Bob
Allison
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 11, 1934 in Usa, MO, RAYTOWN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1961   
All-Star Selections 1961   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 23 STL NL     5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1959 24 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
1960 25 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1961 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1962 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1963 28 BRK NL $ 1,864,286   5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5
1964 29 SDP NL $ 2,550,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1965 30 SDP NL $ 2,550,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1966 31 SDP NL $ 1,950,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1967 32 SDP NL $ 1,950,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
1968 33 SDP NL $ 1,950,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
1969 34 SDP NL $ 1,950,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 4 4
1970 35 STL NL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 3 3 3
1971 36 SDP NL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 3 3 3
1972 37 SDP NL $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,550,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5
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
1958 23 AA   137 475 101 133 16 3 50 119 8 7 89 110 .280 .394 .642 1.036 115.3  
1959 24 STL NL 79 283 44 70 16 0 16 41 11 1 50 76 .247 .359 .473 .833 50.9 9.0
    AAA   54 208 42 60 7 0 22 50 5 2 27 52 .288 .370 .639 1.010 47.5  
1960 25 STL NL 103 328 48 66 15 0 10 37 10 4 62 110 .201 .329 .338 .667 40.9 5.7
    AAA   31 135 36 47 9 1 19 36 4 1 15 29 .348 .413 .852 1.265 40.9  
1961 26 BRK NL 159 540 87 127 24 6 27 101 4 2 78 153 .235 .330 .452 .782 82.9 13.2
1962 27 BRK NL 147 506 72 106 25 9 22 87 8 3 68 140 .209 .310 .425 .735 71.8 11.5
1963 28 BRK NL 152 523 76 130 26 8 22 81 21 6 65 135 .249 .331 .455 .786 80.0 15.1
1964 29 SDP NL 143 382 53 88 21 1 17 60 9 4 61 94 .230 .334 .424 .758 55.9 9.2
1965 30 SDP NL 154 525 70 115 29 4 23 86 3 2 64 134 .219 .304 .421 .724 67.3 11.9
1966 31 SDP NL 137 384 56 92 20 4 16 40 4 4 47 106 .240 .323 .438 .760 47.9 8.1
1967 32 SDP NL 125 399 42 76 12 4 10 48 2 0 52 100 .190 .286 .316 .602 38.2 3.7
1968 33 SDP NL 109 222 36 47 12 0 9 39 0 0 34 42 .212 .317 .387 .704 30.6 6.1
1969 34 SDP NL 76 176 22 32 6 0 5 18 1 0 30 59 .182 .300 .301 .601 20.5 2.3
1970 35 STL NL 58 171 25 46 6 0 7 19 2 0 22 41 .269 .351 .427 .777 26.1 5.0
1971 36 SDP NL 65 105 4 18 1 0 2 8 1 0 16 22 .171 .281 .238 .519 7.7 0.0
1972 37 SDP NL 26 21 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .333 .364 .381 .745 2.8 0.6
14 Years Sim 1533 4565 636 1020 214 36 186 667 76 26 650 1217 .223 .321 .408 .729 623.5 101.2
2 Years AAA 85 343 78 107 16 1 41 86 9 3 42 81 .312 .390 .723 1.113 88.4  
1 Years AA 137 475 101 133 16 3 50 119 8 7 89 110 .280 .393 .642 1.035 115.3  
3 Years Minors 222 818 179 240 32 4 91 205 17 10 131 191 .293 .392 .676 1.068 203.7  
162 Game Average 482 67 107 22 3 19 70 8 2 68 128 .223 .321 .408 .729 65.9  
Career Highs 159 540 87 130 29 9 27 101 21 6 78 153 .333 .364 .473 .833 82.9  
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   2561 345 556 113 21 94 360 50 18 347 675 .217 .310 .388 .698 331.3
vs LH   2004 291 464 101 15 92 307 26 8 303 542 .232 .334 .435 .769 306.1
Home 770 2282 334 520 105 16 101 353 38 11 334 616 .228 .326 .421 .747 334.4
Away 763 2283 302 500 109 20 85 314 38 15 316 601 .219 .315 .396 .711 303.0
RISP   1145 0 264 56 13 43 446 0 0 183 286 .231 .330 .415 .745 169.4
Pinch Hitting   191 23 45 6 0 8 33 2 1 31 39 .236 .338 .393 .730 27.9
Close/Late   666 76 150 25 3 25 80 0 0 103 183 .225 .330 .384 .715 91.1
Mar/Apr 248 719 102 162 27 6 26 92 7 4 107 208 .225 .327 .388 .715 97.5
May 253 757 107 167 36 5 24 105 15 6 95 200 .221 .308 .376 .685 93.1
June 250 774 114 170 39 7 24 106 12 5 125 198 .220 .328 .381 .709 105.0
July 261 786 111 177 35 4 43 136 13 4 122 206 .225 .329 .444 .773 122.9
August 257 778 95 183 39 7 31 114 19 3 90 185 .235 .316 .423 .739 108.9
Sep/Oct 264 751 107 161 38 7 38 114 10 4 111 220 .214 .315 .435 .751 110.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 24 STL NL LF 75 72 645.0 122 2 7 0 .947 1.73   0.9
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1960 25 STL NL SS 87 83 740.3 117 274 7 55 .982 4.75   2.6
    CF 4 4 34.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.91   0.1
    1B 5 0 12.0 13 3 0 3 1.000 12.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 26 BRK NL LF 148 145 1281.3 294 8 11 1 .965 2.12   4.6
    CF 2 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    SS 3 0 6.3 1 4 0 1 1.000 7.11   0.1
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
    RF 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 27 BRK NL LF 116 115 1031.0 252 4 5 0 .981 2.23   1.8
    RF 18 18 156.3 35 0 2 0 .946 2.01    
    1B 6 5 42.3 56 4 0 3 1.000 12.76   0.1
    SS 4 0 12.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 28 BRK NL LF 144 137 1223.3 255 6 11 4 .960 1.92   3.0
