| Vulcans Shut Out Tobacconists, Allen Winner Wednesday, August 29th , 1888 Rufus Allen of the Birmingham Vulcans blanked Durham, 2-0, tossing a riveting 2-hit complete-game shutout, striking out 5 batters and walking 3.
To date Allen is 19-17 in 38 starts with a 3.19 ERA and has 168 strikeouts in 338.2 innings. | | |