He also played in the minor leagues with the Binghamton Bingoes (1893) and the New Castle, Pennsylvania baseball team (1895).

While at the university he help revive the Ohio State varsity baseball team, which had not competed in intercollegiate competition since 1884.

[2] Allen became the first attendee of either Ohio State or Amherst to play in Major League Baseball, making his debut in 1893.

[4] Allen began his professional baseball career in 1893 with the minor league Binghamton Bingoes.

On August 4, 1893, Allen played his only game in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Spiders.

[6] He died on April 16, 1946, of cerebral vascular disease at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.