Greg Allen

Gregory Lomack Allen

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
• School San Diego State University
• High School Hilltop High School (Chula Vista)
• Debut September 1, 2017

• Born March 15, 1993 in San Diego, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Outfielder Greg Allen was a 6th-round choice by the Indians in the 2014 amateur draft, out of San Diego State University.

He made his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians on September 1, 2017, with the Indians in the middle of a record-setting 22-game winning streak. He hit .229 in 25 games the rest of the way. He was on the team's postseason roster, being used twice in the Indians' loss to the New York Yankees in the Division Series, once as a defensive replacement in center field and once as a pinch-runner. On May 27, 2018, he put an end to an epic contest between the Indians and Houston Astros by leading off the bottom of the 14th inning with a walk-off homer off Brad Peacock for a 10-9 Cleveland win. The Astros had scored 6 times in the 8th and the Indians 5 times in the bottom of the 9th to force extra innings, and the two teams had traded solo homer in the 13th before Allen ended the game. He hit .257 in 91 games with 36 runs scored and 21 steals in 25 attempts as the Indians' most used centerfielder. However, he was relegated to the bench in the postseason, grounding into a double play in his only at-bat against the Astros in the Division Series.

In 2019, he played another 89 games but his average fell to .229 with 4 homers and 27 RBIs. His OPS+ fell as well, from a poor 77 to a close-to-awful 65 as the Indians missed the postseason after three straight appearances. He was displaced by rookie Oscar Mercado as the most-used centerfielder, as his lack of offensive production was too much to carry in the starting line-up on a regular basis. Still, hes speed and defensive skills meant that he had some value as a back-up and he started 2020 as an extra outfielder, although he hardly ever came to the plate: just 28 times over his first 15 games, during which he hit .160. On August 31st, he was traded to the San Diego Padres, heading home in the blockbuster deal in which he accompanied P Mike Clevinger and a player to be named later in return for six players - Josh Naylor, Cal Quantrill, Austin Hedges, Gabriel Arias, Owen Miller and Joey Cantillo. He only appeared in one game for the Padres after the trade, going 0 for 1, but reaching base three times with a pair of walks and a hit-by-pitch. He still made the team's postseason roster and played one game of the Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers as a defensive substitute in left field. On January 6, 2021, he was traded to the New York Yankees for P James Reeves.

Allen spent most of the 2021 season in the minors, appearing in just 15 games in the majors for the Yankees, hitting .270. With the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, he hit .326 in 73 games, with 49 runs and 26 stolen bases in 28 attempts. Following the season, he was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates and spent most of 2022 in the big leagues with them, hitting .186 in 46 games with an OPS+ of 51. He signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox before the 2023 season, but did not play for Boston in the majors, as he was assigned to the AAA Worcester Red Sox. he was hitting .250 in 37 games when on May 20th he was traded to Boston's chief rivals, the Yankees, in what was only the seventh transaction between the two teams since the start of the Divisional Era in 1969. In return, the Red Sox received Rookie-Class pitcher Diego Hernandez. The Yankees designated Aaron Hicks for assignment, swallowing the $20 million still owed him, in order to clear a spot for Allen on their 40-man roster.

Related Sites

• Greg Allen on mlb.com