Neil Allen

Q: When was Neil Allen born?

Neil Allen was born on January 24, 1958.

Q: Where was Neil Allen born?

Neil Allen was born in Kansas City, KS .

Q: How tall is Neil Allen?

Neil Allen is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Neil Allen weigh when playing?

Neil Allen weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Neil Allen in the Hall of Fame?

Neil Allen has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Neil Allen drafted?

Neil Allen was drafted by the New York Mets in the 11th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ward HS (Kansas City, KS) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Neil Allen have?

Neil Allen had 611 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Neil Allen played for?

Neil Allen played for 5 teams; the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians.

Q: When did Neil Allen retire?

Neil Allen last played in 1989.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: January 24, 1958 in Kansas City, KS us

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 (Age 21-081d, 14,166th in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 19, 1989 (Age 31-238d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Neil Patrick Allen

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

ERA

3.88

434

988.1

611

WHIP

1.419

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1976	18	NYM-min	A,Rk	6	2	.750	3.00	12	10		4	1	1	81.0	74	35	27	5	26	1	63	1	0	2				1.235	8.2	0.6	2.9	7.0	2.42	WAU,MIO MIDW,APPY
1977	19	NYM-min	A	10	2	.833	2.79	20	20		11	2	0	142.0	136	55	44	7	43	0	126	3	3	6				1.261	8.6	0.4	2.7	8.0	2.93	LBG CARL
1978	20	NYM-min	AA,AAA	7	16	.304	2.85	26	26		10	3	0	177.0	153	73	56	16	50	4	141	2	0	3				1.147	7.8	0.8	2.5	7.2	2.82	JAC,TID TL,IL
1979	21	NYM	NL	6	10	.375	3.55	50	5	27	0	0	8	99.0	100	46	39	4	47	13	65	0	0	6	431	103	3.37	1.485	9.1	0.4	4.3	5.9	1.38
1980	22	NYM	NL	7	10	.412	3.70	59	0	47	0	0	22	97.1	87	43	40	7	40	9	79	0	1	2	407	96	3.30	1.305	8.0	0.6	3.7	7.3	1.98
1981	23	NYM	NL	7	6	.538	2.97	43	0	35	0	0	18	66.2	64	26	22	4	26	8	50	0	0	3	286	118	3.05	1.350	8.6	0.5	3.5	6.8	1.92
1982	24	NYM	NL	3	7	.300	3.06	50	0	42	0	0	19	64.2	65	22	22	5	30	5	59	1	0	4	279	120	3.34	1.469	9.0	0.7	4.2	8.2	1.97
1983	25	TOT	NL	12	13	.480	3.94	46	22	12	5	3	2	175.2	179	84	77	12	84	9	106	1	1	8	762	93	3.89	1.497	9.2	0.6	4.3	5.4	1.26
1983	25	NYM	NL	2	7	.222	4.50	21	4	9	1	1	2	54.0	57	29	27	6	36	5	32	0	0	2	246	81	5.01	1.722	9.5	1.0	6.0	5.3	0.89
1983	25	STL	NL	10	6	.625	3.70	25	18	3	4	2	0	121.2	122	55	50	6	48	4	74	1	1	6	516	99	3.39	1.397	9.0	0.4	3.6	5.5	1.54
1984	26	STL	NL	9	6	.600	3.55	57	1	18	0	0	3	119.0	105	54	47	6	49	9	66	0	0	6	495	98	3.55	1.294	7.9	0.5	3.7	5.0	1.35
1985	27	TOT	MLB	2	4	.333	4.17	40	1	23	0	0	3	58.1	58	31	27	4	30	6	26	1	1	3	259	92	4.28	1.509	8.9	0.6	4.6	4.0	0.87
1985	27	STL	NL	1	4	.200	5.59	23	1	13	0	0	2	29.0	32	22	18	3	17	6	10	1	1	1	135	65	5.20	1.690	9.9	0.9	5.3	3.1	0.59
1985	27	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	2.76	17	0	10	0	0	1	29.1	26	9	9	1	13	0	16	0	0	2	124	148	3.37	1.330	8.0	0.3	4.0	4.9	1.23
1986	28	CHW	AL	7	2	.778	3.82	22	17	1	2	2	0	113.0	101	50	48	8	38	1	57	2	0	4	466	114	3.74	1.230	8.0	0.6	3.0	4.5	1.50
1987	29	CHW-min	A	0	1	.000	2.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	17	6	4	1	7	0	17	0	0	1				1.333	8.5	0.5	3.5	8.5	2.43	DYB FLOR
1987	29	TOT	AL	0	8	.000	5.93	23	11	6	0	0	0	74.1	97	52	49	8	36	1	42	2	0	1	342	77	4.67	1.789	11.7	1.0	4.4	5.1	1.17
1987	29	CHW	AL	0	7	.000	7.07	15	10	2	0	0	0	49.2	74	40	39	6	26	0	26	2	0	1	236	66	5.09	2.013	13.4	1.1	4.7	4.7	1.00
1987	29	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	3.65	8	1	4	0	0	0	24.2	23	12	10	2	10	1	16	0	0	0	106	123	3.84	1.338	8.4	0.7	3.6	5.8	1.60
1988	30	NYY-min	AAA,A	0	1	.000	0.38	5	5	0	1	0	0	24.0	9	2	1	0	1	0	12	0	0	0				0.417	3.4	0.0	0.4	4.5	12.00	CLB,FTL IL,FLOR
1988	30	NYY	AL	5	3	.625	3.84	41	2	10	0	1	0	117.1	121	51	50	14	37	7	61	2	0	2	504	103	4.28	1.347	9.3	1.1	2.8	4.7	1.65
1989	31	CLE-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.42	21	15	2	0	0	0	100.0	105	57	38	9	27	0	52	2	5	8				1.320	9.5	0.8	2.4	4.7	1.93	CSP PCL
1989	31	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	15.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	8	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	30	7.10	2.667	24.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
1990	32	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		6.60	12	0	2	0	0	1	15.0	22	12	11	3	6	0	10	1	0	0				1.867	13.2	1.8	3.6	6.0	1.67	NVL AA
11 Yrs				58	70	.453	3.88	434	59	222	7	6	75	988.1	985	464	426	73	417	68	611	9	3	39	4248	98	3.77	1.419	9.0	0.7	3.8	5.6	1.47
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.453	3.88	60	8	31	1	1	10	136	136	64	59	10	58	9	84	1	0	5	586	98	3.77	1.419	9.0	0.7	3.8	5.6	1.47
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYM (5 yrs)				25	40	.385	3.54	223	9	160	1	1	69	381.2	373	166	150	26	179	40	285	1	1	17	1649	102	3.52	1.446	8.8	0.6	4.2	6.7	1.59
STL (3 yrs)				20	16	.556	3.84	105	20	34	4	2	5	269.2	259	131	115	15	114	19	150	2	2	13	1146	93	3.65	1.383	8.6	0.5	3.8	5.0	1.32
NYY (3 yrs)				6	4	.600	3.62	66	3	24	0	1	1	171.1	170	72	69	17	60	8	93	2	0	4	734	112	4.06	1.342	8.9	0.9	3.2	4.9	1.55
CHW (2 yrs)				7	9	.438	4.81	37	27	3	2	2	0	162.2	175	90	87	14	64	1	83	4	0	5	702	92	4.15	1.469	9.7	0.8	3.5	4.6	1.30
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	15.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	8	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	30	7.10	2.667	24.0	3.0	0.0	0.0

