Jack Allen (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1855–1915)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jack Allen

|image=Jack Allen.jpg

|position=Third Baseman

|birth_date=October 2, 1855

|birth_place=Woodstock, Illinois

|death_date={{death date and age|1915|4|21|1855|10|2}}

|death_place=Girard, Pennsylvania

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 1

|debutyear=1879

|debutteam=Syracuse Stars

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=

|finalyear=1879

|finalteam=Cleveland Blues

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=At bats

|stat1value=108

|stat2label=RBI

|stat2value=7

|stat3label=Home Runs

|stat3value=0

|stat4label=Batting average

|stat4value=.148

|teams=

• Syracuse Stars ({{Baseball year|1879}})
• Cleveland Blues ({{Baseball year|1879}})

}}

Cyrus Alban Allen (October 2, 1855 – April 21, 1915) was an American professional baseball player who played third base in 1879. He played collegiate ball at Western Reserve University and later got a dental degree at University of Pennsylvania.{{cite book|title=The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball|first=David|last=Nemec|authorlink=David Nemec|publisher=McFarland & Company|year=2012|isbn=9781784022020|page=173}}