Allie Reynolds
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1917 – 1994
Who was Allie Reynolds?
Allie Pierce Reynolds was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. Reynolds pitched in MLB for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. A member of the Creek nation, Reynolds was nicknamed "Superchief".
Reynolds attended Capitol Hill High School and the Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical College, where he was a multi-sport athlete. Henry Iba, baseball coach of the Oklahoma A&M baseball team, discovered Reynolds while he was practicing his javelin throws. After excelling at baseball and American football at Oklahoma A&M, Reynolds chose to turn professional in baseball.
In his MLB career, Reynolds had a 182–107 win–loss record, 3.30 earned run average, and 1,423 strikeouts. Reynolds was a six-time MLB All-Star and six-time World Series champion. He won the Hickok Belt in 1951 as the top American professional athlete of the year. He has also received consideration for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, though he has not been elected.
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- Born
- Feb 10, 1917
Bethany - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
- Lived in
- Bethany
- Died
- Dec 26, 1994
Oklahoma City
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on July 23, 2013
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