Frank Leon Allen (August 26, 1889 – July 30, 1933)
was an American
pitcher
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in
Major League Baseball
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. He pitched from 1912 to 1917 for the
Brooklyn Dodgers/Robins,
Pittsburgh Rebels
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and
Boston Braves
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.
He was the first person to throw a no-hitter and no-run game in the Federal League.
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1889 births
1933 deaths
People from Hale County, Alabama
Baseball players from Alabama
Major League Baseball pitchers
Brooklyn Dodgers players
Brooklyn Robins players
Pittsburgh Rebels players
20th-century American sportsmen
Boston Braves players
Mobile Sea Gulls players
Gadsden Eagles players
Talladega Indians players
Rhodes Lynx baseball players
Southwestern Pirates baseball players
People from Gainesville, Alabama
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