- Allen Watson
Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=#c6011f
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Allen Kenneth Watson
position=Starting Pitcher ,Relief pitcher
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1970|11|18
debutdate=July 8
debutyear=1993
debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals
finaldate=August 10
finalyear=2000
finalteam=New York Yankees
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=51-55
stat2label=Strikeout s
stat2value=589
stat3label=ERA
stat3value=5.03
teams=
*St. Louis Cardinals (by|1993-by|1995)
*San Francisco Giants (by|1996)
*Anaheim Angels (by|1997-by|1998)
*New York Mets (by|1999)
*Seattle Mariners (by|1999)
*New York Yankees (by|1999-by|2000)
highlights=Allen Kenneth Watson (born
November 18 ,1970 inJamaica, New York ) is a high school baseball coach and formerleft-handed starting pitcher inprofessional baseball . He is a graduate ofChrist The King Regional High School inFlushing, New York and attendedNew York Institute of Technology Baseball career
Allen Watson was picked by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1st Round of 1991 amateur entry draft. He spent the next two years in the Cardinals minor league system, making his professional pitching debut on July 8, 1993.
In 1995, he was traded along with
Doug Creek andRich DeLucia to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Wimmer andRoyce Clayton . At the end of the 1996 season, he and Fausto Macey were traded by the Giants to the Anaheim Angels forJ.T. Snow . He stayed with the Angels for the 1997-1998 seasons obtaining a career high 12 wins as a starting pitcher in 1997. On June 14, 1997, Watson gave up the first-ever grand slam in interleague play to Rich Aurilia of theSan Francisco Giants Over the next 3 years, he played for the
Seattle Mariners ,New York Mets andNew York Yankees , mostly in a relief role or as a spot starter. He retired after the 2000 season.Post baseball career
Watson is currently the baseball coach for his
Alma mater , Christ The King Regional High School. [cite web
url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-spmets225511809dec22,0,7690842.story?track=rss
title=Watson denies steroid allegations |date=2007-12-22 |publisher=Newsday |author=Ken Davidoff | accessdate=2007-12-22]Grimsley affidavit
On
December 20 ,2007 , Watson's was named inJason Grimsley 's sworn affidavit as having usedperformance-enhancing drugs . [cite web
url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/SPORTS02/71220095
title= Jason Grimsley's federal sworn statement unsealed |date=2007-12-20 |publisher=Detroit Free Press accessdate=2007-12-22] Watson and Grimsley were teammates on the 1999-2000 New York Yankees. In a statement released by his agent, Watson denied these accusations by stating:"I at no time over my professional baseball career used steroids or any performance-enhancing drugs. Not then, not now, not ever." [cite web
url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3165254
title= Former pitcher Watson denies using performance-enhancing drugs |date=2007-12-21 |publisher=ESPN accessdate=2007-12-22]References
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