Johnny Allen (baseball)

Johnny Allen (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Johnny Allen
position=Pitcher
birthdate= September 30, 1904
city-state|Lenoir|North Carolina
deathdate=death date and age|1959|3|29|1904|9|30
city-state|St. Petersburg|Florida
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=April 19
debutyear=1932
debutteam=New York Yankees
finaldate=September 26
finalyear=1944
finalteam=New York Giants
stat1label=Record
stat1value=142-75
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=3.75
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=1070
teams=
*New York Yankees (by|1932-by|1935)
*Cleveland Indians (by|1936-by|1940)
*St. Louis Browns (by|1941)
*Brooklyn Dodgers (by|1941-by|1943)
*New York Giants (by|1943-by|1944)
highlights=
*1932 World Series Champion
*1937 Sporting News Major League Player of the Year
*1938 American League All-Star

John Thomas Allen (September 30 1904 - March 29 1959) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York Giants.

Born in Lenoir, North Carolina, Allen reached the Yankees in an unusual way. While working as a bellhop in a hotel, he was told to take some fans to the room of Yankee scout Paul Krichell. Allen told Krichell that he was a pitcher, and the scout arranged a tryout. Allen was an immediate success for the Yankees, debuting in by|1932 with a 17-4 record and a 3.70 ERA for the world champions. He was less stellar in that year's World Series, starting Game 4 and leaving after giving up three runs off five hits in just two-thirds of an inning. He continued to post decent records for the Yankees, but a sore arm and his constant demands for more money threatened his career. For these reasons, he was dealt to the Indians before the by|1936 season.

Allen turned things around in Cleveland, going 20-10 with a 3.44 ERA in 1936 and following that up by winning his first fifteen decisions of by|1937, one short of the record held by Walter Johnson. He lost his next start 1-0 on an unearned run, but his 15-1 mark that year set a winning percentage record that lasted until Roy Face bettered it with an 18-1 record in by|1959. In by|1938, he won his first twelve decisions and made his only All-Star team. During the All-Star break, he suffered an unknown injury, some claim he slipped on a bar of soap in the shower, and never did approach his earlier success again, finally retiring in by|1944 after six mediocre campaigns. He became a minor league umpire after retiring, eventually becoming the umpire-in-chief of the Carolina League. He died at age 54 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins

External links

* [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Allen.Johnny.Obit.html The Deadball Era]


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