John Chad Allen (born February 6, 1975) is an American former professional

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. He played in

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(MLB) for the

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and Texas Rangers.

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Born in

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, his father was Jackie Allen, a

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in the

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. He attended

Duncanville High School Duncanville High School is a secondary school located in Duncanville, Texas, Duncanville, Texas, United States, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The school is a part of Duncanville Independent School District. The school includes grades 9 through 12 ...

and played

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for

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from 1994 to 1996. He was drafted by the

in the fourth round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft. Allen also served as a member of the

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in the

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. After seven games in 1996, Allen began his first full professional season with the

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, where he had a .305

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over 105 games. He was then promoted to the

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, where he spent the rest of 1997 and the entire 1998 season. In 1998, he had a .262 batting average, 82

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(RBI), and 21

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s. After spring training, he made the opening day roster for the 1999 Minnesota Twins season, and spent the year as the team's starting

. In 137 games, Allen had a .277 batting average, 10

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s, and 14

s. He spent most of 2000 with the

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, and played 15 games in the majors. After 57 games with the Twins in 2001, he tore his ACL in August which ended his season; the Twins released him during the offseason. For the rest of his career, Allen remained mostly in the minor leagues. In 2002, he played five games for the Cleveland Indians. In 2003, he played 12 games for the Florida Marlins, and he played a combined 41 games over two seasons for the Texas Rangers; his last major league game was June 2, 2005. At the start of the 2006 season, the

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assigned him to the

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of the

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(PCL), where he had a .314 batting average in 105 games. In 2007, Allen played for the

Orix Buffaloes The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture ...

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. On December 13, 2007, he was named in the

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, naming players who had used steroids. His playing career ended after that. From 2013-2014, Allen served as the hitting coach for the

, the Twins's AA minor league affiliate. In 2015, he was the hitting coach for the

Chattanooga Lookouts The Chattanooga Lookouts are a Minor League Baseball team of the Southern League and the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. They are based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and are named for nearby Lookout Mountain. The team plays its home g ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Chad 1975 births Living people Albuquerque Isotopes players 21st-century American sportsmen American expatriate baseball players in Canada American expatriate baseball players in Japan Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Baseball coaches from Texas Baseball players from Dallas Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Cleveland Indians players Edmonton Trappers players Florida Marlins players Fort Wayne Wizards players Major League Baseball designated hitters Major League Baseball left fielders Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Memphis Redbirds players Minnesota Twins players Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Oklahoma RedHawks players Omaha Royals players Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in baseball Orix Buffaloes players Sportspeople from Duncanville, Texas Rochester Red Wings players Texas A&M Aggies baseball players Texas Rangers players Duncanville High School alumni

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