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Johnny
Allen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 30, 1905 in Usa, NC, LENOIR
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1932   
All-Star Selections 1934   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1932 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 7 9 8 5 6 6 7 7 7
1933 27 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 7 9 8 5 6 6 6 7 6
1934 28 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 7 9 8 5 6 6 6 7 7
1935 29 PIT NL $ 4,100,000 9 7 8 8 5 6 5 5 5 5
1936 30 PIT NL $ 4,100,000 9 7 8 8 4 5 5 4 5 5
1937 31 DET AL $ 2,500,000 9 7 9 8 4 5 5 4 5 5
1938 32 MIN AL $ 2,500,000 9 7 8 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
1939 33 SDP NL $ 4,899,999 9 6 8 7 5 5 5 4 5 5
1940 34 SDP NL   8 7 8 7 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 6 8 7 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,899,999 9 7 9 8 5 6 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1932 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1933 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1934 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1935 29 PIT NL $ 4,100,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1936 30 PIT NL $ 4,100,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1937 31 DET AL $ 2,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1938 32 MIN AL $ 2,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1939 33 SDP NL $ 4,899,999   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1940 34 SDP NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,899,999   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1932 26 PIT NL 17 13 .567 42 42 14 0 0 318.7 357 159 13 103 121 4.49 .282 .335 .377 .712 17.0
1933 27 PIT NL 11 8 .579 23 23 10 2 0 190.7 173 78 12 72 82 3.68 .244 .313 .354 .667 12.2
1934 28 PIT NL 19 17 .528 42 42 19 0 0 343.7 324 141 25 133 150 3.69 .247 .318 .363 .681 25.7
1935 29 PIT NL 13 14 .481 35 35 11 2 0 274.0 285 120 18 109 139 3.94 .268 .336 .381 .717 16.2
1936 30 PIT NL 10 23 .303 43 43 11 1 0 339.0 355 166 24 143 174 4.41 .270 .342 .386 .729 19.7
1937 31 PIT NL 10 13 .435 26 26 6 0 0 197.7 205 95 15 72 94 4.33 .269 .331 .388 .719 10.5
  DET AL 3 4 .429 9 9 2 0 0 63.7 83 37 6 31 40 5.23 .316 .386 .452 .839 0.6
  TOT   13 17 .433 35 35 8 0 0 261.3 288 132 21 103 134 4.55 .281 .346 .404 .750 11.2
1938 32 MIN AL 15 8 .652 31 31 10 0 0 242.3 245 100 14 96 112 3.71 .263 .331 .366 .698 17.7
1939 33 SDP NL 8 2 .800 43 0 0 0 11 52.3 32 7 4 16 20 1.20 .185 .253 .283 .536 12.9
1940 34 SDP NL 6 3 .667 26 2 1 0 2 44.7 54 24 3 17 18 4.84 .302 .360 .397 .757 2.6
9 Years Sim 112 105 .516 320 253 84 5 13 2066.6 2113 927 134 792 950 4.04 .265 .331 .375 .707 135.2
Season Average 12 11 .522 35 28 9 0 1 229.6 234 103 14 88 105 4.04 .265 .331 .375 .707  
Career Highs 19 23 .800 43 43 19 2 11 343.7 357 166 25 143 174 4.84 .302 .360 .404 .757  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   930 445 65 315 555   .239 .296 .344 .640
vs LH   1183 482 69 477 395   .290 .364 .406 .770
Home 58 55 .513 163 130 41 3 3 1078.6 1081 482 74 427 487 4.02 .262 .331 .376 .707
Away 54 50 .519 157 123 43 2 10 988.0 1032 445 60 365 463 4.05 .268 .332 .375 .707
Mar/Apr 23 18 .561 57 46 16 0 1 384.6 400 176 20 151 171 4.12 .268 .336 .373 .709
May 23 23 .500 66 48 20 2 4 408.0 420 187 25 154 199 4.13 .267 .333 .386 .719
June 16 22 .421 57 47 12 0 5 372.6 392 173 26 137 175 4.18 .268 .330 .383 .713
