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Johnny Allen

John Thomas Allen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 30, 1904 in Lenoir, NC
High School: Thomasville HS (Thomasville, NC)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1932
Teams (by GP): Indians/Yankees/Dodgers/Giants/Browns 1932-1944

Final Game: September 26, 1944
Died: May 29, 1959 in St. Petersburg, FL
Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, NC
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All-Star

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
1932 27 NYY AL 33 80 73 5 9 2 1 1 5 0 0 4 22 .123 .169 .219 .388 2 16 0 3 1 MVP-14
1933 28 NYY AL 25 78 72 7 13 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 16 .181 .224 .222 .446 22 16 0 2 1
1934 29 NYY AL 13 32 26 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .192 .300 .192 .492 33 5 0 2 1
1935 30 NYY AL 23 73 67 12 15 1 0 1 12 0 0 3 13 .224 .257 .284 .541 43 19 0 3 1 MVP-18
1936 31 CLE AL 37 101 87 12 14 0 0 0 10 0 0 6 18 .161 .215 .161 .376 -7 14 0 8 1
1937 32 CLE AL 24 72 67 5 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 15 .090 .103 .090 .192 -51 6 0 4 1 MVP-13
1938 33 CLE AL 30 85 79 12 20 2 1 1 14 1 0 3 14 .253 .280 .342 .622 56 27 0 3 1 AS,MVP-28
1939 34 CLE AL 34 76 71 10 16 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 11 .225 .257 .254 .510 33 18 2 0 2 1
1940 35 CLE AL 32 49 48 3 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .208 .224 .271 .495 29 13 1 0 0 1
1941 36 TOT MLB 31 45 42 6 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 8 .095 .116 .167 .283 -25 7 2 0 2 1
1941 36 SLB AL 20 24 22 6 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .136 .174 .273 .447 15 6 2 0 1 1
1941 36 BRO NL 11 21 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .050 .050 .050 .100 -72 1 0 0 1 1
1942 37 BRO NL 27 44 39 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 11 .179 .200 .179 .379 11 7 2 0 4 1
1943 38 TOT NL 32 26 21 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 .143 .217 .190 .408 18 4 0 0 3 1
1943 38 BRO NL 17 11 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 .429 .556 .571 1.127 224 4 0 0 2 1
1943 38 NYG NL 15 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 1
1944 39 NYG NL 24 24 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 2 1 0 0 1
13 Yrs 365 785 716 82 124 12 3 4 64 1 0 33 155 .173 .210 .215 .425 11 154 8 0 36
162 Game Avg. 162 348 318 36 55 5 1 2 28 0 15 69 .173 .210 .215 .425 11 68 0 16
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
CLE (5 yrs) 157 383 352 42 66 7 1 1 36 1 0 14 67 .188 .219 .222 .440 12 78 3 0 17
NYY (4 yrs) 94 263 238 26 42 4 2 2 21 0 0 15 57 .176 .225 .235 .461 23 56 0 10
BRO (3 yrs) 55 76 66 5 11 1 0 0 3 0 3 16 .167 .203 .182 .385 10 12 2 0 7
NYG (2 yrs) 39 39 38 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .053 .053 .053 .105 -70 2 1 0 1
SLB (1 yr) 20 24 22 6 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .136 .174 .273 .447 15 6 2 0 1
AL (10 yrs) 271 670 612 74 111 11 3 4 61 1 0 30 127 .181 .220 .229 .448 16 140 5 0 28
NL (4 yrs) 94 115 104 8 13 1 0 0 3 0 3 28 .125 .150 .135 .284 -19 14 3 0 8

