Johnny Allen

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1932-1944)

Johnny Allen was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1932 to 1944 for 5 teams, including the New York Yankees, a span of 13 seasons. Across 352 career appearances, he went 142-75 with a 3.75 ERA and 1,070 strikeouts. He also batted .173 with 4 home runs. Johnny Allen was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 16387.7.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 142–75
ERA 3.75
WHIP 1.33
SO 1,070
Pitcher PIV 16387.7
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'0" / 180 lb
Born
9/30/1904 in Lenoir, NC, USA
Died
3/29/1959 in St. Petersburg, FL, USA
MLB Debut
1932-04-19
Last Game
1944-09-26
Awards
All-Star

Full name: John Thomas Allen

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Career Pitching Statistics

Johnny Allen — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
142 75 352 241 109 17 18 1950.1 1,849 813 104 738 1,070 3.75 16387.7

Career ERA 3.75 vs. league average 4.07 across their career seasons — 7.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Johnny Allen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1932 NYA AL 17 4 33 21 13 3 4 192.0 162 79 76 109 3.70 4.13 (+10%) 961.5
1933 NYA AL 15 7 25 24 10 1 1 184.2 171 90 87 119 4.39 3.86 (-14%) 585.0
1934 NYA AL 5 2 13 10 4 0 0 71.2 62 23 32 54 2.89 4.29 (+33%) 1110.6
1935 NYA AL 13 6 23 23 12 2 0 167.0 149 67 58 113 3.61 4.35 (+17%) 2336.2
1936 CLE AL 20 10 36 31 19 4 1 243.0 234 93 97 165 3.44 4.59 (+25%) 7096.5
1937 CLE AL 15 1 24 20 14 0 0 173.0 157 49 60 87 2.55 4.34 (+41%) 3203.4
1938 CLE AL 14 8 30 27 13 0 0 200.0 189 93 81 112 4.18 4.35 (+4%) 728.5
1939 CLE AL 9 7 28 26 9 2 0 175.0 199 89 56 79 4.58 4.28 (-7%) 1990.8
1940 CLE AL 9 8 32 17 5 3 5 138.2 126 53 48 62 3.44 4.21 (+18%) 2569.2
1941 SLA AL 2 5 20 9 2 0 1 67.0 89 49 29 27 6.58 3.94 (-67%) -379.8
1941 BRO NL 3 0 11 4 1 0 0 57.1 38 16 12 21 2.51 3.94 (+36%) -178.3
1942 BRO NL 10 6 27 15 5 1 3 118.0 106 42 39 50 3.20 3.57 (+10%) -1225.1
1943 BRO NL 5 1 17 1 0 0 1 38.0 42 18 25 15 4.26 3.50 (-22%) -1441.1
1943 NY1 NL 1 3 15 0 0 0 2 41.0 37 14 14 24 3.07 3.50 (+12%) -277.3
1944 NY1 NL 4 7 18 13 2 1 0 84.0 88 38 24 33 4.07 3.57 (-14%) -692.5
Career · 15 seasons 142 75 352 241 109 17 18 1,950.1 1,849 813 738 1,070 3.75 — 16,388

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Johnny Allen — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
365 716 82 124 12 3 4 64 1 33 155 .173 .210 .215 .425 -3,372

Career AVG .173 vs. league average .270 across their career seasons — 35.9% below league average.

Career OBP .210 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 37.6% below league average.

Career SLG .215 vs. league average .382 across their career seasons — 43.7% below league average.

Career OPS .425 vs. league average .718 across their career seasons — 40.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Johnny Allen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1932 NYA AL 33 73 5 9 2 1 1 5 0 4 22 .123 .275 (-55%) .335 (-50%) .391 (-44%) .726 (-47%) -563.7
1933 NYA AL 25 72 7 13 1 1 0 3 0 4 16 .181 .270 (-33%) .329 (-32%) .377 (-41%) .707 (-37%) -420.6
1934 NYA AL 13 26 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 .192 — — — — 0.0
1935 NYA AL 23 67 12 15 1 0 1 12 0 3 13 .224 .279 (-20%) .342 (-25%) .399 (-29%) .742 (-27%) -298.6
1936 CLE AL 37 87 12 14 0 0 0 10 0 6 18 .161 .283 (-43%) .349 (-39%) .404 (-60%) .753 (-50%) -716.2
1937 CLE AL 24 67 5 6 0 0 0 6 0 1 15 .090 .276 (-68%) .342 (-70%) .398 (-78%) .740 (-74%) -807.4
1938 CLE AL 30 79 12 20 2 1 1 14 1 3 14 .253 .272 (-7%) .341 (-18%) .392 (-13%) .734 (-15%) -211.9
1939 CLE AL 34 71 10 16 2 0 0 3 0 3 11 .225 .274 (-18%) .342 (-25%) .393 (-35%) .735 (-31%) -353.5
1940 CLE AL 32 48 3 10 3 0 0 3 0 1 9 .208 — — — — 0.0
1941 SLA AL 20 22 6 3 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 .136 — — — — 0.0
1941 BRO NL 11 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .050 — — — — 0.0
1942 BRO NL 27 39 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 11 .179 — — — — 0.0
1943 BRO NL 17 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 .429 — — — — 0.0
1943 NY1 NL 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
1944 NY1 NL 24 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .083 — — — — 0.0
Career · 15 seasons 365 716 82 124 12 3 4 64 1 33 155 .173 — — — — -3,372

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Johnny Allen — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Johnny Allen — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1941 WS BRO 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1932 WS NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Johnny Allen — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 4 1 0 4.1 6 3 3 0 6.23

