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Johnny Allen
John Thomas Allen
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 30, 1904 in Lenoir, NC
High School: Thomasville (Thomasville, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1932
Final Game: September 26, 1944
Died: March 29, 1959 in St.Petersburg, FL
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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
1932 27 NYY AL 17 4 .810 3.70 33 21 6 13 3 4 192.0 162 86 79 10 76 109 5 1 5 804 110 1.240 7.6 0.5 3.6 5.1 1.43 MVP-14
1933 28 NYY AL 15 7 .682 4.39 25 24 1 10 1 1 184.2 171 96 90 9 87 119 4 0 10 804 89 1.397 8.3 0.4 4.2 5.8 1.37
1934 29 NYY AL 5 2 .714 2.89 13 10 2 4 0 0 71.2 62 30 23 3 32 54 2 0 5 309 142 1.312 7.8 0.4 4.0 6.8 1.69
1935 30 NYY AL 13 6 .684 3.61 23 23 0 12 2 0 167.0 149 76 67 11 58 113 4 0 3 692 112 1.240 8.0 0.6 3.1 6.1 1.95 MVP-18
1936 31 CLE AL 20 10 .667 3.44 36 31 4 19 4 1 243.0 234 108 93 5 97 165 1 0 13 1030 149 1.362 8.7 0.2 3.6 6.1 1.70
1937 32 CLE AL 15 1 .938 2.55 24 20 4 14 0 0 173.0 157 55 49 4 60 87 5 0 2 713 176 1.254 8.2 0.2 3.1 4.5 1.45 MVP-13
1938 33 CLE AL 14 8 .636 4.18 30 27 3 13 0 0 200.0 189 107 93 15 81 112 3 0 7 855 111 1.350 8.5 0.7 3.6 5.0 1.38 AS,MVP-28
1939 34 CLE AL 9 7 .563 4.58 28 26 2 9 2 0 175.0 199 96 89 9 56 79 3 2 5 763 96 1.457 10.2 0.5 2.9 4.1 1.41
1940 35 CLE AL 9 8 .529 3.44 32 17 12 5 3 5 138.2 126 61 53 3 48 62 3 0 0 576 122 1.255 8.2 0.2 3.1 4.0 1.29
1941 36 TOT MLB 5 5 .500 4.71 31 13 8 3 0 1 124.1 127 71 65 10 41 48 2 1 8 535 85 1.351 9.2 0.7 3.0 3.5 1.17
1941 36 SLB AL 2 5 .286 6.58 20 9 6 2 0 1 67.0 89 53 49 4 29 27 2 1 8 317 66 1.761 12.0 0.5 3.9 3.6 0.93
1941 36 BRO NL 3 0 1.000 2.51 11 4 2 1 0 0 57.1 38 18 16 6 12 21 0 0 0 218 146 0.872 6.0 0.9 1.9 3.3 1.75
1942 37 BRO NL 10 6 .625 3.20 27 15 9 5 1 3 118.0 106 53 42 11 39 50 2 0 1 494 101 1.229 8.1 0.8 3.0 3.8 1.28
1943 38 TOT NL 6 4 .600 3.65 32 1 14 0 0 3 79.0 79 37 32 7 39 39 2 1 6 349 93 1.494 9.0 0.8 4.4 4.4 1.00
1943 38 BRO NL 5 1 .833 4.26 17 1 4 0 0 1 38.0 42 21 18 3 25 15 2 1 2 180 78 1.763 9.9 0.7 5.9 3.6 0.60
1943 38 NYG NL 1 3 .250 3.07 15 0 10 0 0 2 41.0 37 16 14 4 14 24 0 0 4 169 112 1.244 8.1 0.9 3.1 5.3 1.71
1944 39 NYG NL 4 7 .364 4.07 18 13 3 2 1 0 84.0 88 48 38 7 24 33 2 0 3 368 90 1.333 9.4 0.8 2.6 3.5 1.38
13 Seasons 142 75 .654 3.75 352 241 68 109 17 18 1950.1 1849 924 813 104 738 1070 38 5 68 8292 113 1.326 8.5 0.5 3.4 4.9 1.45
162 Game Avg. 16 9 .654 3.75 40 28 8 12 2 2 224 212 106 93 12 85 123 4 1 8 951 113 1.326 8.5 0.5 3.4 4.9 1.45
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
CLE (5 yrs) 67 34 .663 3.65 150 121 25 60 9 6 929.2 905 427 377 36 342 505 15 2 27 3937 127 1.341 8.8 0.3 3.3 4.9 1.48
NYY (4 yrs) 50 19 .725 3.79 94 78 9 39 6 5 615.1 544 288 259 33 253 395 15 1 23 2609 106 1.295 8.0 0.5 3.7 5.8 1.56
BRO (3 yrs) 18 7 .720 3.21 55 20 15 6 1 4 213.1 186 92 76 20 76 86 4 1 3 892 105 1.228 7.8 0.8 3.2 3.6 1.13
NYG (2 yrs) 5 10 .333 3.74 33 13 13 2 1 2 125.0 125 64 52 11 38 57 2 0 7 537 96 1.304 9.0 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.50
SLB (1 yr) 2 5 .286 6.58 20 9 6 2 0 1 67.0 89 53 49 4 29 27 2 1 8 317 66 1.761 12.0 0.5 3.9 3.6 0.93
AL (10 yrs) 119 58 .672 3.82 264 208 40 101 15 12 1612.0 1538 768 685 73 624 927 32 4 58 6863 115 1.341 8.6 0.4 3.5 5.2 1.49
NL (4 yrs) 23 17 .575 3.40 88 33 28 8 2 6 338.1 311 156 128 31 114 143 6 1 10 1429 101 1.256 8.3 0.8 3.0 3.8 1.25