July 17 18 .486 49 41 12 1 0 317.6 329 160 28 124 149 4.53 .266 .333 .380 .713
August 18 12 .600 52 40 13 1 3 326.6 320 131 20 116 140 3.61 .256 .320 .369 .689
Sep/Oct 15 12 .556 39 31 16 1 0 257.0 252 100 15 110 116 3.50 .262 .337 .352 .689
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1932 26 PIT NL 42 97 6 18 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 22 .186 .202 .186 .388 3.2 0.0
1933 27 PIT NL 23 71 1 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .169 .169 .169 .338 0.9 0.0
1934 28 PIT NL 42 107 9 14 3 0 1 8 0 1 4 28 .131 .162 .187 .349 0.6 0.0
1935 29 PIT NL 35 87 5 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 24 .080 .089 .092 .181 -2.1 0.0
1936 30 PIT NL 43 111 12 27 1 0 0 10 0 0 1 27 .243 .246 .252 .498 7.2 0.0
1937 31 PIT NL 26 69 7 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21 .145 .157 .145 .302 0.0 0.0
  DET AL 9 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.1 0.0
  TOT   35 92 7 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 27 .109 .118 .109 .227 -2.1 0.0
1938 32 MIN AL 31 79 9 14 2 1 0 5 0 0 2 22 .177 .195 .228 .423 3.1 0.0
1939 33 SDP NL 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1940 34 SDP NL 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
9 Years Sim 320 650 49 102 7 1 1 38 0 1 11 171 .157 .170 .175 .345 10.5 0.0
162 Game Average 329 24 51 3 0 0 19 0 0 5 86 .157 .170 .175 .345 5.3  
Career Highs 43 111 12 27 3 1 1 10 0 1 4 28 .243 .246 .252 .498 7.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   458 34 80 6 1 1 29 0 1 6 122 .175 .183 .199 .382 8.2
vs LH   192 15 22 1 0 0 9 0 0 5 49 .115 .137 .120 .257 -3.4
Home 163 314 22 50 4 1 0 15 0 1 3 80 .159 .166 .178 .344 1.8
Away 145 336 27 52 3 0 1 23 0 0 8 91 .155 .173 .173 .346 3.1
RISP   176 0 26 2 1 1 37 0 0 4 46 .148 .162 .188 .350 1.9
Close/Late   62 3 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 16 .161 .200 .177 .377 1.2
Mar/Apr 46 124 9 26 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 35 .210 .208 .218 .426 3.8
May 57 130 12 20 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 32 .154 .173 .192 .365 1.8
June 55 120 14 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 32 .158 .177 .175 .352 1.3
July 41 95 3 16 1 1 0 9 0 1 2 27 .168 .184 .200 .384 1.5
August 48 102 8 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 25 .108 .123 .108 .230 -2.6
Sep/Oct 31 79 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 20 .127 .138 .139 .277 -1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1932 26 PIT NL P 42 42 318.7 27 78 6 5 .946 2.97    
1933 27 PIT NL P 23 23 190.7 12 43 0 4 1.000 2.60    
1934 28 PIT NL P 42 42 343.7 30 89 4 10 .967 3.12    
1935 29 PIT NL P 35 35 274.0 16 60 1 4 .987 2.50    
1936 30 PIT NL P 43 43 339.0 23 72 6 4 .941 2.52    
1937 31 PIT NL P 26 26 197.7 15 42 3 5 .950 2.60    
  DET AL P 9 9 63.7 5 14 1 1 .950 2.69    
  TOT   P 35 35 261.3 20 56 4 6 .950 2.62    
1938 32 MIN AL P 31 31 242.3 11 70 3 4 .964 3.01    
1939 33 SDP NL P 43 0 52.3 0 11 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1940 34 SDP NL P 26 2 44.7 3 16 0 2 1.000 3.83    
Career Totals   320 253 2066.6 142 495 24 39 .964 2.77    
Career Highs   43 43 343.7 30 89 6 10 1.000 3.83    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1932 26 PIT NL 4 3 .571 7 7 3 0 0 48.0 54 27 3 19 14 5.06 .281 .346 .406 .752
1933 27 PIT NL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 11 3 0 3 5 1.59 .186 .226 .186 .412
1934 28 PIT NL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 23 14 1 4 4 8.79 .365 .403 .524 .927
