Harold Andrew Allen (born July 23, 1940 in Wampum, Pennsylvania) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators (1966-1970), Milwaukee Brewers (1970) and Chicago White Sox (1972-1973). For the meat company see Topps Meat Company. The Topps Company Inc Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wampum is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium The Milwaukee Brewers are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which plays in the Central Division of the National League Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. Labor strife and more moving 1972 was tainted by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson,
In his Major League career, Allen also played third base, second base, and first base, and even made one appearance as a catcher. A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in Baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. As an outfielder he was just fair defensively, making 16 errors in 374 total chances for a . In Baseball statistics|statistics]] an error is the act in the judgment of the Official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner In Baseball statistics, total chances ( TC) also called chances offered, represents the number of plays in which a defensive player has participated 957 fielding percentage. In Baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly His most productive season came in 1969 for the Senators, when he posted career highs in batting average (. Champions Major League Baseball The most notable part of the 1969 season were the Miracle Mets World Series: New York Mets Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 277), runs (42), hits (75) and RBI (17). In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches
In a seven-season career, Allen was a . 241 hitter with 6 home runs, 57 RBI, and 104 runs in 389 games played. Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a Statistic used in Team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has Allen led several leagues in his time, including the Pioneer League in RBI (140) and batting average (. The Pioneer League is a Minor league baseball league which currently operates in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. 346), the Pacific Coast League with 288 total bases while playing for the Hawaii Islanders in 1966, and tied for the league lead in hits (176) and home runs (37) while playing for the Magic Valley Cowboys in 1962. The Pacific Coast League (PCL is a Minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States. In Baseball statistics, total bases refers to the number of bases a player has gained with hits, i The Hawaii Islanders were a AAA minor league baseball team based in Honolulu Hawaii, that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1961 through 1987 Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans as well as comedians such as
He is the brother of Dick Allen and Ron Allen, and as of September 2006, the Allen brothers rank 11th in the MLB brother-combination, home run list with 358 dingers (out of more than 350 combinations all-time). For others with the same name see Richard Allen. Richard Anthony Allen (born March 8 1942, in Wampum Pennsylvania Ronald Frederick Allen (born December 23, 1943 in Wampum Pennsylvania) is a former First baseman in Major League Baseball, and This is an alphabetical list of selected unofficial and specialized terms phrases and other Jargon used in Baseball, and their definitions including illustrative
References
- 1971 Baseball Register published by The Sporting News
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Baseball Almanac
- Retrosheet