Now today on the blog comes a card I have been wanting to create for a long while, a "not so missing" 1973 card for one of the Allen brothers, Ron, who played seven games in his Major League career, all with the St. Louis Cardinals in August of 1972:
Ron, the youngest of the Allen brothers (Hank and should-be Hall of Famer Dick) collected one hit over 11 at-bats with the Cardinals during his brief Big League time, scoring two runs and driving in one on a homer.
I
don't know why he retired from the game after this time, considering he
was in the Minor Leagues between 1964 and 1972 before finally getting
the call-up to the "Big Show".
When you look at his Minor
League career, he had some solid numbers, hitting .271 with 135 homers
and 592 runs batted in over nine seasons, so I don't understand why he
retired shortly after finally making it.
Does anyone know? I
looked him up and could not find anything that would explain. He didn't
go to Japan or Mexico to play, so I'm at a loss as to why he left pro
ball when he did.