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1932 27 NYY AL WS W CHC 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7.500 67.5 13.5 0.0 0.0
1941 36 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 16 1.091 2.5 0.0 7.4 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 6.23 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 3 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 24 2.077 12.5 2.1 6.2 0.0 0.00
2 WS 0 0 6.23 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 3 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 24 2.077 12.5 2.1 6.2 0.0 0.00

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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
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 1.127 226 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 Seasons 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

Postseason Batting

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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 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 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 0 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 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1932 NYY AL 27 P 33 44 8 31 5 2 .886 1.18 .961 1.21 MVP-14
1933 NYY AL 28 P 25 40 10 29 1 0 .975 1.56 .960 1.18
1934 NYY AL 29 P 13 13 1 12 0 2 1.000 1.00 .954 1.11
1935 NYY AL 30 P 23 43 9 33 1 1 .977 1.83 .947 1.12 MVP-18
1936 CLE AL 31 P 36 61 9 50 2 1 .967 1.64 .956 1.04
1937 CLE AL 32 P 24 45 7 37 1 1 .978 1.83 .953 1.09 MVP-13
1938 CLE AL 33 P 30 59 14 43 2 3 .966 1.90 .951 1.12 AS,MVP-28
1939 CLE AL 34 P 28 58 17 36 5 7 .914 1.89 .953 0.98
1940 CLE AL 35 P 32 29 8 21 0 2 1.000 0.91 .955 1.05
1941 TOT MLB 36 P 31 30 5 23 2 2 .933 0.90 .963 1.14
1941 SLB AL 36 P 20 17 3 12 2 1 .882 0.75 .965 1.16
1941 BRO NL 36 P 11 13 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.18 .962 1.09
1942 BRO NL 37 P 27 28 3 25 0 3 1.000 1.04 .968 1.17
1943 TOT NL 38 P 32 27 7 18 2 0 .926 0.78 .963 1.16
1943 BRO NL 38 P 17 14 7 5 2 0 .857 0.71 .964 1.16
1943 NYG NL 38 P 15 13 0 13 0 0 1.000 0.87 .962 1.16
1944 NYG NL 39 P 18 14 6 8 0 0 1.000 0.78 .957 1.09
13 Seasons P 352 491 104 366 21 24 .957 1.34 .956 1.11
13 Seasons TOT 352 491 104 366 21 24 .957 1.34 .913 1.11
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (577th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1932 AL--3.703--9th
1935 AL--3.611--10th
1936 AL--3.444--2nd
1937 AL--2.549--3rd

Wins s c a p y
1932 AL--17--8th
1933 AL--15--7th
1936 AL--20--3rd
1937 AL--15--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1932 AL--.810--1st
1933 AL--.682--5th
1935 AL--.684--2nd
1936 AL--.667--6th
1937 AL--.938--1st
1938 AL--.636--6th
1942 NL--.625--9th
Career--.654--25th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1932 AL--1.240--3rd
1935 AL--1.240--3rd
1936 AL--1.362--4th
1937 AL--1.254--4th
1938 AL--1.350--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 AL--7.594--1st
1933 AL--8.334--3rd
1935 AL--8.030--1st
1936 AL--8.667--3rd
1937 AL--8.168--4th
1938 AL--8.505--2nd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 AL--2.880--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 AL--5.109--5th
1933 AL--5.800--2nd
1935 AL--6.090--1st
1936 AL--6.111--1st
1937 AL--4.526--8th
1938 AL--5.040--5th
1939 AL--4.063--8th

Saves s c a p y
1932 AL--4--9th
1940 AL--5--4th
1942 NL--3--9th
1943 NL--3--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1936 AL--243.0--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1932 AL--109--6th
1933 AL--119--5th
1935 AL--113--5th
1936 AL--165--2nd
1938 AL--112--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1936 AL--31--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1936 AL--19--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1932 AL--3--3rd
1935 AL--2--9th
1936 AL--4--3rd
1939 AL--2--4th
1940 AL--3--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 NL--11--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1936 AL--97--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1932 AL--1.434--5th
1933 AL--1.368--5th
1935 AL--1.948--2nd
1936 AL--1.701--3rd
1937 AL--1.450--6th
1938 AL--1.383--5th
1939 AL--1.411--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL--.185--1st
1937 AL--.208--1st
1939 AL--.463--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1932 AL--5--9th
1933 AL--10--1st
1934 AL--5--9th
1936 AL--13--2nd
1938 AL--7--4th
1939 AL--5--8th
1941 AL--8--4th
1943 NL--6--2nd
Career--68--244th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1932 AL--5--5th
1933 AL--4--6th
1935 AL--4--6th
1937 AL--5--5th
1939 AL--3--10th
1940 AL--3--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1943 NL--14--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1936 AL--149--2nd
1937 AL--176--3rd

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 10 (234), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 110 (183), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (379), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (213), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 11, 1935: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Monte Pearson and Steve Sundra.

December 24, 1940: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Cleveland Indians for $20,000.

July 30, 1941: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Browns.

December 12, 1942: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with $30,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rube Melton.

April 22, 1943: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Philadelphia Blue Jays.

July 31, 1943: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Dolph Camilli to the New York Giants for Bill Lohrman, Joe Orengo and Bill Sayles.

April 27, 1945: Released by the New York Giants.

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