Kim Allen (baseball)

Kim Allen
Kim Allen
	Second baseman / Outfielder
	Born: April 5, 1953 (age 71); Fontana, California
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 2, 1980, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
	September 29, 1981, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
Batting average	.222
Hits	12
Runs batted in	3
Teams
	Seattle Mariners (1980-1981); Hanshin Tigers (1982-1983) (NPB);

For the actress, see Kim Allen (actress).

Kim Bryant Allen (born April 5, 1953 in Fontana, California) is a former Major League Baseball player. After playing college baseball for the UC Riverside Highlanders^[1] and having a nondescript minor league career, Allen briefly earned prospect status with the Seattle Mariners on the strength of his spectacular 1980 season for the Triple-A Spokane Indians. That season he registered a 35-game hitting streak and stole 84 bases, the most in the Pacific Coast League since 1913.^{[citation needed]} He was called up to the Mariners in September 1980 and swiped 10 bags in 23 games.

Entering 1981, Allen was a dark horse Rookie of the Year candidate, as there was speculation that Mariners manager Maury Wills would embrace Allen's larcenous ways and would allow him to run wild. However, after breaking camp with the Mariners, Allen was used almost exclusively as a pinch-runner, and then was sent down at the end of April.

After his big league career, Allen played in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers during the 1982 and 1983 seasons. In 1982, he hit .260/.326/.358 and stole 22 bases in 28 tries and he batted .276/.340/.409 in 47 games in '83. Surprisingly, he was caught in 8 of 20 steal attempts that year.

Allen also suited up for the Senior Professional Baseball Association's Fort Myers Sun Sox in 1989 and 1990 and led the league with 33 stolen bases.

References

^ "University of California, Riverside Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs

[ucr-1] "University of California, Riverside Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

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