Todd Allen (baseball)

Todd Allen
Todd Allen
	Third baseman / Manager
	Born: January 14, 1885; Wheatland, Indiana
	Died: January 17, 1971 (aged 86); Indianapolis, Indiana
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro leagues debut
	1908, for the Indianapolis ABCs
Last Negro leagues appearance
	1925, for the Indianapolis ABCs
Negro leagues statistics
Batting average	.500
Hits	5
Runs batted in	1
Managerial record	17–53
Winning percentage	.243
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Indianapolis ABCs (1908–1913, 1915–1917, 1925); French Lick Plutos (1914); Royal Poinciana Hotel (1915–1916); Lincoln Giants (1917–1919);

Herbert Todd Allen (January 14, 1885 – January 17, 1971)^[3] was a Negro leagues third baseman^[2] and manager from 1908 to 1925, playing mostly with the Indianapolis ABCs.

Allen was born in Wheatland, Indiana, in 1885.^[3] By 1908, at the age of 23, he was playing third base for the Indianapolis ABCs. He played most of his seasons for the ABCs, including a winter season with a mostly ABCs team that played for the Royal Poinciana Hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida.

After the ABCs, Allen played for a number of years for the French Lick Plutos and the Lincoln Giants. He appeared as late as 1925 for the Indianapolis ABCs.

After baseball, his World War II draft card shows he was working for Hook Drug Company at the corner of California and Market Street, and living in Indianapolis, Indiana. It also lists his closest relative, likely his wife, as Jessie Allen.^[3]

Notes

^ On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared certain Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be "major" leagues.^[1] Allen's statistics reflect his time in the Negro leagues from 1925, the final year of his career

References

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads

[2] On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared certain Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be "major" leagues.^[1] Allen's statistics reflect his time in the Negro leagues from 1925, the final year of his career

[1] "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2024.

[abcs1915-3] "A.B.C.'s Trim Gunthers" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, Saturday, July 17, 1915, Page 4, Column 4

[allenWWII-4] "United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5ND-VNR : accessed 23 Jan 2013), Herbert Todd Allen, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publications M1939, M1936, and M1937; FHL microfilm 2240603

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