1893
Born April 27, 1893
Bradford, OH, USA
Allen Sothoron Notable
b. April 27, 1893 · St. Louis Browns 1914–1915, 1917–1921, Boston Red Sox 1921, Cleveland Indians 1921–1922, St. Louis Cardinals 1924–1926
Allen Sothoron played for four clubs across 13 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the St. Louis Browns in 1914 and closing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1926.
He went 91 and 100 with a 3.31 earned run average, pitching 1,582.3 innings in 264 games. He struck out 576, completed 102 of his 194 starts and threw 17 shutouts. Across 265 games he batted .207, with 113 hits and 37 runs. He finished with 20 doubles.
He led the league in shutouts once, in 1924, with 4.
He was born in Bradford, OH, USA on April 27, 1893, and died on June 17, 1939. He batted both ways and threw right-handed.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | SLB | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1915 | SLB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1917 | SLB | 49 | 92 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .217 |
| 1918 | SLB | 29 | 63 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .159 |
| 1919 | SLB | 40 | 97 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .175 |
| 1920 | SLB | 36 | 72 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .222 |
| 1921 | BOS/CLE/SLB | 29 | 69 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .261 |
| 1922 | CLE | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .444 |
| 1924 | STL | 29 | 72 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .194 |
| 1925 | STL | 28 | 56 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .196 |
| 1926 | STL | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| Career | — | 265 | 546 | 37 | 113 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 15 | 93 | 0 | .207 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | SLB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 1915 | SLB | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7.36 |
| 1917 | SLB | 14 | 19 | 48 | 32 | 4 | 276.2 | 259 | 87 | 96 | 85 | 2.83 |
| 1918 | SLB | 12 | 12 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 209.0 | 152 | 45 | 67 | 71 | 1.94 |
| 1919 | SLB | 20 | 13 | 40 | 30 | 3 | 270.0 | 256 | 66 | 87 | 106 | 2.20 |
| 1920 | SLB | 8 | 15 | 36 | 26 | 2 | 218.1 | 263 | 114 | 89 | 81 | 4.70 |
| 1921 | BOS/CLE/SLB | 13 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 178.1 | 194 | 77 | 71 | 72 | 3.89 |
| 1922 | CLE | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 25.1 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6.39 |
| 1924 | STL | 10 | 16 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 196.2 | 209 | 78 | 84 | 62 | 3.57 |
| 1925 | STL | 10 | 10 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 155.2 | 173 | 70 | 63 | 67 | 4.05 |
| 1926 | STL | 3 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 42.2 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 4.22 |
| Career | — | 91 | 100 | 264 | 194 | 9 | 1582.1 | 1583 | 582 | 596 | 576 | 3.31 |
On this day & linked events
1939
Died June 17, 1939
1914
Major-league debut: Allen Sothoron
Allen Sothoron made a major-league debut on September 17, 1914.
1926
Final major-league game: Allen Sothoron
Allen Sothoron played a final major-league game on September 6, 1926.
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