    RF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    SS 3 0 7.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 7.71   0.1
1964 29 SDP NL 1B 42 39 327.0 381 32 3 28 .993 11.37   1.0
    RF 31 25 223.0 53 0 2 0 .964 2.14   1.2
    SS 37 14 190.0 33 87 0 13 1.000 5.68   1.2
    LF 21 10 112.0 23 1 2 0 .923 1.93    
    CF 12 6 62.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 3.48    
1965 30 SDP NL RF 118 116 1022.3 203 1 16 0 .927 1.80   1.7
    LF 31 28 239.0 44 0 1 0 .978 1.66    
    SS 7 0 13.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.54   0.1
    CF 3 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 2 0 5.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 19.80   0.0
1966 31 SDP NL RF 69 67 592.0 114 1 2 0 .983 1.75   1.4
    1B 23 18 157.0 176 12 4 16 .979 10.78   0.3
    SS 19 2 52.3 3 12 2 2 .882 2.58   0.1
    LF 14 1 41.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.63    
    CF 2 2 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1967 32 SDP NL RF 63 51 482.7 76 2 6 0 .929 1.45   0.9
    1B 53 51 384.7 466 25 4 34 .992 11.49   0.9
    CF 6 5 44.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.45    
    LF 10 0 24.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    SS 9 0 18.0 2 9 1 2 .917 5.50   0.1
1968 33 SDP NL 1B 42 42 346.0 376 25 3 31 .993 10.43   0.7
    SS 28 5 86.3 12 34 0 5 1.000 4.80   0.5
    CF 4 3 27.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.33   0.1
    LF 3 3 22.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.86    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 34 SDP NL 1B 33 32 267.0 312 30 0 41 1.000 11.53   0.5
    SS 26 5 84.7 14 36 4 7 .926 5.32   0.2
    LF 9 3 37.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.46   0.0
    RF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 35 STL NL 1B 30 25 234.0 286 14 4 36 .987 11.54   0.3
    CF 16 10 86.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.2
    SS 6 4 36.3 12 15 1 4 .964 6.69   0.2
    LF 4 3 25.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.08    
    RF 2 2 16.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56    
1971 36 SDP NL SS 36 14 165.3 25 79 2 13 .981 5.66   0.9
    LF 11 4 44.3 4 0 1 0 .800 0.81   0.1
    1B 10 2 24.0 30 1 1 6 .969 11.63   0.0
    RF 4 2 24.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    CF 5 1 22.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
1972 37 SDP NL 1B 11 3 38.7 37 2 2 2 .951 9.08   0.0
    LF 7 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
    CF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 5 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
  LF 594 521 4741.0 1026 21 40 5 .963 1.99   10.4
  RF 321 281 2548.7 493 4 28 0 .947 1.76   5.1
  1B 259 217 1845.7 2154 148 21 200 .991 11.23   4.0
  SS 265 127 1411.6 222 566 17 103 .979 5.02   6.0
  CF 60 33 337.3 88 1 2 0 .978 2.37   0.4
Career Totals   1499 1179 10884.3 3983 740 108 308 .978 3.91   26.0
Career Highs   161 147 1312.0 558 277 17 58 .991 9.01    
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
1964 29 SDP NL 5 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .188 .176 .188 .364
1965 30 SDP NL 5 21 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 .190 .261 .429 .689
1966 31 SDP NL 12 45 4 8 0 0 2 5 0 0 5 10 .178 .260 .311 .571
1967 32 SDP NL 7 23 3 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 6 .174 .269 .391 .661
1968 33 SDP NL 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Career Post-Season Batting 34 109 11 21 5 0 4 12 0 0 9 32 .193 .258 .349 .607
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1961-1-159
Doubles
1963-10-26
1965-10-29
Triples
1961-3-6
1962-1-9
1963-1-8
RBIs
1961-9-101
1962-9-87
1965-10-86
Stolen Bases
1959-5-11
1960-6-10
1962-5-8
1963-6-21
Caught Stealing
1960-6-4
1962-6-3
1963-10-6
Walks
1961-5-78
1962-10-68
Strikeouts
1961-4-153
1962-3-140
1963-4-135
1965-2-134
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Ron Kittle (902)
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  8. Don Baylor (895)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1958
Injured on 3/5/1959 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 8 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/4/1959, off Don Mossi (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 7/4/1959, off Don Gross (MON)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 8/9/1959
Traded from St. Louis to Brooklyn on 3/3/1961 (Going to BRK: RF Bob Allison, 3B Tom Upton. Going to STL: P Bob Purkey)
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1961
Injured on 3/30/1962 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1963, hitting .421 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 2/21/1964 (Going to SDP: CF Bob Allison, RF George Alusik, SS Don Buddin, P Seth Morehead. Going to BRK: 3B Woody Woodward, P Ryne Duren)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/24/1965
9/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,950,000 per year, for 4 years
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/8/1970 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Traded from St. Louis to San Diego on 2/7/1971 (Going to SDP: RF Bob Allison. Going to STL: P Jim Weaver)