Allen Watson was born in Jamaica, New York on November 18, 1970. He is a graduate of Christ The King Regional High School in Middle Village, New York and attended New York Institute of Technology.\n', '

Watson was picked by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the 1991 amateur entry draft after completing his junior year at NYIT. He was selected as a Div 1 All American by the ABCA in the DH role. He spent the next two years in the Cardinals' minor league system, making his Major League debut on July 8, 1993.\n", '

In 1995, he was traded, along with Doug Creek and Rich DeLucia, to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Wimmer and Royce Clayton. At the end of the 1996 season, he and Fausto Macey were traded by the Giants to the Anaheim Angels for J. T. Snow. He pitched with the Angels in 1997-1998, obtaining a career-high twelve 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 the San Francisco Giants\n', '

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