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Sport McAllister
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Birthdate: 7/23/1874 Died: 7/17/1962
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 180 lbs. Place of Birth: Austin, MS, USA
Bats / Throws: B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Outfielder, Catcher, IF – Cleveland Forest Citys (NL) 1896-1899; Detroit Tigers (AL) 1901-02, 1903; Baltimore Orioles (AL) 1902 An all-around athlete, Lewis McAllister played seven seasons during the time major league baseball was organizing its resources at the turn of the century – 1896-1903. Born in Austin Mississippi on July 23 1874, Sport McAllister played eight games at age 22 with Cleveland then a National League team in 1896.

Dead Ball Era Baseball History

A solid defensive player with speed, records show he played six different positions, including pitcher, the next season – hitting .219 in 43 games. In 113 games in 1899, he hit .237, with six doubles, a career high 8 triples, hit one homer, scored 29 runs, with 21 RBIs. After a year off, Sport McAllister joined the Detroit Tigers in 1901 of the newly formed American League. In 80 games, he hit a career best .301, with 9 Ds, 4 Ts, 3 Hrs, scored 45 runs, 57 RBIs and stole a career high 17 bases. He signed in late-1902 with Baltimore, played just 3 games for them, before returning for his last MLB season with Detroit in 1903.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1896 CLV (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6.75
1897 CLV (NL) 4 3 1 2 0 3 0 28.0 29 20 14 3 9 0 10 0 0 0 4.50
1898 CLV (NL) 9 7 3 4 0 6 0 65.1 73 43 33 2 23 0 9 1 3 0 4.55
1899 CLV (NL) 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 16.0 29 22 17 0 10 0 2 1 4 0 9.56
9 years   17 11 4 7 0 10 0 113.1 140 88 67 5 44 0 21 3 7 0 5.33
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1896 CLV (NL) 8 27 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .222 .250 SLG
1897 CLV (NL) 43 137 23 30 5 1 0 11 12 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 .219 .287 SLG
1898 CLV (NL) 17 57 8 13 3 1 0 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .228 .290 SLG
1899 CLV (NL) 113 418 29 99 6 8 1 31 19 0 5 0 0 2 12 0 .237 .273 SLG
1901 DET (AL) 90 306 45 92 9 4 3 57 15 0 17 0 0 5 10 0 .301 .344 SLG
1902 BLA (AL) 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .91 .167 SLG
1902 DET (AL) 45 162 11 34 4 2 0 24 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 .210 .229 SLG
1902 DET (AL) 21 67 8 14 1 0 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .209 .243 SLG
1903 DET (AL) 78 265 31 69 8 2 0 22 10 0 5 0 0 4 5 0 .260 .297 SLG
9 years   418 1450 157 358 38 18 5 164 67 2 32 0 0 15 37 0 .247 .287 .SLG



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