Allen also played in the minor leagues with the Class-C Lynchburg Shoemakers (1912) and the Class-D Hagerstown Terriers (1917).

On June 2, 1914, Allen played his only Major League Baseball game.

According to the Society for American Baseball Research, Allen served in Europe during World War I.

[2] Allen joined the Class-D Hagerstown Terriers of the Blue Ridge League in 1917.

Allen was born on October 27, 1890, in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.