Johnny Allen | Major Leaguer 1932-1944

Full Name: John Thomas Allen
Born: September 30,1905 in Lenoir, North Carolina
Death: March 29,1959
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Dec 11,1935] - Traded by Yankees to Indians for Steve Sundra and Monte Pearson. [Dec 24,1940] - Purchased by Browns from Indians. [Jul 30,1941] - Claimed on waivers by Dodgers from Browns. [Dec 12,1942] - Traded by Dodgers with Cash to Phillies for Rube Melton. [Apr 22,1943] - Purchased by Dodgers from Phillies. [Jul 31,1943] - Traded by Dodgers with Dolph Camilli to Giants for Joe Orengo, Bill Sayles and Bill Lohrman. [Apr 27,1945] - Released by Giants.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1932	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	17	4	3.70	33	21	13	3	6	4	192.0	162	86	79	10	76	109	5	1	7.59	0.47	3.56	5.11	1.24	--
1933	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	15	7	4.39	25	24	10	1	1	1	184.2	171	96	90	9	87	119	10	0	8.33	0.44	4.24	5.80	1.40	--
1934	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	5	2	2.89	13	10	4	0	2	0	71.2	62	30	23	3	32	54	5	0	7.79	0.38	4.02	6.78	1.31	--
1935	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	13	6	3.61	23	23	12	2	0	0	167.0	149	76	67	11	58	113	3	0	8.03	0.59	3.13	6.09	1.24	--
1936	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	20	10	3.44	36	31	19	4	4	1	243.0	234	108	93	5	97	165	13	0	8.67	0.19	3.59	6.11	1.36	--
1937	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	15	1	2.55	24	20	14	0	4	0	173.0	157	55	49	4	60	87	2	0	8.17	0.21	3.12	4.53	1.25	--
1938	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	14	8	4.19	30	27	13	0	3	0	200.0	189	107	93	15	81	112	7	0	8.51	0.68	3.65	5.04	1.35	--
1939	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	9	7	4.58	28	26	9	2	2	0	175.0	199	96	89	9	56	79	5	2	10.23	0.46	2.88	4.06	1.46	--
1940	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	9	8	3.44	32	17	5	3	12	5	138.2	126	61	53	3	48	62	0	0	8.18	0.19	3.12	4.02	1.25	--
1941	St. Louis	AL	35	Stb	MLB	2	5	6.58	20	9	2	0	6	1	67.0	89	53	49	4	29	27	8	1	11.96	0.54	3.90	3.63	1.76	--
	Brooklyn	NL	35	Brk	MLB	3	0	2.51	11	4	1	0	2	0	57.1	38	18	16	6	12	21	0	0	5.97	0.94	1.88	3.30	0.87	--
1942	Brooklyn	NL	36	Brk	MLB	10	6	3.20	27	15	5	1	9	3	118.0	106	53	42	11	39	50	1	0	8.08	0.84	2.97	3.81	1.23	--
1943	NY Giants	NL	37	Nyg	MLB	1	3	3.07	15	0	0	0	10	2	41.0	37	16	14	4	14	24	4	0	8.12	0.88	3.07	5.27	1.24	--
	Brooklyn	NL	37	Brk	MLB	5	1	4.26	17	1	0	0	4	1	38.0	42	21	18	3	25	15	2	1	9.95	0.71	5.92	3.55	1.76	--
1944	NY Giants	NL	38	Nyg	MLB	4	7	4.07	18	13	2	1	3	0	84.0	88	48	38	7	24	33	3	0	9.43	0.75	2.57	3.54	1.33	--

