MLB / Players

Frank Allen

HandednessBats Right · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 175 lb
BornAugust 26, 1888 · Newbern, AL, USA
MLB debutApril 24, 1912
Final gameSeptember 19, 1917
Seasons6 (1912–1917)

Brooklyn Dodgers 1912; Brooklyn Superbas 1913; Brooklyn Robins 1914; Pittsburgh Rebels 1914–1915; Boston Braves 1916–1917

Percentile snapshot

1915 season — qualified pitchers

G
41
69.6
GS
37
94.4
W
23
95.2
L
13
35.2
SV
0
0
CG
24
91.2
SHO
6
92
H
230
29.6
ER
79
26.4
BB
100
10.4
SO
127
82.4
HR
9
0.8
IP
283.3
85.6
ERA
2.51
60.8
WHIP
1.165
64
K/9
4.03
57.6
FIP
3.19
20
FIP-
105.1
31.2
ERA+
120.8
73.6
sWAR
4.1
70.4

of 126 qualified 1915 pitchers (min 156 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
10.0
86.9

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
191220413646311431500.167.231.389.62061.668.8.2860.9
191334565157011332300.137.185.235.42012.619.4.2012.4
191438584957220762300.143.236.265.50245.949.6.2491.2
1915411028937310284400.079.163.135.298-16.3-12.0.1594.1
191619453447010481400.206.357.265.622109.695.8.3212.2
19172936292500057710.172.333.172.50679.761.5.279-0.8

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19122015390511194457581109.03.631.6154.793.40101.292.40.9
1913342541821101445581826174.72.831.2884.233.69115.3113.02.4
1914372291401111746357716178.33.181.2953.582.93102.889.71.2
1915413723130246230791001279283.32.511.1654.033.19105.1120.84.1
19161914821721022631631113.02.071.1775.022.2388.7121.72.2
191729143110201244947563112.03.941.5274.503.15123.264.9-0.8

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
181
PA
338
AB
288
R
23
H
39
2B
8
3B
6
HR
2
RBI
25
BB
35
SO
126
SB
1
BA
.1354
OBP
.2315
SLG
.2257
OPS
.4572

Pitching

G (P)
180
GS
127
W
50
L
67
SV
3
CG
60
SHO
10
IP
970
SO (P)
457
BB allowed
373
ERA
2.931
WHIP
1.3047
K/9
4.24

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1912-07-15LAD @ PIT Gameday312010004
1912-05-18LAD @ CHC Gameday111001104
1913-08-07LAD @ STL Gameday311001104
1914-06-01ATL @ LAD Gameday301010303
1913-08-01LAD @ PIT Gameday411010003

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1913-04-24LAD @ ATL Gameday11.27112100
1914-09-21CIN @ LAD Gameday9.012222100
1912-08-03CHC @ LAD Gameday9.0351780
1916-08-03CIN @ ATL Gameday9.01133180
1913-04-21PHI @ LAD Gameday8.0522180

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.