finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1970 9 april 1995 1958 .255 256 796 minnesota twins 11 july 1934 rio verde , arizona september 29 bob allison 1959.png batting average home runs runs batted in washington senators bob allison right allison in 1959 . raytown , missouri september 16 right outfielder bob allison

bob allison

william robert `` bob '' allison -lrb- july 11 , 1934 -- april 9 , 1995 -rrb- was born in raytown , missouri and was a major league baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played in the american league for the washington senators / minnesota twins from to .
a gifted all-around athlete , allison attended the university of kansas for two years and was a star outfielder on the baseball team and fullback on the football team .
in his major league career , he hit 30 or more home runs three times and 20 or more in eight different seasons .
although he struck out often like many sluggers , reaching the century mark in strikeouts in five seasons , he received more than his share of walks and despite a mediocre career .255 batting average , allison finished with a lifetime on-base percentage -lrb- obp -rrb- of .358 and he finished in the top 10 in obp in four seasons .
allison was n't an especially fast player , but he was among the most feared base-runners of his time in hustling out numerous doubles and triples - leading the league in triples in 1959 -lrb- with 9 -rrb- and finishing in the top 10 twice in doubles -lrb- 1960 & 1964 -rrb- and four times in triples -lrb- 1959 , 1962 , 1967 and 1968 -rrb- .
at the three outfield positions he showed good range , finishing in the top five in range factor per nine innings five times , and his strong arm was rated as one of the best in the league .
he also played a solid first base late at his career and his competitive attitude was highly praised by teammates and opponents .
despite his skill in the field , which saw him finish in the top 5 in the american league in outfield assists three times -lrb- 1961 , 1962 and 1965 -rrb- and outfield putouts twice -lrb- 1959 and 1963 -rrb- , his range also produced many errors and allison led the league with 11 errors in 1960 , finished second twice -lrb- 1959 and 1963 -rrb- , and finished fourth in errors by a first baseman in 1964 .
