Neil Allen
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right • Throws: Right
6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)
Born: January 24, 1958 in Kansas City, KS
Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 11th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ward HS (Kansas City, KS).
High School: Ward HS (Kansas City, KS)
Debut: April 15, 1979 (14,180th in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L
Last Game: September 19, 1989
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER
Full Name: Neil Patrick Allen
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Notable Events and Chronology for Neil Allen Career
Biography
Allen’s emergence as a bullpen stopper in 1980 was one of the Mets’ few bright spots in the first part of the decade. The clubhouse cut-up had seasons of 22, 18, and 19 saves (1980-82). After a poor start in 1983, at which point Allen confessed an alcohol problem, the Mets traded him to the Cardinals, who were unloading Keith Hernandez for suspected drug use. Hernandez became a team leader on the Mets; Allen bounced around and hit bottom in 1987, when he was 0-8 for the White Sox and the Yankees. It was his second stint with the Yankees; in 1988 he pitched an unusual shutout for them. Relieving in the first inning with none out and a runner on first base, he picked off the runner; a special scorer’s decision gave him a shutout, but not a complete game.
