1975-76), St. Louis (1970), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1971), Chicago White Sox (1972-74) and Oakland (1977). Known as Richie Allen with the Phillies before asking to be referred to as Dick for the ...
With Ichiro Suzuki somehow not getting inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame unanimously on the first ballot, all signs point to this next icon of the game potentially being able to do what one ...
Allen received a high of 18.9% on the BBWAA ballot from 1983-97, then fell short in a series of committee votes. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. Dave Parker and Dick Allen ...
Dave Parker, the rifled-arm outfielder and 1978 National League MVP for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Dick Allen, the feared slugger for the Philadelphia Phillies and 1972 American League MVP for ...