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Bob Allison
William Robert Allison
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 11, 1934 in Raytown, MO
High School: Raytown (Raytown, MO)
School: University of Kansas
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1958
Final Game: September 29, 1970
Died: April 9, 1995 in Rio Verde, AZ
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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
1958 23 WSH AL 11 37 35 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 .200 .243 .229 .472 32 8 1 0 0 0 0 8/7
1959 24 WSH AL 150 639 570 83 149 18 9 30 85 13 8 60 92 .261 .333 .482 .815 122 275 22 2 5 2 1 *89/7 AS,MVP-28,RoY-1
1960 25 WSH AL 144 604 501 79 126 30 3 15 69 11 9 92 94 .251 .367 .413 .780 111 207 14 2 5 4 4 *9/83
1961 26 MIN AL 159 677 556 83 136 21 3 29 105 2 7 103 100 .245 .363 .450 .813 111 250 17 5 5 8 1 *93
1962 27 MIN AL 149 613 519 102 138 24 8 29 102 8 5 84 115 .266 .370 .511 .881 131 265 9 4 3 3 0 *9/87
1963 28 MIN AL 148 626 527 99 143 25 4 35 91 6 1 90 109 .271 .378 .533 .911 151 281 7 3 1 5 2 *9/8 AS,MVP-15
1964 29 MIN AL 149 594 492 90 141 27 4 32 86 10 1 92 99 .287 .404 .553 .957 163 272 7 7 0 3 4 3879 AS,MVP-23
1965 30 MIN AL 135 519 438 71 102 14 5 23 78 10 2 73 114 .233 .342 .445 .787 118 195 5 2 1 5 4 *7/389
1966 31 MIN AL 70 203 168 34 37 6 1 8 19 6 0 30 34 .220 .345 .411 .756 111 69 2 3 0 2 2 79/8
1967 32 MIN AL 153 576 496 73 128 21 6 24 75 6 4 74 114 .258 .356 .470 .826 135 233 5 2 3 1 2 *79
1968 33 MIN AL 145 526 469 63 116 16 8 22 52 9 7 52 98 .247 .324 .456 .780 128 214 16 2 1 2 5 *73/89
1969 34 MIN AL 81 220 189 18 43 8 2 8 27 2 4 29 39 .228 .333 .418 .751 106 79 8 1 1 0 5 7/39
1970 35 MIN AL 47 87 72 15 15 5 0 1 7 1 0 14 20 .208 .345 .319 .664 83 23 2 1 0 0 0 7/398
13 Seasons 1541 5921 5032 811 1281 216 53 256 796 84 50 795 1033 .255 .358 .471 .829 127 2371 115 34 25 35 30
162 Game Avg. 162 622 529 85 135 23 6 27 84 9 5 84 109 .255 .358 .471 .829 127 249 12 4 3 4 3

