Rod Allen

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Roderick Bernet Allen

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

• High School Santa Monica High School
• Debut April 7, 1983
• Final Game October 2, 1988
• Born October 5, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA USA

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Although Rod Allen had only 50 at-bats in the majors, he had a long minor league career from 1977-88, hitting 121 home runs and batting .291. He was in the Mexican League briefly in 1986. He spent most of the 1980's in Triple A ball, hitting .324 in both 1983 and 1988. Allen played for the Hiroshima Carp from 1989 to 1991, hitting .288/.356/.510 overall and homering 25 times in 1990.

After his playing career ended, Allen was a coach for the Kane County Cougars in 1994-1995, and a broadcaster for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Detroit Tigers.

Here's a video of Allen in a bench clearing brawl in Japan.

His son, Andrew Allen, was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2007 amateur draft.

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