NL (7 yrs)				45	56	.446	3.66	328	29	194	5	3	74	651.1	632	297	265	41	293	59	435	3	3	30	2795	98	3.58	1.420	8.7	0.6	4.0	6.0	1.48
AL (5 yrs)				13	14	.481	4.30	106	30	28	2	3	1	337.0	353	167	161	32	124	9	176	6	0	9	1453	99	4.13	1.415	9.4	0.9	3.3	4.7	1.42

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1979	21	NYM	NL	-0.2	50	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-139	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	22	NYM	NL	0.0	59	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.143	.200	.143	.343	-1	.169	-27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1981	23	NYM	NL	0.1	43	7	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.600	.800	122	.339	108	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1982	24	NYM	NL	0.2	50	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.375	.167	.542	58	.408	163	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1983	25	2TM	NL	-0.2	46	56	49	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	.102	.102	.143	.245	-33	.128	-74	7	0	0	7	0	0	1
1983	25	NYM	NL	-0.1	21	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.093	-94	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1983	25	STL	NL	-0.2	25	45	39	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	.128	.128	.179	.308	-16	.137	-69	7	0	0	6	0	0	1
1984	26	STL	NL	0.2	57	25	25	0	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	8	.240	.240	.320	.560	58	.250	41	8	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	27	STL	NL	0.0	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-143	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Yrs				0.0	328	129	115	3	15	2	2	0	7	0	0	3	51	.130	.153	.183	.335	-6	.170	-30	21	0	0	11	0	0	1
162 Game Avg				0.0	162	64	57	1	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	25	.130	.153	.183	.335	-6	.170	-30	10	0	0	5	0	0

