Neil Allen
| Neil Allen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Twins – No. 41 | |||
| Pitcher / Pitching Coach | |||
|
Born: January 24, 1958 Kansas City, Kansas |
|||
|
|||
| MLB debut | |||
| April 15, 1979, for the New York Mets | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 19, 1989, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 58–70 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.88 | ||
| Strikeouts | 611 | ||
| Saves | 75 | ||
| Teams | |||
|
As player
As coach
|
|||
As player
As coach
Neil Patrick Allen (born January 24, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher currently serving as pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins.
The New York Mets drafted Allen out of Bishop Ward High School in Kansas City, Kansas, in the eleventh round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft. He went 10-2 with a 2.79 earned run average and led the Carolina League with 126 strikeouts with the Lynchburg Mets in his second professional season.
Allen came up with the Mets as a starting pitcher in 1979, and he made his major league debut on April 15 against the Philadelphia Phillies and former Met Nino Espinosa, giving up three runs in six innings and taking the loss. Allen was 0-5 as a starter when the Mets moved him to the bullpen. He won his next four decisions in a row as a reliever, and on July 28, he earned his first major league save.
Soon Allen emerged as the club's closer, earning eight saves by the end of the season and 69 total in his Mets career. In May of 1981, the Mets reached a deal to acquire Ellis Valentine from the Montreal Expos for Dan Norman and either Allen or Jeff Reardon. Unwilling to part with their closer, the Mets sent Reardon to the Expos.
...
Wikipedia