1939 33 SDP NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 1 0 1 1 5.42 .444 .500 .444 .944
1940 34 SDP NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 0 0 1 9.00 .500 .500 .875 1.375
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 8 .333 15 11 5 0 0 83.0 96 47 4 27 25 5.10 .290 .344 .402 .745
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 26 PIT NL 7 15 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .400 .412 .467 .878
1933 27 PIT NL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
1934 28 PIT NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 11 22 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .273 .320 .318 .638
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1933-8-3.68
1934-4-3.69
1938-8-3.71
 Wins
1932-7-17
1934-4-19
 Losses
1934-4-17
1936-2-23
 Winning Pct
1932-10-.567
1933-8-.579
1938-7-.652
 Saves
1939-6-11
 Games Started
1932-1-42
1934-1-42
1936-6-43
Complete Games
1932-10-14
1934-4-19
 Shutouts
1933-2-2
1935-4-2
1936-9-1
 Innings Pitched
1932-9-318.7
1934-2-343.7
1936-3-339.0
 Hits Allowed
1932-8-357
1936-8-355
 Homeruns Allowed
1934-4-25
1936-5-24
 Strikeouts
1932-8-121
1934-5-150
1935-6-139
1936-3-174
Walks Allowed
1932-7-103
1934-2-133
1935-7-109
1936-2-143
 Hits per 9IP
1933-3-8.2
1934-4-8.5
1935-9-9.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1934-10-3.9
1935-4-4.6
1936-5-4.6
1937-8-4.3
 WHiP
1933-5-1.29
1934-7-1.33
 OAVG
1933-3-.244
1934-4-.247
1935-9-.268
 OOBP
1933-8-.313
1934-7-.318
OSLG
1932-6-.377
1933-5-.354
1934-4-.363
1935-10-.381
 OOPS
1933-5-.667
1934-4-.681
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 81    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Dennis Lamp (972)
  2. Tom Johnson (959)
  3. Jack Billingham (957)
  4. Dennis Leonard (950)
  5. Steve Rogers (946)
  6. Bryn Smith (945)
  7. Scott Sanderson (945)
  8. Garland Braxton (944)
  9. Bill Gogolewski (942)
  10. Jumbo Elliott (942)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Garland Braxton (994)
  2. Bill Zuber (993)
  3. Bill Lee (992)
  4. George Pipgras (991)
  5. Walter Beall (991)
  6. Bill Lohrman (989)
  7. Tex Clevenger (988)
  8. Joe Bonikowski (988)
  9. Virgil Jester (987)
  10. Jakie May (986)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1932
Had first career hit on 4/6/1932, off Dizzy Dean (ATL)
Earned first career win on 4/22/1932
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1932
Injured on 6/28/1933 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1934, going 6-0, 2.47
Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1934, off Cy Blanton (TAM)
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,100,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/23/1935 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1935, going 4-1, 3.02
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,100,000 through salary arbitration
8/16/1936: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 7/31/1937 (Going to PIT: RF Babe Herman, 1B Joe Kuhel. Going to DET: CF Johnny Frederick, P Johnny Allen)
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/1/1938 (Going to MIN: 1B Lou Gehrig, P Johnny Allen, C Spud Davis. Going to DET: 2B John Mihalic, P Clyde Shoun)
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/11/1939 to a 2-year deal worth $4,899,999 per year
Won World Series with San Diego in 1940
Released by San Diego on 10/17/1940
 
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