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
1965 30 MIN AL WS LAD L 5 18 16 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 9 .125 .222 .375 .597 6 0 0 0 0 0
1969 34 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 2 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 35 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 10 30 26 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 10 .077 .167 .231 .397 6 0 0 0 1 0
2 ALCS 5 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 WS 5 18 16 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 9 .125 .222 .375 .597 6 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 WSH AL 23 OF 11 10 84.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.4 0.1 0.9 -0.8 0 2.57 2.18 .983 2.27 1.94
1958 WSH AL 23 CF 10 9 76.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0 2.72 2.30 .983 2.68 2.29
1958 WSH AL 23 LF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.14 1.60
1959 WSH AL 24 OF 149 147 1285.1 350 333 8 9 1 .974 -11.7 -10.9 -6.7 -2.5 -4.2 -5 2.39 2.29 .980 2.22 1.96 AS,MVP-28,RoY-1
1959 WSH AL 24 CF 133 132 1144.2 332 317 7 8 0 .976 -6.9 -7.2 -1.9 0.3 -2.2 -5 2.55 2.44 .983 2.72 2.44 AS,MVP-28,RoY-1
1959 WSH AL 24 RF 10 10 85.0 10 8 1 1 1 .900 -2.6 -36.7 -2.6 -1.8 -0.8 0 0.95 0.90 .980 1.88 1.64 AS,MVP-28,RoY-1
1959 WSH AL 24 LF 8 5 55.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -47.4 -2.2 -1.0 -1.2 0 1.13 0.88 .986 2.05 1.68 AS,MVP-28,RoY-1
1960 WSH AL 25 OF 140 133 1215.0 311 290 10 11 3 .965 6.7 6.6 7.7 4.1 3.6 -1 2.22 2.14 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 WSH AL 25 RF 136 127 1153.1 291 271 9 11 3 .962 6.3 6.6 8.3 4.0 4.3 -2 2.18 2.06 .974 1.95 1.68
1960 WSH AL 25 CF 9 6 61.2 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 7.8 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 1 3.06 2.33 .986 2.66 2.30
1960 WSH AL 25 1B 4 2 22.1 24 21 3 0 1 1.000 0.5 26.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 9.67 6.00 .992 9.55 8.05
1961 MIN AL 26 OF 150 141 1270.2 322 300 14 8 3 .975 3.2 3.0 7.2 3.9 3.3 -4 2.22 2.09 .977 2.25 1.98
1961 MIN AL 26 RF 150 141 1270.2 323 301 14 8 3 .975 3.2 3.0 7.2 3.9 3.3 -4 2.23 2.10 .976 2.06 1.75
1961 MIN AL 26 1B 18 16 123.2 123 117 4 2 9 .984 -0.4 -3.9 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 8.81 6.72 .990 9.45 8.29
1962 MIN AL 27 OF 147 142 1276.1 304 287 10 7 1 .977 6.6 6.2 8.6 2.2 6.4 -2 2.09 2.02 .980 2.19 1.92
1962 MIN AL 27 RF 145 139 1254.1 294 278 9 7 1 .976 6.1 5.8 8.1 2.2 5.9 -2 2.06 1.98 .979 2.00 1.71
1962 MIN AL 27 CF 2 1 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -60.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.75 0.50 1.000 2.55 2.20
1962 MIN AL 27 LF 2 2 10.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 132.0 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 4.50 2.50 .980 1.98 1.60
1963 MIN AL 28 OF 147 145 1304.2 347 326 11 10 4 .971 17.3 15.9 13.3 9.1 4.3 4 2.32 2.29 .981 2.16 1.91 AS,MVP-15
1963 MIN AL 28 RF 146 136 1244.2 330 309 11 10 4 .970 16.7 16.1 12.7 9.0 3.8 4 2.31 2.19 .980 2.01 1.72 AS,MVP-15
1963 MIN AL 28 CF 9 9 60.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 12.0 0.6 0.1 0.5 0 2.40 1.78 .988 2.58 2.19 AS,MVP-15
1964 MIN AL 29 1B 93 90 794.1 781 715 55 11 63 .986 -3.2 -4.8 -3.2 -0.6 -2.6 0 8.72 8.28 .991 9.43 8.12 AS,MVP-23
1964 MIN AL 29 OF 61 45 430.1 118 114 3 1 1 .992 7.8 21.8 5.8 2.1 3.7 2 2.45 1.92 .980 2.04 1.79 AS,MVP-23
1964 MIN AL 29 CF 28 27 241.2 76 73 2 1 1 .987 4.4 21.8 3.4 1.4 2.0 1 2.79 2.68 .980 2.45 2.13 AS,MVP-23
1964 MIN AL 29 LF 27 5 66.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 19.9 2.1 0.1 2.0 -1 2.58 0.70 .974 1.80 1.46 AS,MVP-23
1964 MIN AL 29 RF 16 13 122.1 24 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.3 22.6 0.3 0.6 -0.3 2 1.77 1.50 .983 1.88 1.61 AS,MVP-23
