Newt Allen

Newt Allen
Newt Allen
	Allen at the 1924 Colored World Series
	Second Baseman / Manager
	Born: May 19, 1901; Austin, Texas, US
	Died: June 9, 1988 (aged 87); Cincinnati, Ohio, US
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro leagues Farm Club debut
	1923, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Last appearance
	1947, Indianapolis Clowns
Career statistics
Batting average	.288
Hits	1,053
Home runs	10
Runs batted in	476
	Stats at Baseball Reference
	Managerial record at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Kansas City Monarchs (1922–1930); St. Louis Stars (1931); Detroit Wolves (1932); Homestead Grays (1932); Kansas City Monarchs (1937); Chicago American Giants (1937); Kansas City Monarchs (1938–1945); Indianapolis Clowns (1947);
Career highlights and awards
	3× NgL All-Star (1937, 1938, 1941); 2× Negro World Series champion (1924, 1942);

Newton Henry Allen (May 19, 1901 – June 9, 1988) was an American second baseman and manager in baseball's Negro leagues.

Born in Austin, Texas, he began his Negro league career late in 1922 with the Kansas City Monarchs and, except for brief stints with other teams in 1931 and 1932, stayed with the Monarchs until his retirement in 1948. Long known for his leadership ability, he became the Monarchs' manager in 1941 when Andy Cooper suffered a pre-season stroke and died during the season. He won the Negro American League championship that season, but resigned as manager just before the beginning of the following season, resuming his duties as a reserve infielder.

Allen's accomplishments as a player were even more impressive. A master at scoring runs, he bunted, stole bases and almost always provided the spark his team needed to win. Among the fastest baserunners of his generation of Negro leaguers, his most remarkable season was his 1929 campaign, in which he batted .330 while hitting 24 doubles and stealing 23 bases in a typically abbreviated Negro league season.

Allen is listed on the second team of a 1952 Pittsburgh Courier poll of the greatest black baseball players of all time.^[2] Allen made the list of 39 finalists for the 2006 special Negro leagues and Pre-Negro leagues Election for the Baseball Hall of Fame, but was not one of the 17 finally chosen.

Allen died at age 87 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

References

External links

Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads
Newt Allen managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
Baseball Hall of Fame candidate biography at the Wayback Machine (archived February 7, 2006)

[monarchs1930-1] "Local Fans Expected to Swell Field" Capital Times, Madison, WI, Thursday, September 4, 1930, Page 15, Column 3

[2] "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players."

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