#9 Ossie "Crackerbox" Allenson, Third Base, 35 yrs, Boston (A) Red Sox Wednesday, 7/16/1952 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Ossie Allenson Crackerbox 10/4/1916 35 Alliance, OH 5"11 190
Third Base L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Very inconsistent GREAT Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years of Pro Service :
| Big League Contract $ 1,450,000 1953 15 Year(s), 86 Days (2666 total Days) 107 Day(s) 15 Year(s)
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talent | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 4 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 7 (Range), .982 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 7 (Range), .958 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 8 Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 7/3 | PHA | L 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 7/4 | PHA | W 3-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 7/4 | PHA | W 4-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 7/5 | @CHA | W 5-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 7/10 | @WSH | W 4-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 7/12 | @WSH | W 9-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 7/13 | @SLA | W 4-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 7/13 | @SLA | W 9-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 7/14 | @SLA | W 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 7/15 | @NYA | L 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 53 | 127 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 15 | .268 | .319 | .362 | .681 | .554 | .094 |
| Projected | 88 | 210 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 25 | .268 | .319 | .362 | .681 | .554 | .094 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 31 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 12.9 | 3.4 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .389 | .667 |
| vs. RHP | 91 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .333 | .352 | .685 |
| Close/Late | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .346 | .250 | .596 |
| Scoring Position | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .263 | .212 | .475 |
| Pinch Hitting | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .350 | .333 | .683 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 27 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | .262 | .308 | .344 | .652 |
| Road | 26 | 66 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | .273 | .324 | .379 | .703 |
| This Week | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Last Week | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .667 | 1.095 |
| March/April | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 |
| May | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 |
| June | 25 | 80 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | .275 | .330 | .362 | .692 |
| July | 11 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .226 | .265 | .355 | .620 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1937 | 40 | 79 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .367 | .440 | .405 | .845 | PHA |
| 1938 | 101 | 340 | 108 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 2 | .318 | .347 | .418 | .765 | PHA |
| 1939 | 128 | 391 | 116 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 55 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 1 | .297 | .366 | .394 | .760 | PHA |
| 1940 | 134 | 473 | 139 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 78 | 68 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 1 | .294 | .344 | .444 | .788 | PHA |
| 1941 | 148 | 518 | 146 | 28 | 3 | 16 | 94 | 80 | 57 | 1 | 9 | 63 | 2 | 3 | .282 | .349 | .440 | .789 | PHA |
| 1942 | 148 | 418 | 100 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 48 | 41 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .315 | .352 | .667 | PHA CIN |
| 1943 | 150 | 586 | 144 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 51 | 69 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 1 | .246 | .315 | .314 | .629 | CIN |
| 1944 | 152 | 600 | 187 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 106 | 96 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 3 | .312 | .366 | .453 | .820 | CIN SLN,NL |
| 1945 | 152 | 569 | 147 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 69 | 80 | 65 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 3 | 0 | .258 | .337 | .364 | .701 | SLN |
| 1946 | 149 | 555 | 159 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 104 | 87 | 67 | 3 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .362 | .436 | .798 | SLN DET |
| 1947 | 146 | 548 | 174 | 34 | 0 | 22 | 120 | 101 | 64 | 1 | 6 | 76 | 4 | 2 | .318 | .386 | .500 | .886 | DET,AL |
| 1948 | 128 | 427 | 123 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .368 | .468 | .837 | DET |
| 1949 | 142 | 486 | 123 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 87 | 69 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 0 | .253 | .335 | .428 | .763 | DET CIN NY1 B |
| 1950 | 130 | 382 | 93 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 59 | 61 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .347 | .424 | .771 | BOS |
| 1951 | 58 | 147 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .287 | .361 | .647 | BOS |
| 1952 | 53 | 127 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .319 | .362 | .681 | BOS |
| Total | 1959 | 6646 | 1858 | 306 | 21 | 185 | 1044 | 956 | 709 | 31 | 72 | 788 | 14 | 14 | .280 | .348 | .415 | .764 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1951, AAA | 31 | 124 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .371 | .400 | .573 | .973 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1940 | 7 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .407 | .731 | 1.138 |
| 1944 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .318 | .211 | .529 |
| 1947 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .474 | .737 |
| 1948 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .769 | 1.077 |
| Total | 22 | 90 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .330 | .578 | .908 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| First Base | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 9.00 | | | | |
| Third Base | 40 | 31 | 13 | 61 | 2 | 76 | 2 | .974 | 276.0 | 2.48 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1937... Had first career hit on 4/20/1937, off J.P. Herring (BOS)... Hit first career homerun on 5/10/1938, off Thomas Huxley (WSH)... Won WORLD SERIES with Philadelphia (A) in 1940... Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 8/12/1941... Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Cincinnati on 9/1/1942 (Going to CIN: 3b Ossie Allenson, P Al Gustafson, P Stanley Keyworth. Going to PHA: P Clyde Donovan, P Wilson Pippy, SS Willie Wozniak).. . Traded from Cincinnati to St. Louis (N) on 6/1/1944 (Going to SLN: 3B Ossie Allenson. Going to CIN: LF Gino Quattrociocchi)... Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1944, hitting .571 with 0 HR, 3 RBI... Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 8/27/1944... Won WORLD SERIES with St. Louis (N) in 1944... Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1944, hitting .312 with 19 HR, 106 RBI... Traded from St. Louis (N) to Detroit on 5/16/1946 (Going to SLN: 2B Bert Borden, P Sid Fields, P Curt Callicoat. Going to DET: 3B Ossie Allenson)... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1946, hitting .552 with 1 HR, 4 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 9/23/1946... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1946, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 22 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1947, hitting .514 with 0 HR, 11 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 6/16/1947... Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game... Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1947... Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1948... Traded from Detroit to Cincinnati on 3/2/1949 (Going to CIN: P Titus Jaffe, 1B Ossie Allenson, CF Possum Gottfried. Going to DET: P Paul Kersey, 3B Jack Aubrey, 1B Dwayne Ridenhour)... Traded from Cincinnati to New York (N) on 3/2/1949 (Going to NY1: 1B Ossie Allenson. Going to CIN: 2B Tony Gigliotti)... Traded from New York (N) to Boston (A) on 6/16/1949 (Going to NY1: LF Larry Hedron, 3B Jonas Sabin, P Samuel Peppers. Going to BOS: CF Stuart Archibald, 1B Ossie Allenson)... Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Third Base in 1949... Injured on 5/5/1951 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 3 weeks...
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AVG 1944 - .312 - 3rd 1947 - .318 - 4th
| OBP 1947 - .386 - 10th
| SLG 1944 - .453 - 2nd 1947 - .500 - 5th 1948 - .468 - 8th
| OPS 1944 - .820 - 4th 1946 - .798 - 10th 1947 - .886 - 6th 1948 - .837 - 9th
| Hits 1944 - 187 - 2nd 1946 - 159 - 9th 1947 - 174 - 4th
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Doubles 1947 - 34 - 9th
| Homeruns 1941 - 16 - 10th 1944 - 19 - 1st 1945 - 11 - 7th 1946 - 16 - 8th 1947 - 22 - 6th 1948 - 18 - 7th
| RBI 1941 - 94 - 4th 1944 - 106 - 1st 1946 - 104 - 4th 1947 - 120 - 3rd
| Runs 1944 - 96 - 4th 1947 - 101 - 9th
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