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 Awards
1932 27 NYY AL 33 80 -12 0 0 0 8 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1 MVP-14
1933 28 NYY AL 25 78 -8 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1934 29 NYY AL 13 32 -3 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1935 30 NYY AL 23 73 -6 0 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 4 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1 MVP-18
1936 31 CLE AL 37 101 -17 0 0 0 12 -6 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .487 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $10,000 1
1937 32 CLE AL 24 72 -17 0 0 0 8 -9 -0.8 2 -6 -0.8 .466 .495 -0.8 0.0 -6 $ 1 MVP-13
1938 33 CLE AL 30 85 -6 0 0 0 10 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .512 .502 0.4 0.0 7 $ 1 AS,MVP-28
1939 34 CLE AL 34 76 -7 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1940 35 CLE AL 32 49 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 1 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1941 36 SLB AL 20 24 -3 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1941 36 BRO NL 11 21 -5 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .476 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1942 37 BRO NL 27 44 -5 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1943 38 BRO NL 17 11 2 0 0 0 1 2 0.3 0 3 0.3 .516 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $ 1
1943 38 NYG NL 15 15 -4 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .483 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1944 39 NYG NL 24 24 -5 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
13 Seasons 365 785 -100 1 0 0 84 -16 -1.6 24 8 -1.7 .496 .499 -1.7 0.0 8 $10,000
CLE (5 yrs) 157 383 -53 1 0 0 43 -9 -0.8 12 3 -0.8 .495 .499 -0.8 0.0 3 $10,000
NYY (4 yrs) 94 263 -29 0 0 0 27 -2 -0.2 8 7 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.0 7 $
BRO (3 yrs) 55 76 -8 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 2 $
NYG (2 yrs) 39 39 -8 0 0 0 4 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.6 .486 .498 -0.6 0.0 -4 $
SLB (1 yr) 20 24 -3 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 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 PwrSpd
1932 27 NYY AL 80 67 3 1.2 107 .160 .123 .279 .169 .349 .219 .410 .388 .759 2 .068 -10.9 -1.0 .313 .151 .096 .0
1933 28 NYY AL 78 61 4 1.8 101 .232 .181 .273 .224 .344 .222 .394 .446 .738 22 .139 -8.2 -0.8 .339 .097 .042
1934 29 NYY AL 32 23 2 2.3 106 .250 .192 .280 .300 .353 .192 .404 .492 .757 33 .195 -2.4 -0.2 .429 .154 .000
1935 30 NYY AL 73 55 5 2.4 107 .264 .224 .281 .257 .353 .284 .406 .541 .759 43 .210 -5.8 -0.6 .423 .104 .060 .0
1936 31 CLE AL 101 81 3 1.0 124 .203 .161 .302 .215 .378 .161 .444 .376 .823 -7 .040 -15.4 -1.4 .274 .069 .000
1937 32 CLE AL 72 65 1 0.4 115 .115 .090 .287 .103 .362 .090 .428 .192 .790 -51 .009 -15.8 -1.5 .115 .015 .000
1938 33 CLE AL 85 62 8 3.4 116 .297 .253 .288 .280 .366 .342 .429 .622 .795 56 .308 -5.8 -0.5 .525 .139 .089 1.0
1939 34 CLE AL 76 59 5 2.2 111 .267 .225 .283 .257 .357 .254 .418 .510 .775 33 .184 -7.3 -0.7 .368 .070 .028
1940 35 CLE AL 49 39 3 2.0 109 .256 .208 .277 .224 .350 .271 .420 .495 .769 29 .164 -5.1 -0.5 .359 .083 .063
1941 36 TOT MLB 45 42 1 0.6 104 .091 .095 .276 .116 .350 .167 .398 .283 .748 -25 .028 -7.7 -0.8 .200 .095 .071 .0
1941 36 SLB AL 24 22 1 1.2 109 .111 .136 .279 .174 .356 .273 .411 .447 .768 15 .077 -3.0 -0.3 .333 .182 .136 .0
1941 36 BRO NL 21 20 0 0.0 98 .067 .050 .272 .050 .343 .050 .383 .100 .726 -72 .000 -4.7 -0.5 .053 .000 .000
1942 37 BRO NL 44 38 1 0.7 88 .250 .179 .258 .200 .331 .179 .359 .379 .689 11 .044 -4.6 -0.5 .235 .026 .000
1943 38 TOT NL 26 21 2 2.6 90 .167 .143 .265 .217 .334 .190 .360 .408 .694 18 .313 -2.2 -0.2 .333 .143 .048
1943 38 BRO NL 11 6 2 9.0 90 .429 .429 .266 .556 .335 .571 .361 1.127 .695 224 .819 1.4 0.2 1.500 .429 .143
1943 38 NYG NL 15 15 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .265 .000 .333 .000 .359 .000 .692 -100 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
1944 39 NYG NL 24 23 0 0.0 93 .133 .083 .267 .083 .334 .083 .375 .167 .709 -53 .000 -4.9 -0.5 .087 .000 .000
13 Yrs 785 636 38 1.6 109 .215 .173 .281 .210 .355 .215 .411 .425 .766 11 .111 -96.1 -9.3 .313 .089 .042 1.6
162 Game Avg. 348 282 17 1.6 109 .215 .173 .281 .210 .355 .215 .411 .425 .766 11 .111 -96.1 -9.3 .313 .089 .042 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CLE (5 yrs) 383 306 20 1.7 116 .229 .188 .289 .219 .365 .222 .429 .440 .794 12 .116 -49.3 -4.6 .322 .077 .034 1.0
NYY (4 yrs) 263 206 14 1.8 105 .223 .176 .278 .225 .349 .235 .403 .461 .752 23 .139 -27.4 -2.6 .362 .122 .059 .0
BRO (3 yrs) 76 64 3 1.3 91 .220 .167 .263 .203 .335 .182 .366 .385 .701 10 .111 -7.9 -0.8 .263 .061 .015
NYG (2 yrs) 39 38 0 0.0 92 .077 .053 .266 .053 .334 .053 .369 .105 .703 -70 .000 -8.5 -0.9 .054 .000 .000
SLB (1 yr) 24 22 1 1.2 109 .111 .136 .279 .174 .356 .273 .411 .447 .768 15 .077 -3.0 -0.3 .333 .182 .136 .0
AL (10 yrs) 670 534 35 1.7 111 .222 .181 .284 .220 .358 .229 .418 .448 .777 16 .122 -79.7 -7.5 .338 .098 .047 1.6
NL (4 yrs) 115 102 3 0.8 92 .171 .125 .264 .150 .334 .135 .367 .284 .702 -19 .049 -16.4 -1.8 .181 .038 .010