NYM (5 Yrs)				0.0	223	57	49	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	22	.082	.135	.122	.257	-27	.162	-30	6	0	0	5	0	0	1
STL (3 Yrs)				0.0	105	72	66	2	11	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	29	.167	.167	.227	.394	9	.176	-30	15	0	0	6	0	0	1

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1979	21	NYM	NL	P	50	5	0	99.0	24	9	14	1	1	.958	.951	2.09	1.80	0.46	1.80	6	11	7	38.9	34.0	0
1980	22	NYM	NL	P	59	0	0	97.1	15	4	10	1	0	.933	.952	1.29	1.90	0.24	1.91	2	6	9	60.0	31.2	0
1981	23	NYM	NL	P	43	0	0	66.2	17	4	13	0	1	1.000	.959	2.30	1.97	0.40	1.98	3	6	0	0.0	32.8	0
1982	24	NYM	NL	P	50	0	0	64.2	10	1	8	1	1	.900	.952	1.25	1.96	0.18	1.97	4	7	5	41.7	31.6	0
1983	25	2TM	NL	P	46	22	5	175.2	37	17	20	0	0	*1.000*	.952	1.90	1.92	0.80	1.91	8	14	9	39.1	32.8	0
1983	25	NYM	NL	P	21	4	1	54.0	11	5	6	0	0	1.000	.952	1.83	1.92	0.52	1.91	2	7	3	30.0	32.8	0
1983	25	STL	NL	P	25	18	4	121.2	26	12	14	0	0	1.000	.952	1.92	1.92	1.04	1.91	6	7	6	46.2	32.8	0
1984	26	STL	NL	P	57	1	0	119.0	27	5	22	0	0	1.000	.954	2.04	1.88	0.47	1.87	6	5	7	58.3	30.9	1
1985	27	2TM	2LG	P	40	1	0	58.1	13	5	8	0	0	1.000	.953	2.01	1.90	0.33	1.89	3	0	1	100.0	30.0	0
1985	27	STL	NL	P	23	1	0	29.0	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	.953	2.17	1.92	0.30	1.92	1	0	1	100.0	30.0	0
1985	27	NYY	AL	P	17	0	0	29.1	6	3	3	0	0	1.000	.953	1.84	1.87	0.35	1.84	2	0	0			0
1986	28	CHW	AL	P	22	17	2	113.0	25	15	10	0	0	1.000	.957	1.99	1.83	1.14	1.81	4	4	8	66.7	34.2	0
1987	29	2TM	AL	P	23	11	0	74.1	15	7	7	1	1	.933	.955	1.70	1.84	0.61	1.82	1	5	5	50.0	30.8	0
1987	29	CHW	AL	P	15	10	0	49.2	12	6	5	1	1	.917	.955	1.99	1.85	0.73	1.82	1	3	4	57.1	30.9	0
1987	29	NYY	AL	P	8	1	0	24.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	.953	1.09	1.82	0.38	1.83	0	2	1	33.3	30.7	0
1988	30	NYY	AL	P	41	2	0	117.1	14	6	8	0	0	1.000	.961	1.07	1.78	0.34	1.77	2	2	2	50.0	31.3	0
1989	31	CLE	AL	P	3	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	.960	6.00	1.80	0.67	1.87	0	0	0			0
11 Yrs					434	59	7	988.1	199	75	120	4	4	.980	.954	1.78	1.87	0.45	1.88	39	60	53	46.9	32.3	1

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Neil Allen?

Neil Allen is 66 years old.

When was Neil Allen born?

Neil Allen was born on January 24, 1958.

Where was Neil Allen born?

Neil Allen was born in Kansas City, KS.

How tall is Neil Allen?

Neil Allen is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Neil Allen weigh when playing?

Neil Allen weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Neil Allen play?

Neil Allen played 11 seasons.

Is Neil Allen in the Hall of Fame?

Neil Allen has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Neil Allen drafted?

Neil Allen was drafted by the New York Mets in the 11th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ward HS (Kansas City, KS).

What position did Neil Allen play?

Neil Allen was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Neil Allen have?

Neil Allen had 611 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Neil Allen played for?

Neil Allen played for 5 teams; the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians.

When did Neil Allen retire?

Neil Allen last played in 1989.

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