Playoff Pitching by Year

Johnny Allen — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1941 WS BRO 0 0 3 0 0 3.2 1 0 3 0 0.00
1932 WS NYA 0 0 1 1 0 0.2 5 3 0 0 40.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Johnny Allen — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home1743634266233.182
Away1913534058231.164

Pitching — Home / Away

Johnny Allen — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home1701061.29363743456193.17
Away182888.29134373924554.43

Last 10 Games — Batting

Johnny Allen — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1944-09-26 NY1CINL 100000000
1944-09-16 NY1PHIL 200000001
1944-09-09 NY1BSNL 000000000
1944-09-03 NY1BROL 100000000
1944-08-27 NY1BROW 300000002
1944-08-21 NY1CHCW 200000001
1944-08-20 NY1CHCL 000000000
1944-08-18 NY1STLL 000000000
1944-08-16 NY1STLL 000000000
1944-08-13 NY1CINL 100000001

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Johnny Allen — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1944-09-26 NY1CIN L 3.2644101
1944-09-16 NY1PHI L 5.0944200
1944-09-09 NY1BSN — 2.1400010
1944-09-03 NY1BRO L 5.0775221
1944-08-27 NY1BRO W 9.01022041
1944-08-21 NY1CHC W 6.0633440
1944-08-18 NY1STL — 1.0222110
1944-08-16 NY1STL — 2.0100030
1944-08-13 NY1CIN L 4.0341210
1944-08-06 NY1PHI L 8.0833023

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Johnny Allen — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 352 0 104 366 21 24

Season-by-Season Fielding

Johnny Allen — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1932 NYA P 33 0 8 31 5 2
1933 NYA P 25 0 10 29 1 0
1934 NYA P 13 0 1 12 0 2
1935 NYA P 23 0 9 33 1 1
1936 CLE P 36 0 9 50 2 1
1937 CLE P 24 0 7 37 1 1
1938 CLE P 30 0 14 43 2 3
1939 CLE P 28 0 17 36 5 7
1940 CLE P 32 0 8 21 0 2
1941 SLA P 20 0 3 12 2 1
1941 BRO P 11 0 2 11 0 1
1942 BRO P 27 0 3 25 0 3
1943 BRO P 17 0 7 5 2 0
1943 NY1 P 15 0 0 13 0 0
1944 NY1 P 18 0 6 8 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Johnny Allen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 352

Awards & Honors

Johnny Allen — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
1938 Baseball Magazine All-Star P4
1937 Baseball Magazine All-Star P4
1937 TSN Major League Player of the Year
1936 Baseball Magazine All-Star P4

Award Voting History

Johnny Allen — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1938 Most Valuable Player AL 28th 3.0 336 0
1937 Most Valuable Player AL 13th 11.0 80 0
1935 Most Valuable Player AL 18th 5.0 80 0
1932 Most Valuable Player AL 14th 8.0 80 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Johnny Allen (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Carl Erskine
    122-78, 4.00 ERA
  2. 95
    Bruce Kison
    115-88, 3.66 ERA
  3. 95
    Joe Dobson
    137-103, 3.62 ERA
  4. 92
    Pat Malone
    134-92, 3.74 ERA
  5. 91
    Jack Sanford
    137-101, 3.69 ERA
  6. 90
    Whit Wyatt
    106-95, 3.79 ERA

Johnny Allen: the record in brief

The profile opens with Johnny Allen's first major league game on April 19, 1932; the last one listed came on September 26, 1944. By club, Allen's seasons break down as the New York Yankees (1932 to 1935), the Cleveland Indians (1936 through 1940), the St. Louis Browns (1941), the Brooklyn Dodgers (1941 to 1943), and the New York Giants (1943 to 1944). Born on September 30, 1904, in Lenoir, NC, USA, Allen is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. The bio gives 6'0" and 180 pounds. Allen died on March 29, 1959, in St. Petersburg, FL, USA. The given name on file is John Thomas Allen.

The pitching table credits Allen with a 142-75 record and a 3.75 ERA in 352 games. The same table counts 1,070 strikeouts, 109 complete games, 17 shutouts, and 18 saves. That 3.75 ERA compares with a 4.07 league average across the same seasons, 7.8% better. 1936 brought Allen a season-high 20 wins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Johnny Allen

What years did Johnny Allen play?
Johnny Allen played in Major League Baseball from 1932 to 1944.
Was Johnny Allen a pitcher?
Yes. Johnny Allen pitched in the major leagues, recording 142 wins and 1070 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Johnny Allen hit?
Johnny Allen hit 4 career home runs with 124 hits.
What teams did Johnny Allen play for?
Johnny Allen played for 5 teams: the New York Yankees (1932–1935), the Cleveland Indians (1936–1940), the St. Louis Browns (1941), the Brooklyn Dodgers (1941–1943), and the New York Giants (1943–1944).
What awards did Johnny Allen win?
Johnny Allen was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Johnny Allen's career stats?
In 352 games, Johnny Allen went 142-75 with a 3.75 ERA, 1,070 strikeouts, 1,950.1 innings pitched, and 18 saves. At the plate he had 124 hits and 4 home runs.
What position did Johnny Allen play?
Johnny Allen played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Johnny Allen and how much did he weigh?
Johnny Allen was listed at 6 feet and 180 pounds.
What was Johnny Allen's career ERA?
Johnny Allen finished with a 3.75 career ERA, going 142-75 with 1,070 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Johnny Allen have?
Johnny Allen recorded 1,070 career strikeouts.
Is Johnny Allen in the Hall of Fame?
No. Johnny Allen has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Johnny Allen make?
Johnny Allen was selected to 1 All-Star Game.