Allen managed to obtain a lifetime .300 batting average between 1926-38 as a star player with the Reds, Giants, Cubs, Browns, Phillies and Cardinals but he is best remembered for the well-known Cadaco-Ellis board game ,All Star Baseball, which he invented and entered into production in the early 1940s. The company that made this bat is one of the many independent makers of baseball bats prior to the war. The bat measures 34" (stamped on knob) and weighs 29.8 oz. It remains uncracked showing use with perfect factory stamps and an interesting player name block style on barrel. MEARS Auction LOA.