Lloyd Cecil Allen (born May 8, 1950) is a former
professional baseball
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pitcher
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, who played in
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) for the
California Angels
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(-),
Texas Rangers (-), and
Chicago White Sox
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(-). 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
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.
He attended
Selma High School in
Selma, California
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and
Fresno City College
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.
Baseball career
Allen was selected by the California Angels with its first round (12th overall pick) of the
1968 amateur draft.
In 1969, Allen was the youngest player in the American League (AL).
In 1971, his 15
saves ranked seventh in the AL.
He was traded along with
Jim Spencer
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from the Angels to the
Texas Rangers for
Mike Epstein
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,
Rich Hand
Richard Allen Hand (born July 10, 1948) is an American retired professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played for four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and California Angels.
Born ...
and
Rick Stelmaszek
Richard Francis Stelmaszek (October 8, 1948 – November 6, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball catcher, and bullpen coach for the Minnesota Twins.
Stelmaszek spent 32 consecutive seasons (–) on the Twins' coaching staff and was the lon ...
on May 20, 1973. Arm problems led to him retiring from baseball, in 1979.
In seven MLB seasons, Allen had an 8-25 win–loss record, in 159 games, with 19 games started, 22 saves, 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
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(ERA).
References
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1950 births
Baseball players from California
California Angels players
Chicago White Sox players
Denver Bears players
El Paso Sun Kings players
Hawaii Islanders players
Idaho Falls Angels players
Iowa Oaks players
Jewish American baseball players
Jewish Major League Baseball players
Living people
Major League Baseball pitchers
People from Merced, California
San Jose Bees players
Texas Rangers players
Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players
21st-century American Jews
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