Johnny Allen
Baseball
Inducted: 1977
- Major league pitcher
- Born 1905 in Lenoir, NC, raised in the Baptist Orphanage in Thomasville
- Went 17-4 as a rookie for the New York Yankees in 1932
- Won 20 games for Cleveland in 1936
- Compiled a 15-1 record for Cleveland in 1937, losing the season finale 1-0
- Holds a .938 winning percentage — the second-best single-season mark in major league history for pitchers with at least 15 decisions
- Named Sporting News AL Player of the Year in 1937
- Was hot tempered and constantly involved in rhubarbs with umpires, opposition, and occasionally teammates
- A sore arm ended his major league career in 1944 with a record of 142-75
- Died 1959
