0 0 0.50 6 0 12 5 1 3 3 0 4 3 75% 42 6 14% 19 9 47% 165 28 17% 17 10 59% 17 9 53% 0
1983 28 BOS AL 269 40% 53 1 0 0 0 4.04 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 0 6 5 83% 65 8 12% 30 13 43% 203 28 14% 17 10 59% 14 4 29% 0
1984 29 BOS AL 92 77% 19 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19 5 26% 8 1 13% 56 6 11% 7 3 43% 5 1 20% 0
1985 30 TOR AL 34 91% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 26 3 12% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
7 Seasons 1222 45% 235 3 0 0 0 1.76 19 2 30 11 8 8 11 0 18 15 83% 223 35 16% 107 42 39% 752 114 15% 68 38 56% 82 30 37% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 24 108 271 241 27 49 10 2 3 22 1 1 20 42 .203 .264 .299 .563 49 72 8 1 6 3 0
1980 25 144 356 311 36 74 16 2 3 32 3 3 33 53 .238 .309 .331 .641 70 103 9 1 7 4 0
1981 26 191 520 450 59 105 24 2 8 57 3 3 56 86 .233 .318 .349 .667 80 157 15 2 7 5 0
1982 27 283 827 714 84 159 35 2 14 90 3 6 94 125 .223 .313 .336 .649 75 240 21 3 10 6 1
1983 28 367 1096 944 103 212 46 2 17 120 3 7 121 168 .225 .313 .332 .644 74 313 29 5 15 11 1
1984 29 402 1188 1027 112 231 48 2 19 128 3 7 130 182 .225 .312 .331 .643 73 340 34 5 15 11 3
1985 30 416 1222 1061 114 235 49 2 19 131 3 7 130 192 .221 .307 .325 .632 70 345 35 5 15 11 3

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
1979 24 109 265 241 26 48 10 2 3 21 1 20 42 .199 .260 .295 .555 18 108
1980 25 36 86 71 9 26 6 0 0 10 2 14 11 .366 .465 .451 .916 15 36
1981 26 71 255 214 38 50 13 0 8 42 0 37 50 .234 .349 .407 .756 30 47
1982 27 92 306 265 25 55 11 0 6 33 0 39 39 .208 .310 .317 .627 26 92
1983 28 84 264 230 19 53 11 0 3 30 0 27 43 .230 .311 .317 .628 23 84
1984 29 35 89 81 9 17 2 0 2 8 0 8 14 .210 .281 .309 .590 7 35
1985 30 14 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
7 Seasons 441 1299 1136 126 249 53 2 22 144 3 145 209 .219 .308 .327 .635 119 416
162 Game Avg. 162 477 417 46 91 19 1 8 53 1 53 77 .219 .308 .327 .635 44 416

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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