Jamie Allen (baseball)

Jamie Allen

Third baseman
Born: May 29, 1958 (1958-05-29) (age 53)
Yakima, Washington
Batted: Right Threw: Right 
MLB debut
May 1, 1983 for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
September 4, 1983 for the Seattle Mariners
Career statistics
Batting average     .223
Home runs     4
Runs batted in     21
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James Bradley Allen (born May 29, 1958 in Yakima, Washington) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman for the Seattle Mariners. He attended Arizona State University.

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Professional career

Seattle Mariners

Allen was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft. Allen was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft, but he did not sign.

During an exhibition game in 1982, as a member of the Triple-A Salt Lake City Gulls, Allen drew a walk to win the game against the Major League Seattle Mariners.[1]

Allen was placed on the Mariners' 40-man roster on November 6, 1982 as a part of what the Mariners' General Manager Dan O'Brien rebuilding plan.[2]

He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1983 at the Kingdome against the Baltimore Orioles. He went one-for-four in the game.[3] In his only big league season, '83, Allen hit .223 with four home runs, ten doubles and 21 RBIs in 86 games.

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