Lloyd Allen
Lloyd Cecil Allen is a former pitcher for the California Angels, Texas Rangers, and Chicago White Sox. He was the first player born in the 1950s to appear in a regular-season game.Biography
Allen was born in Merced, California, and is Jewish. He attended Selma High School in Selma, California and Fresno City College.
Allen was picked by the California Angels in the 1st round of the 1968 amateur draft, 12th overall.
In 1969 he was the youngest player in the American League. In 1971 his 15 saves were 7th in the American League. Arm problems led to him retiring in 1979.
In seven seasons he had an 8-25 win-loss record in 159 games, with 19 games started, 22 saves, 297⅓ innings pitched, 291 hits allowed, 183 runs allowed, 155 earned runs allowed, 19 home runs allowed, 196 walks, 194 strikeouts, 11 hit batsmen, 27 wild pitches, 18 intentional walks, and a 4.69 ERA.