1965 MIN AL 30 OF 122 117 1048.2 249 231 11 7 4 .972 12.3 14.1 10.3 6.0 4.2 2 2.08 1.98 .978 2.04 1.78
1965 MIN AL 30 LF 121 117 1038.2 247 229 11 7 4 .972 12.6 14.6 10.6 6.3 4.2 2 2.08 1.98 .979 1.87 1.49
1965 MIN AL 30 1B 3 1 13.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 9.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0 11.77 5.67 .988 9.55 7.87
1965 MIN AL 30 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1965 MIN AL 30 RF 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
1966 MIN AL 31 OF 56 47 416.2 92 86 3 3 0 .967 0.4 1.2 1.4 -0.1 1.5 -1 1.92 1.59 .983 2.10 1.82
1966 MIN AL 31 LF 44 37 325.2 68 64 3 1 0 .985 1.7 6.3 0.7 -0.9 1.6 1 1.85 1.52 .979 1.83 1.45
1966 MIN AL 31 RF 11 10 90.0 23 21 0 2 0 .913 -1.6 -21.3 0.4 0.5 -0.1 -2 2.10 1.91 .978 1.94 1.69
1966 MIN AL 31 CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.10
1967 MIN AL 32 OF 145 144 1152.1 231 220 6 5 0 .978 -7.7 -8.0 -3.7 -4.4 0.7 -4 1.77 1.56 .980 2.05 1.76
1967 MIN AL 32 LF 139 136 1083.0 220 209 6 5 0 .977 -4.9 -5.4 -0.9 -2.4 1.5 -4 1.79 1.55 .976 1.87 1.40
1967 MIN AL 32 RF 10 8 69.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -48.5 -2.8 -2.0 -0.8 0 0.65 0.50 .980 1.82 1.56
1968 MIN AL 33 OF 117 110 919.0 176 166 4 6 0 .966 -2.8 -3.7 -1.8 -0.1 -1.7 -1 1.66 1.45 .981 2.08 1.80
1968 MIN AL 33 LF 116 110 914.0 178 168 4 6 0 .966 -3.2 -4.2 -2.2 -0.1 -2.1 -1 1.69 1.48 .978 1.85 1.45
1968 MIN AL 33 1B 17 17 151.0 164 150 12 2 14 .988 1.7 13.5 1.7 0.9 0.9 0 9.66 9.53 .989 9.59 8.32
1968 MIN AL 33 CF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
1968 MIN AL 33 RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1969 MIN AL 34 LF 58 52 421.0 91 88 3 0 1 1.000 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.95 1.57 .978 1.99 1.60
1969 MIN AL 34 OF 58 53 430.0 93 91 2 0 1 1.000 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.95 1.60 .977 2.13 1.84
1969 MIN AL 34 1B 3 0 7.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0 7.71 2.00 1.000 9.64 8.33
1969 MIN AL 34 RF 2 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 1.90 1.60
1970 MIN AL 35 OF 17 9 87.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 2.8 0.2 0.5 -0.2 0 1.86 1.06 .978 2.14 1.85
1970 MIN AL 35 LF 12 6 58.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 1.24 0.67 .975 1.82 1.48
1970 MIN AL 35 1B 7 7 39.0 42 36 4 2 2 .952 -0.4 -12.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 9.23 5.71 .990 9.60 8.14
1970 MIN AL 35 RF 4 3 25.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.1 0 2.88 2.00 .975 1.98 1.60
1970 MIN AL 35 CF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 60.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
13 Seasons OF 1320 1243 10920.0 2635 2486 82 67 18 .975 32.5 3.6 42.5 21.7 20.9 -10 2.12 1.95 .980 2.15 1.88
12 Seasons RF 632 588 5334.2 1310 1225 46 39 12 .970 27.2 6.1 31.2 16.3 15.1 -4 2.14 2.01 .978 2.00 1.71
10 Seasons LF 528 471 3980.1 844 798 27 19 5 .977 6.4 1.9 9.4 2.2 7.1 -3 1.87 1.56 .978 1.88 1.47
10 Seasons CF 195 184 1605.0 473 455 9 9 1 .981 -1.1 -0.8 1.9 3.2 -1.3 -3 2.60 2.38 .983 2.67 2.36
7 Seasons 1B 145 133 1150.1 1157 1060 80 17 90 .985 -1.8 -1.9 -1.8 0.4 -1.9 0 8.92 7.86 .991 9.46 8.16
13 Seasons TOT 1465 1376 12070.1 3792 3546 162 84 108 .978 30.7 3.1 40.7 22.1 19.0 -10 0 2.76 2.53 .961 2.85 2.50
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-2
1963 *
1964 (1B)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1959-AL-Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1959-AL-28-0%
1963-AL-15-5%
1964-AL-23-2%
0.07 Career Shares (993rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1962 AL--.370--9th
1963 AL--.378--4th
1964 AL--.404--2nd
1967 AL--.356--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1959 AL--.482--8th
1962 AL--.511--5th
1963 AL--.533--2nd
1964 AL--.553--4th
1967 AL--.470--7th
1968 AL--.456--6th
Career--.471--221st

