Allie Reynolds

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)
Born: February 10, 1917 in Bethany, OK us
Died: December 26, 1994  in Oklahoma City, OK
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Capitol Hill HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Debut: September 17, 1942 (7,392nd in MLB history)
vs. WSH 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER
Last Game: September 25, 1954
vs. PHA 5.0 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W
Full Name: Allie Pierce Reynolds
Nicknames: Superchief
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Nine Players Who Debuted in 1942

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Larry Doby
Tommy Holmes
Johnny Pesky
Johnny Sain
Ewell Blackwell
Allie Reynolds
Willard Marshall
Jim Russell
Connie Ryan

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Notable Events and Chronology for Allie Reynolds Career

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October 19, 1946

New York Yankees acquire pitcher Allie Reynolds from the Cleveland Indians for former American League MVP Joe Gordon

October 11, 1947

The Yankees trade Joe Gordon, a future Hall of Fame second baseman for Allie Reynolds

December 10, 1947

Cleveland sends pitcher Red Embree to the Yankees for outfielder Allie Clark

October 8, 1949

1949 World Series Game 4 Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Yankees Full Radio Broadcast

April 18, 1950

Commissioner Happy Chandler gives Ted Williams his American League MVP Award

August 27, 1950

Allie Reynolds hurls a 2-hitter in a 2-1 win over White Sox

September 12, 1950

The Yankees blow a 6-run lead as Cleveland scores four in the 9th inning off Allie Reynolds to win, 8 – 7. Luke Easter’s 3-run home run – his second of the game – is the big blow, as the Yankees skid to second place, a half game behind Detroit and a half game ahead of Boston.

October 5, 1950

DiMaggio carries Yankees over Phillies with Glove and Bat

October 7, 1950

Rookie pitcher Whitey Ford beats Bob Miller and the “Whiz Kids” gives the Yankees their 13th World Championship

May 3, 1951

Gil McDougald ties a major league record by driving in six runs in one inning

June 1, 1951

6/1/1951: Vic Wertz led off the bottom of the second in Detroit with a shot off Allie Reynolds. Johnny Mize homered to lead off the Yankee fourth against Virgil Trucks. The game was rained out after 4 1/2 innings.

July 12, 1951

Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees no-hits the Cleveland Indians

September 16, 1951

Joe DiMaggio’s long triple off Bob Feller keys a 5 – 1 New York win

September 28, 1951

Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees hurls his second no-hitter of the season

September 21, 1952

Ted Williams out at home

October 1, 1952

Joe Black becomes the first African-American pitcher to win a World Series game

November 12, 1952

Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Bobby Shantz the American League Most Valuable Player

June 4, 1953

Mickey Mantle leadoff single in the 10th inning ignites a New York rally and they win 9 – 5.

August 21, 1953

Major league player representatives Ralph Kiner (National League) and Allie Reynolds (American League) hire labor leader John Norman Lewis at $15,000 per annum to give legal advice to players in their negotiations with the owners.

September 30, 1953

George Shuba, best known as the Montreal Royal teammate who shook Jackie Robinson’s hand after the rookie had homered, becomes the third major leaguer and the first National League player to pinch hit a home run in the World Series when he goes deep off Allie Reynolds in the Dodgers’ 9-5 Game 1 loss at Yankee Stadium. ‘Shotgun’ joins Yogi Berra (1947) and Johnny Mize (1952), who both accomplished the feat playing for the Bronx Bombers.

September 30, 1953

At the age of 25, Vin Scully would become the youngest to broadcast a World Series game as part of the crew for Game 1 between the Dodgers and Yankees.

May 16, 1954

The Orioles draw a record 46,796 fans at Memorial Stadium for a doubleheader with the Yankees

October 3, 2015

Max Scherzer throws his second no-hitter of the season

Reynolds was primarily a hard-throwing starter, but Yankee manager Casey Stengel often used him from the bullpen as well. In six WS relief appearances, Reynolds recorded either a win or a save each outing, including the WS finales in 1950, 1952, and 1953. As a starter, Reynolds beat the Dodgers 1-0 on a two-hitter in the 1949 WS.

Reynolds came to the Yankees in an October 1946 trade that sent Joe Gordon to the Indians, and led the AL in winning percentage in his first season in New York. He won 16 games in 1950 despite bone chips in his pitching elbow. In 1951 Reynolds became the first AL pitcher to hurl two no-hitters in one season, winning 1-0 against Cleveland July 12 and then 8-0 against Boston September 28. In the second game, Reynolds had to get Ted Williams for the final out twice because Yogi Berra dropped his easy foul pop.

Reynolds won the Hickock Belt in 1951 as the top professional athlete of the year, and in 1952 he was second in the AL MVP voting, recording 20 wins and six saves, and leading the AL in both ERA (2.06) and shutouts (6). Reynolds’s one-quarter Creek Indian ancestry gave rise to his nickname, Superchief.

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