WHY I THINK ALLIE REYNOLDS SHOULD BE IN COOPERSTOWN

 WHY I THINK ALLIE REYNOLDS SHOULD BE IN COOPERSTOWN 

By- Damien 

Allie Reynolds was one of the top pitchers of his era. He had many great accomplishments, including an ERA title, two league strikeout crowns, six all-star selections, six World Series rings, and a pair of no-hitters in 1951. Throughout his career he was known as a right handed cannon and was feared as such. Allie Reynolds started his career by tossing five innings in relief for the Indians in 1942. He went 11-12 with a 2.99 ERA in 1943 and went 11-8 in 1944. After winning 18 and 11 games in the next two seasons, Reynolds was traded to the Yankees. Reynolds won 19 games his first season in New York and 16 his next before the all-important 1951 season where he went 17-8, allowed the fewest hits per nine innings in the AL (7.0) for the second time, and led also with seven shutouts. His no-hitter on September 28 clinched the AL pennant, the first time in MLB history that a pennant was clinched by a no-hitter. In 1952 Reynolds again led in whitewashes with a 20-8 record and AL best marks in ERA and strikeouts. Reynolds went 13-7 and 13-4 after that before retiring. Allie Reynolds was a dominant power pitcher for his whole career, a no-hit legend, and a great World Series performer. It is too bad that he had to he retired after such good seasons in succession. A guy with credentials such as those of Reynolds deserves a spot in Cooperstown.

LIFETIME STATISTICS 

Games Pitched career: 434 season high: 44 in 1945 

Starts career: 309 season high: 31 in 1948 and 1949 

Complete Games career: 137 season high: 24 in 1952 

Shutouts career: 36 season high: 7 in 1951 led AL: 7 in 1951, 6 in 1952 

Games Finished career: 97 season high: 23 in 1953 

Wins career: 182 season high: 20 in 1952 

Losses career: 107 season high: 15 in 1946 

Winning Percentage career: .630 season high: .739 in 1949 

ERA career: 3.30 season low: 2.06 in 1952 led AL: 2.06 in 1952 

WHIP career: 1.386 season low: 1.191 in 1952 

Innings Pitched career: 2,492 ⅓ season high: 247 ⅓ in 1945 

Strikeouts career: 1,423 season high: 160 in 1952 led AL: 151 in 1943, 160 in 1952 

Strikeouts Per Nine Innings career: 5.1 season high: 6.8 in 1943 led AL: 6.8 in 1943 

Walks career: 1,261 season high: 138 in 1950 led AL: 130 in 1945 

Strikeouts Per Walk career: 1.13 season high: 1.65 in 1952 

Saves career: 48 season high: 13 in 1953 

Fielding Percentage career: .935 season high: 1.000 in 1954 led AL P: 1.000 in 1954 

Double Plays career: 22 season high: 3 in 1943, 1944, and 1945 

Putouts career: 111 season high: 17 in 1951 

Assists career: 349 season high: 44 in 1945 

DID YOU KNOW?

-nicknamed “Superchief” 

-pitched four scoreless innings in his MLB debut and won his final MLB game 

-batted .308 in in six World Series wins and had a 7-2 record on a 2.79 ERA with four saves and a pair of shutouts 

-beat Hall of Famer Robin Roberts in Roberts’s only World Series start 

-faced 1,000 or more batters in a season five times and struck out over 100 ten times 

-finished second in the 1952 AL MVP voting, third 1951, 12th in 1953, 15th in 1947, and 26th in 1949

-had a career rate of 7.9 hits per nine innings, and allowed the fewest in the AL in 1943 (6.3) and 1951

-struck out 14 batters in the 1949 World Series and 18 in the 1952 Series 

-slugged a double in the 1949 World Series