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1932 27 NYY AL WS CHC W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 36 BRO NL WS NYY L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1938 CLE AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1932 27 NYY AL 80 1.3% 27.5% 5.0% 5.0% 44% 5.50 3.3 73.0 14.6 63%
1933 28 NYY AL 78 0.0% 20.5% 5.1% 2.6% 15% 4.00 4.5 24.0 72%
1934 29 NYY AL 32 0.0% 18.8% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 1.50 4.3 26.0 63%
1935 30 NYY AL 73 1.4% 17.8% 4.1% 2.7% 13% 4.33 5.2 67.0 5.6 73%
1936 31 CLE AL 101 0.0% 17.8% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.8 8.7 68%
1937 32 CLE AL 72 0.0% 20.8% 1.4% 0.0% 0% 15.00 4.5 11.2 72%
1938 33 CLE AL 85 1.2% 16.5% 3.5% 4.7% 20% 4.67 5.6 79.0 5.6 75%
1939 34 CLE AL 76 0.0% 14.5% 4.0% 2.6% 13% 3.67 6.5 23.7 79%
1940 35 CLE AL 49 0.0% 18.4% 2.0% 6.1% 30% 9.00 5.3 16.0 80%
1941 36 TOT MLB 45 2.2% 17.8% 2.2% 2.2% 25% 8.00 5.3 42.0 10.5 73%
1941 36 SLB AL 24 4.2% 12.5% 4.2% 4.2% 33% 3.00 7.3 22.0 5.5 75%
1941 36 BRO NL 21 0.0% 23.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 71%
1942 37 BRO NL 44 0.0% 25.0% 2.3% 0.0% 0% 11.00 3.5 19.5 64%
1943 38 TOT NL 26 0.0% 11.5% 7.7% 3.9% 33% 1.50 7.0 21.0 69%
1943 38 BRO NL 11 0.0% 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 33% 0.00 7.0 64%
1943 38 NYG NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.7 73%
1944 39 NYG NL 24 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 63%
13 Yrs 785 0.5% 19.8% 4.2% 2.4% 15% 4.70 4.6 179.0 11.2 71%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.7% 8.5% 6.5% 27% 1.02 10.2 66.6 8.1 79%
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

