Frank Erwin "Ham" Allen (April 20, 1846 – February 6, 1881) was an American professional baseball player who played as an

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...

and a

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during the 1872 season for the

Middletown Mansfields The Middletown Mansfields were an early baseball team in Middletown, Connecticut that existed from 1866 to 1872. Formation In the summer of 1866, a ballclub was established at Middletown's Douglas Pump Company by the factory owner's son, sixteen-y ...

in the National Association. Allen served as a

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in Company F of the 36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the

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1846 births 1881 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders Major League Baseball shortstops 19th-century baseball players 19th-century baseball umpires Middletown Mansfields players Baseball players from Kennebec County, Maine Sportspeople from Augusta, Maine People from Natick, Massachusetts Baseball players from Middlesex County, Massachusetts Union Army soldiers {{US-baseball-third-baseman-stub