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American baseball player
Baseball player
Lloyd Cecil Allen (born May 8, 1950) is an American former
professional baseball
pitcher , who played in
Major League Baseball (MLB) for the
California Angels (
1969 -
1973 ),
Texas Rangers (
1973 -
1974 ), and
Chicago White Sox (
1974 -
1975 ). He was the first big league player born in the 1950s to appear in a regular-season game.
Early life
Allen was born in
Merced, California . He is Jewish, having
converted to Judaism.
[1]
[2] He attended
Selma High School in
Selma, California and
Fresno City College .
[3]
Baseball career
Allen was selected by the California Angels with its first round (12th overall pick) of the
1968 amateur draft .
[4]
In 1969, Allen was the youngest player in the American League (AL).
[5] In 1971, his 15
saves ranked seventh in the AL.
[5]
[2] He was traded along with
Jim Spencer from the Angels to the
Texas Rangers for
Mike Epstein ,
Rich Hand and
Rick Stelmaszek on May 20, 1973.
[6] Arm problems led to him retiring from baseball, in 1979.
[3]
[7]
In seven MLB seasons, Allen had an 8–25 win–loss record, in 159 games, with 19 games started, 22 saves, 297+ 1 ⁄3 innings pitched, 291 hits allowed, 183 runs allowed, 155 earned runs allowed, 19 home runs allowed, 196 walks, 194 strikeouts, 11 hit batsmen, 27 wild pitches, 18 intentional walks, and a 4.69
earned run average (ERA).
[5]
References
^ Bob Wechsler (2008).
Day by Day in Jewish Sports History .
ISBN
9781602800137 . Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
^
a
b Lloyd Allen (May 8, 1950).
"Lloyd Allen" . jewishbaseballmuseum.com .
Jewish Baseball Museum . Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
^
a
b Williams, Tyler (April 3, 2013).
"Hall of Fame: Lloyd Allen — Experiences learned from baseball translate to business" . hanfordsentinel.com .
Hanford Sentinel . Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
^
"Lloyd Allen Career highlights" . jewishbaseballnews.com .
Jewish Baseball News . Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
^
a
b
c
"Lloyd Allen Stats" .
Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
^
"Angels Get Epstein, Hand In 5‐Man Deal With Rangers," United Press International (UPI), Sunday, May 20, 1973. Retrieved December 4, 2021
^
"Lloyd Allen Player Card" . thebaseballcube.com . The Baseball Cube. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
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