Ethan Nathan Allen was an American

United States

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 center fielder

Center fielder

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 in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 from to . He played for the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 (1926–30), New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 (1930–32), St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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 (1932–33), Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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 (1934–36), Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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 (1936), and St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

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 (1936–38).

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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 and an alumnus of the University of Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati

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, in 1,123 games he compiled 1,325 hits

Hit (baseball)

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 and 47 home run

Home run

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s, with a batting average

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 of .300, on base percentage

On base percentage

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 of .336 and slugging average of .410.

Allen remained well-known long after his retirement as a player as the inventor of the Cadaco-Ellis board game

Board game

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 All Star Baseball

All Star Baseball

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, which entered production in the early 1940s and remains available, with few changes, today. All Star Baseball and Strat-o-Matic

Strat-o-Matic

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 Baseball are the two most popular baseball board games of the second half of the 20th century.

Allen also became the baseball coach at Yale University

Yale University

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, serving from 1946 until 1968. Reaching the College World Series

College World Series

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 finals in both 1947 and 1948, his players included future U.S. president George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

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Allen died at age 89 in Brookings, Oregon

Brookings, Oregon

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External links

• The Deadball Era
• Ethan Allen at Find a Grave
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