Frank Allen
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[edit] Biography
Born on August 26, 1888 in Newbern, Alabama, Frank Allen (Frank Leon Allen) played for the Brooklyn Superbas, Pittsburgh Rebels and Boston Braves over the course of his 6 year career. Allen broke into the bigs on April 24, 1912 with the Brooklyn Superbas, and put up a 3.63 ERA in 109 innings pitched in 1912, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Frank Allen's best season was 1915, when he posted a 2.51 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 127 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | BRO | N | 20 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3.63 | 58 | 70 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 119 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 1913 | BRO | N | 34 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 2.83 | 82 | 75 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 174.2 | 144 | 6 | 81 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 1914 | PIT | F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | BRO | N | 36 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 3.10 | 68 | 79 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 171.1 | 165 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1914 | Total | 37 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 3.18 | 71 | 83 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 178.1 | 174 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1915 | PIT | F | 41 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 2.51 | 127 | 90 | 79 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 283.1 | 230 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 1916 | BOS | N | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2.07 | 63 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 113 | 102 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1917 | BOS | N | 29 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 3.94 | 56 | 61 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 124 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Total | NL | 138 | 89 | 26 | 54 | 3.08 | 327 | 317 | 233 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 680 | 654 | 17 | 273 | 0 | 16 | 24 | |
| Total | FL | 42 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 2.57 | 130 | 94 | 83 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 290.1 | 239 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 7 | 11 | |
| Total | 180 | 127 | 50 | 67 | 2.93 | 457 | 411 | 316 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 970.1 | 893 | 26 | 373 | 0 | 23 | 35 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | BRO | N | P | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1913 | BRO | N | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .900 |
| 1914 | PIT | F | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1914 | BRO | N | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .935 |
| 1914 | Total | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 | |
| 1915 | PIT | F | P | 41 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 80 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1916 | BOS | N | P | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1917 | BOS | N | P | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| Total | P | 180 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 226 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .935 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | BRO | N | 20 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .231 | .389 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | BRO | N | 34 | 51 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .137 | .185 | .235 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | PIT | F | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .667 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | BRO | N | 37 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .128 | .212 | .234 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | Total | 38 | 49 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .143 | .236 | .265 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1915 | PIT | F | 41 | 89 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .079 | .163 | .135 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | BOS | N | 19 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | .206 | .357 | .265 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | BOS | N | 29 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .172 | .333 | .172 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 139 | 197 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 21 | .157 | .256 | .259 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 82 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | FL | 42 | 91 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .088 | .178 | .154 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 181 | 288 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 25 | .135 | .231 | .226 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 126 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Pittsburg Rebels to Boston Braves with Elmer Knetzer (February 10, 1916).
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