Neil Allen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Neil Allen
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 24, 1958(1958-01-24)
Age	66
Country	United States
Birth City	Kansas City
Horoscope	Capricorn

Neil Allen Biography

Neil Allen is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on January 24, 1958 in Kansas City, United States. Neil Patrick Allen, born January 24, 1958, is an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Soon Allen was the closer of the club, earning eight saves before the season ended and totaling 69 in his Mets career. The Mets made a deal with the Montreal Expos to purchase Ellis Valentine in May 1981. They also purchased Allen and Jeff Reardon. The Mets refused to part ways with their close friend and sent Reardon to Montreal Expos.

Allen’s first start as a Cardinal came against the Mets at Shea Stadium. He held the Mets to four hits with six strikeouts (2 of Hernandez) over eight innings, and drove in one of the Cardinals’ six runs. His second win for the Cards also came against his former club. This time, he held them to one run over seven innings. He also had an RBI double, and scored a run in the second inning. All told, he went 3-0 with a 0.87 ERA against the Mets in 1983. Against the rest of the National League, he was 9-13 with a 4.76 ERA.

Allen got off to a rough start to the 1983 season. With Allen’s record standing at 0-4 with a 5.68 ERA and a .301 batting average against, the Mets made the unusual decision to converted Allen back into a starter. As unconventional as this move was, it seemed to work. Allen won his first two decisions, including a shutout of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Two weeks later, on June 15, he and Rick Ownbey were traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Keith Hernandez.

After the 1985 season, Allen was traded by the Chicago White Sox to Glen Braxton and Scott Bradley for Matt Winters, Chris Alvarez, Eric Schmidt, and Ron Hassey. He was converted by the ChiSox to a starter and won his first victory of the season against Ron Guidry at Yankee Stadium. For the first White Sox win over Guidry at Yankee Stadium since August 13, 1981, Allen allowed only one earned run and four hits in seven innings.

Neil Allen Net Worth

Neil Allen is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Neil Allen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the 11th round of 1976 Major League Baseball’s 1976 draft, the New York Mets selected Allen from Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City, Kansas. In his second professional season, he was 10-2 and had a 2.79 earned-run average. He also led the Carolina League with 126 strikes with the Lynchburg Mets.

Allen was a Mets starting pitcher when he first joined the team in 1979. He made his major league debut against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 15. He gave up three runs in six innings, taking the loss, and then pitched the final two innings. When the Mets made Allen a bullpen starter, he was 0-5. His next four decisions were won as a relief pitcher, and he was awarded his first major league save on July 28.

Allen was an above average fielding pitcher. He did not commit an error from 1983 to 1986.

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Allen began coaching shortly after his retirement. After a brief stint in the independent Texas–Louisiana League as pitching coach with the Mobile BaySharks, Allen joined the Toronto Blue Jays in 1996 as pitching coach of their New York–Penn League affiliate, the St. Catharines Stompers.

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Neil Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Neil Allen celebrates birthday on January 24 of every year.

On May 26, 2016, Allen was booked into Hennepin County jail on suspicion of DUI and suspended indefinitely by the Twins. After he completed a five-week outpatient treatment program at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation that the team had checked him in to, the Twins brought him back in early July.