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)						142	75	3.75	352	241	109	17	68	18	1,950.1	1849	924	813	104	738	1070	68	5	8.53	0.48	3.41	4.94	1.33	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1932	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	p		33	73	5	9	2	1	1	5	0	0	4	22	0		3			.123	*.177	.219	*396	--
1933	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	p		25	72	7	13	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	16	0		2			.181	*.231	.222	*453	--
1934	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	p		13	26	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	0		2			.192	*.305	.192	*497	--
1935	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	p		23	67	12	15	1	0	1	12	0	0	3	13	0		3			.224	*.263	.284	*547	--
1936	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	p		37	87	12	14	0	0	0	10	0	0	6	18	0		8			.161	*.222	.161	*383	--
1937	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	p		24	67	5	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	15	0		4			.090	*.113	.090	*203	--
1938	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	p		30	79	12	20	2	1	1	14	1	0	3	14	0		3			.253	*.286	.342	*628	--
1939	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	p		34	71	10	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	11	0		2		2	.225	*.263	.254	*517	--
1940	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	p		32	48	3	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	9	0		0		1	.208	*.232	.271	*503	--
1941	St. Louis	AL	35	Stb	MLB			20	22	6	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	0		1		2	.136	*.182	.273	*455	--
	Brooklyn	NL	35	Brk	MLB	p		11	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	0		1		0	.050	*.061	.050	*111	--
1942	Brooklyn	NL	36	Brk	MLB	p		27	39	3	7	0	0	0	2	0		1	11	0		4		2	.179	*.208	.179	*387	--
1943	NY Giants	NL	37	Nyg	MLB	p		15	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	0		1		0	.000	*.012	.000	*12	--
	Brooklyn	NL	37	Brk	MLB	p		17	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		2	0	0		2		0	.429	*.556	.571	*1127	--
1944	NY Giants	NL	38	Nyg	MLB	p		24	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	9	0		0		1	.083	*.094	.083	*177	--

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)								365	716	82	124	12	3	4	64	1		33	155	0		36			.173	*.217	.215	*432	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1932	NY Yankees	AL	26		Ws	0	0	40.91	1		0			0	0.2	5		3		0	0			68.18	---	0.00	0.00	7.58	--
1941	Brooklyn	NL	35		Ws	0	0	0.00	3		0			0	3.2	1		0		3	0			2.46	---	7.38	0.00	1.09	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						0	0	6.23	4		0			0	4.1	6		3		3	0			12.46	---	6.23	0.00	2.08	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1932	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	Ws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1941	Brooklyn	NL	35	Brk	Ws	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1932	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	P	33		192	8	31	5	44	2	-	-	-	.886	1.83

1933	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	P	25		184.2	10	29	1	40	0	-	-	-	.975	1.90

1934	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	P	13		71.2	1	12	0	13	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.63

1935	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	P	23		167	9	33	1	43	1	-	-	-	.977	2.26

1936	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	P	36		243	9	50	2	61	1	-	-	-	.967	2.19

1937	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	P	24		173	7	37	1	45	1	-	-	-	.978	2.29

1938	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	P	30		200	14	43	2	59	3	-	-	-	.966	2.57

1939	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	P	28		175	17	36	5	58	7	-	-	-	.914	2.73

1940	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	P	32		138.2	8	21	0	29	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.88

1941	Brooklyn	NL	35	Brk	MLB	P	11		57.1	2	11	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.04
1941	St. Louis	AL	35	Stb	MLB	P	20		67	3	12	2	17	1	-	-	-	.882	2.01

1942	Brooklyn	NL	36	Brk	MLB	P	27		118	3	25	0	28	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.14

1943	Brooklyn	NL	37	Brk	MLB	P	17		38	7	5	2	14	0	-	-	-	.857	2.84
1943	NY Giants	NL	37	Nyg	MLB	P	15		41	0	13	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.85

1944	NY Giants	NL	38	Nyg	MLB	P	18		84	6	8	0	14	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.50

Awards

[1932] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #14) [1935] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #18) [1937] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #13) [1938] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #28), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1955] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (1 votes - 0.4%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News in 1937...Played in 1 all-star game during his career (1938)...Member of the World Series Champion New York Yankees in 1932.

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