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1962 AL--.881--6th
1963 AL--.911--1st
1964 AL--.957--3rd
1967 AL--.826--9th
1968 AL--.780--10th
Career--.829--240th

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL--150--7th
1961 AL--159--7th

At Bats s c a p y
1959 AL--570--6th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1959 AL--639--10th
1961 AL--677--10th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1962 AL--102--3rd
1963 AL--99--1st
1964 AL--90--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1959 AL--275--5th
1963 AL--281--5th
1964 AL--272--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1960 AL--30--8th
1964 AL--27--10th

Triples s c a p y
1959 AL--9--1st
1962 AL--8--7th
1967 AL--6--10th
1968 AL--8--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1959 AL--30--6th
1961 AL--29--7th
1962 AL--29--8th
1963 AL--35--3rd
1964 AL--32--6th
1965 AL--23--9th
1967 AL--24--7th
1968 AL--22--8th
Career--256--178th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1961 AL--105--7th
1962 AL--102--7th
1963 AL--91--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL--92--3rd
1961 AL--103--5th
1962 AL--84--10th
1963 AL--90--3rd
1964 AL--92--4th
1965 AL--73--6th
1967 AL--74--7th
Career--795--243rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 AL--92--6th
1960 AL--94--5th
1961 AL--100--8th
1962 AL--115--3rd
1963 AL--109--5th
1965 AL--114--5th
1967 AL--114--6th
1968 AL--98--10th
Career--1033--206th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1959 AL--13--5th
1960 AL--11--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1962 AL--131--6th
1963 AL--151--1st
1964 AL--163--3rd
Career--127--205th

Runs Created s c a p y
1963 AL--113--2nd
1964 AL--119--4th
1967 AL--87--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1963 AL--38--2nd
1964 AL--46--2nd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1963 AL--3.9--2nd
1964 AL--4.6--2nd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1959 AL--57--6th
1962 AL--61--8th
1963 AL--64--2nd
1964 AL--63--4th
1967 AL--51--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1960 AL--220--9th
1963 AL--236--4th
1964 AL--240--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1962 AL--.677--8th
1963 AL--.751--2nd
1964 AL--.794--3rd
1967 AL--.714--9th
Career--.652--192nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL--7--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL--8--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1959 AL--22--2nd
1961 AL--17--10th
1968 AL--16--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1959 AL--8--5th
1960 AL--9--2nd
1961 AL--7--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1959 AL--18.1--3rd
1960 AL--12.7--6th
1962 AL--12.5--9th
1963 AL--10.2--10th
1964 AL--15.2--5th
1965 AL--13.9--8th
1968 AL--12.8--8th
Career--126.5--249th

AB per HR s c a p y
1959 AL--19.0--8th
1962 AL--17.9--8th
1963 AL--15.1--3rd
1964 AL--15.4--4th
1965 AL--19.0--5th
1967 AL--20.7--8th
1968 AL--21.3--6th
Career--19.7--102nd

Outs Made s c a p y
1959 AL--458--5th

Oldest s c a p y
1970 AL--born 1934-07-11--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 100 (223), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (606), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Before 1955 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

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