Bob Allen vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leo Townsend built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leo Townsend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 0.974 compared to 4.11 and 1.631 for Bob Allen. By the career numbers, Leo Townsend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Leo Townsend

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
4.11
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
9.46
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
4.34
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
6.54
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.208
1.208
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
40.47
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
4.99
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
35.97
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Leo Townsend

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.53
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.68
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.33
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Leo Townsend

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
3600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
547.06
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.8
14.18
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.25
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA