- Broadcast for the New York Yankees from 1939 to 1964, the Milwaukee Braves in 1965, the Cleveland Indians in 1968, and the Yankees again from 1976 to 1985.
- Elected to the broadcasters' wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978. Was the voice of Fox Movietone Newsreels for many years.
- His trademark home run calls, "Ballantine Blasts" and "White Owl Wallops," were advertisements for beer and cigars.
- Earned a law degree, although he never worked as a lawyer.
- Mel Allen was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
- First recipient (with Red Barber) of the Ford C. Frick Award (presented to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball) in 1978.
- While he was awarded the Ford Frick Award by the Hall of Fame, he (and all other recipients) is not considered a member of the Hall.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 7-8. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1985, along with Jack Brickhouse, and Curt Gowdy.
- Inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
- Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.
- Ranked #2 by the American Sportscasters Association in its list of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All-Time (January 2009).
- Sixty years ago, Allen started out as an announcer for the New York Yankees. In 1977, he started "This Week in Baseball", a show comprised of the past weeks baseball highlights.
- Born on exactly the same date as Jimmy Hoffa.
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