- 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
*1937Sporting News Major League Player of the Year
*1938American League All-StarJohn Thomas Allen (
September 30 1904 -March 29 1959 ) was an Americanpitcher inMajor League Baseball for theNew 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 abellhop 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 untilRoy 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 theCarolina League . He died at age 54 inSt. Petersburg, Florida .ee also
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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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