Johnny Allen
[edit] Biography
Born on September 30, 1904 in Lenoir, North Carolina, Johnny Allen (John Thomas Allen) played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants over the course of his 13 year career. Allen broke into the bigs on April 19, 1932 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.70 ERA in 192 innings pitched in 1932, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Johnny Allen's best season was 1936, when he posted a 3.44 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 165 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1932
| NY
| A
| 33
| 21
| 17
| 4
| 3.70
| 109
| 86
| 79
| 13
| 3
| 4
| 192
| 162
| 10
| 76
| 0
| 5
| 5
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| 25
| 24
| 15
| 7
| 4.39
| 119
| 96
| 90
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 184.2
| 171
| 9
| 87
| 0
| 10
| 4
|
| 1934
| NY
| A
| 13
| 10
| 5
| 2
| 2.89
| 54
| 30
| 23
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 71.2
| 62
| 3
| 32
| 0
| 5
| 2
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| 23
| 23
| 13
| 6
| 3.61
| 113
| 76
| 67
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 167
| 149
| 11
| 58
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| 36
| 31
| 20
| 10
| 3.44
| 165
| 108
| 93
| 19
| 4
| 1
| 243
| 234
| 5
| 97
| 0
| 13
| 1
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 24
| 20
| 15
| 1
| 2.55
| 87
| 55
| 49
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 173
| 157
| 4
| 60
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 27
| 14
| 8
| 4.18
| 112
| 107
| 93
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 200
| 189
| 15
| 81
| 0
| 7
| 3
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| 28
| 26
| 9
| 7
| 4.58
| 79
| 96
| 89
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 175
| 199
| 9
| 56
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| 32
| 17
| 9
| 8
| 3.44
| 62
| 61
| 53
| 5
| 3
| 5
| 138.2
| 126
| 3
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 20
| 9
| 2
| 5
| 6.58
| 27
| 53
| 49
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 67
| 89
| 4
| 29
| 0
| 8
| 2
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 11
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2.51
| 21
| 18
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 57.1
| 38
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| Total
|
| 31
| 13
| 5
| 5
| 4.71
| 48
| 71
| 65
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 124.1
| 127
| 10
| 41
| 0
| 8
| 2
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 27
| 15
| 10
| 6
| 3.20
| 50
| 53
| 42
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 118
| 106
| 11
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1943
| NY
| N
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3.07
| 24
| 16
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 41
| 37
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 17
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 4.26
| 15
| 21
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 38
| 42
| 3
| 25
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1943
| TOT
| N
| 32
| 1
| 6
| 4
| 3.65
| 39
| 37
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 79
| 79
| 7
| 39
| 0
| 6
| 2
|
| 1944
| NY
| N
| 18
| 13
| 4
| 7
| 4.07
| 33
| 48
| 38
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 84
| 88
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 88
| 33
| 23
| 17
| 3.40
| 143
| 156
| 128
| 8
| 2
| 6
| 338.1
| 311
| 31
| 114
| 0
| 10
| 6
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 264
| 208
| 119
| 58
| 3.82
| 927
| 768
| 685
| 101
| 15
| 12
| 1612
| 1538
| 73
| 624
| 0
| 58
| 32
|
| Total
|
|
| 352
| 241
| 142
| 75
| 3.75
| 1070
| 924
| 813
| 109
| 17
| 18
| 1950.1
| 1849
| 104
| 738
| 0
| 68
| 38
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1932
| NY
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 31
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .886
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1934
| NY
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 50
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 37
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 43
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 36
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| Total
|
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 23
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 25
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| NY
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1943
| TOT
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1944
| NY
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 352
| 0
| 0
| 104
| 366
| 21
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1932
| NY
| A
| 33
| 73
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 5
| .123
| .169
| .219
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| 25
| 72
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 3
| .181
| .224
| .222
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| NY
| A
| 13
| 26
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .192
| .300
| .192
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| 23
| 67
| 12
| 15
| 1
| 12
| .224
| .257
| .284
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| 37
| 87
| 12
| 14
| 0
| 10
| .161
| .215
| .161
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 18
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 24
| 67
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 6
| .090
| .103
| .090
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 79
| 12
| 20
| 1
| 14
| .253
| .280
| .342
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| 34
| 71
| 10
| 16
| 0
| 3
| .225
| .257
| .254
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| 32
| 48
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .208
| .224
| .271
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 20
| 22
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 4
| .136
| .174
| .273
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 11
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .050
| .050
| .050
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| Total
|
| 31
| 42
| 6
| 4
| 1
| 4
| .095
| .116
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 27
| 39
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .179
| .200
| .179
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1943
| NY
| N
| 15
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 17
| 7
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .429
| .556
| .571
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| TOT
| N
| 32
| 21
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .217
| .190
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| NY
| N
| 24
| 24
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .083
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 94
| 104
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 3
| .125
| .150
| .135
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 28
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 271
| 612
| 74
| 111
| 4
| 61
| .181
| .220
| .229
| 11
| 3
| 30
| 127
| 0
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 365
| 716
| 82
| 124
| 4
| 64
| .173
| .210
| .215
| 12
| 3
| 33
| 155
| 0
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 8
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Yankees to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Monte Pearson and Steve Sundra (December 11, 1935).
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to St. Louis Browns for $20000 (December 24, 1940).
- Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Dodgers from St. Louis Browns (July 30, 1941).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with $30000 to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Rube Melton (December 12, 1942).
- Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Brooklyn Dodgers (April 22, 1943).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Dolph Camilli to New York Giants in exchange for Bill Lohrman, Bill Sayles and Joe Orengo (July 31, 1943).
- Released by New York Giants (April 27, 1945).
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