Allen Craig

Allen Craig
Craig playing for the Boston Red Sox in 2014
Outfielder / First baseman
Born: (1984-07-18) July 18, 1984 (age 39) Mission Viejo, California, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 8, 2010, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 2015, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average	.276
Home runs	59
Runs batted in	296
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (2010–2014) Boston Red Sox (2014–2015)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2013) World Series champion (2011)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  United States World Junior Baseball Championship 2002 Sherbrooke Team

Allen Thomas Craig (born July 18, 1984) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox. The Cardinals drafted Craig from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006, and he made his Major League debut with them in 2010.

Each season in the minor leagues from 2007 to 2009, Craig finished with a batting average of over .300 with at least 20 home runs. A .306 career hitter in MLB through 2013, he increased his production with runners in scoring position (RISP). In 2012, he posted a .400 batting average with RISP. The next season, he raised that figure to .454, the third-highest average of all time.

Craig has appeared in two World Series and in both made history. In the 2011 World Series, he tied a record by collecting three hits that drove in the game-winning run. In 2013, he became the first player to score a game-winning run on an obstruction call.

He is currently an Advisor to Baseball Operations for the San Diego Padres.^[1]