Doug Allison

Positions: Catcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: July 12, 1846 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: December 19, 1916 in Washington, DC

Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC

Debut: May 5, 1871 (Age 24-297d, 19th in major league history)

Last Game: July 13, 1883 (Age 37-001d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1871 season

Full Name: Douglas L. Allison

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Relatives: Brother of Art Allison

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.7

1407

382

.271

236

RBI

139

OBP

.284

SLG

.321

OPS

.605

OPS+

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Games by Position

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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	Pos
1871	24	OLY	NA	27	133	133	28	44	10	2	2	27	1	1	0	2	.331	.331	.481	.812	133	64	0	*2
1872	25	TOT	NA	41	199	197	41	63	6	3	0	24	1	1	2	8	.320	.327	.381	.707	122	75	2	*2/6
1872	25	TRO	NA	23	115	114	23	35	4	2	0	20	1	1	1	3	.307	.313	.377	.690	111	43	2	*2/6
1872	25	ECK	NA	18	84	83	18	28	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	5	.337	.345	.386	.731	139	32	0	2
1873	26	TOT	NA	30	131	128	17	34	6	0	0	11	0	0	3	1	.266	.282	.313	.595	80	40	2	*2/O
1873	26	RES	NA	19	82	80	11	24	6	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	.300	.317	.375	.692	111	30	1	2/O
1873	26	NYU	NA	11	49	48	6	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	.208	.224	.208	.433	30	10	1	2/O
1874	27	NYU	NA	65	324	318	68	90	7	5	0	28	1	0	6	5	.283	.296	.336	.633	101	107	1	*O2/4
1875	28	HAR	NA	61	275	269	38	67	7	0	0	21	2	0	6	3	.249	.265	.275	.541	82	74	1	*2/3O
1876	29	HAR	NL	44	166	163	19	43	4	0	0	15			3	9	.264	.277	.288	.565	82	47		2/O
1877	30	HAR	NL	29	118	115	14	17	2	0	0	6			3	7	.148	.169	.165	.335	11	19		2
1878	31	PRO	NL	19	77	76	9	22	2	0	0	7			1	8	.289	.299	.316	.614	102	24		2/1
1879	32	PRO	NL	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		/2

1883	36	BAL	AA	1	3	3	2	2	0	0	0				0		.667	.667	.667	1.333	328	2		/2O
10 Yrs				318	1431	1407	236	382	44	10	2	139	5	2	24	44	.271	.284	.321	.605	93	452	6
162 Game Avg.				162	729	717	120	195	22	5	1	71			12		.271	.284	.321	.605	93	230

PRO (2 yrs)				20	82	81	9	22	2	0	0	7			1	9	.272	.280	.296	.577	89	24
NYU (2 yrs)				76	373	366	74	100	7	5	0	31	1	0	7	5	.273	.287	.320	.607	91	117	2
HAR (2 yrs)				73	284	278	33	60	6	0	0	21			6	16	.216	.232	.237	.470	53	66
OLY (1 yr)				27	133	133	28	44	10	2	2	27	1	1	0	2	.331	.331	.481	.812	133	64	0
BAL (1 yr)				1	3	3	2	2	0	0	0				0		.667	.667	.667	1.333	328	2
RES (1 yr)				19	82	80	11	24	6	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	.300	.317	.375	.692	111	30	1
TRO (1 yr)				23	115	114	23	35	4	2	0	20	1	1	1	3	.307	.313	.377	.690	111	43	2
HAR (1 yr)				61	275	269	38	67	7	0	0	21	2	0	6	3	.249	.265	.275	.541	82	74	1
ECK (1 yr)				18	84	83	18	28	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	5	.337	.345	.386	.731	139	32	0

NA (5 yrs)				224	1062	1045	192	298	36	10	2	111	5	2	17	19	.285	.297	.344	.641	102	360	6
NL (4 yrs)				93	366	359	42	82	8	0	0	28			7	25	.228	.243	.251	.494	61	90
AA (1 yr)				1	3	3	2	2	0	0	0				0		.667	.667	.667	1.333	328	2

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