Cumulative Batting

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
1932 27 33 80 73 5 9 2 1 1 5 0 0 4 22 .123 .169 .219 .388 2 16 0 3
1933 28 58 158 145 12 22 3 2 1 8 0 0 8 38 .152 .196 .221 .417 12 32 0 5
1934 29 71 190 171 14 27 3 2 1 9 0 0 12 44 .158 .213 .216 .429 15 37 0 7
1935 30 94 263 238 26 42 4 2 2 21 0 0 15 57 .176 .225 .235 .461 23 56 0 10
1936 31 131 364 325 38 56 4 2 2 31 0 0 21 75 .172 .223 .215 .438 14 70 0 18
1937 32 155 436 392 43 62 4 2 2 37 0 0 22 90 .158 .203 .194 .397 3 76 0 22
1938 33 185 521 471 55 82 6 3 3 51 1 0 25 104 .174 .216 .219 .434 12 103 0 25
1939 34 219 597 542 65 98 8 3 3 54 1 0 28 115 .181 .221 .223 .444 15 121 2 0 27
1940 35 251 646 590 68 108 11 3 3 57 1 0 29 124 .183 .221 .227 .448 16 134 3 0 27
1941 36 282 691 632 74 112 11 3 4 61 1 0 30 132 .177 .215 .223 .438 13 141 5 0 29
1942 37 309 735 671 77 119 11 3 4 63 1 0 31 143 .177 .214 .221 .434 13 148 7 0 33
1943 38 341 761 692 80 122 12 3 4 64 1 0 33 146 .176 .214 .220 .433 13 152 7 0 36
1944 39 365 785 716 82 124 12 3 4 64 1 0 33 155 .173 .210 .215 .425 11 154 8 0 36

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1932 27 35 82 75 4 8 2 1 1 4 0 4 23 .107 .152 .200 .352 2 33
1933 28 27 82 76 6 13 1 1 0 3 0 4 17 .171 .213 .211 .423 3 25
1934 29 14 31 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 .154 .241 .154 .395 1 13
1935 30 24 75 69 10 14 1 0 1 10 0 3 14 .203 .236 .261 .497 4 23
1936 31 39 101 88 8 12 0 0 0 7 0 5 19 .136 .183 .136 .319 2 37
1937 32 25 76 71 8 8 0 0 0 10 0 1 16 .113 .125 .113 .238 1 24
1938 33 32 87 81 10 19 2 1 1 12 1 3 15 .235 .262 .321 .583 6 30
1939 34 36 78 73 9 15 2 0 0 3 0 3 12 .205 .237 .233 .470 4 34
1940 35 33 52 51 3 11 3 0 0 3 0 1 9 .216 .231 .275 .505 3 32
1941 36 32 47 44 6 5 0 0 1 4 0 1 8 .114 .133 .182 .315 1 31
1942 37 29 48 43 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 12 .209 .227 .209 .437 2 27
1943 38 33 30 24 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 3 3 .208 .296 .292 .588 2 32
1944 39 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 24
13 Yrs 384 814 746 73 123 13 3 4 61 1 32 163 .165 .199 .206 .406 31 365
162 Game Avg. 162 343 315 31 52 5 1 2 26 0 14 69 .165 .199 .206 .406 13 365

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1955 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1938 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1937 ML Major League Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 AL (14, 10%)
1935 AL (18, 6%)
1937 AL (13, 14%)
1938 AL (28, 1%)
0.31 Career Shares (598th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1936 AL  6.2 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1942 NL  born 1904-09-30 (9th)
1943 NL  born 1904-09-30 (8th)
1944 NL  born 1904-09-30 (9th)

                           

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