Dallas (AP) On Sunday, the classic period committee voted Dick Allen and Dave Parker to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Allen garnered 13 out of 16 votes, while Parker received 14. To be elected, a majority of 75% or more has to vote.
Along with the players chosen by the Baseball Writers Association of America, whose balloting will be revealed on January 21, they will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 27.
On a committee that evaluated candidates whose main influence occurred prior to 1980, Tommy John came in third place with seven votes. Less than five votes were cast for Luis Tiant, Steve Garvey, Vic Harris, John Donaldson, and Ken Boyer.
For Pittsburgh (1973–83), Cincinnati (1984–87), Oakland (1988–89), Milwaukee (1990), California (1991), and Toronto (1991), Parker, then 73, hit.290 with 339 home runs and 1,493 RBIs.
He was a three-time Gold Glove right fielder, a seven-time All-Star, the 1978 NL MVP, the 1977 and 1978 NL hitting champions, and the 1979 and 1989 World Series champion.
Allen hit.292 with 351 home runs and 1,119 RBIs from 1963–77 while playing for the Philadelphia Phillies (1963–69, 1975–76), St. Louis (1970), Los Angeles Dodgers (1971), Chicago White Sox (1972–74), and Oakland (1977). Allen passed away in 2020 at the age of 78.
Allen, a seven-time All-Star who was chosen as the 1964 NL Rookie of the Year and the 1972 AL MVP, was known to the Phillies as Richie Allen before requesting to be called Dick for the remainder of his career.
In the next vote, 14 players will be eligible for the BBWAA ballot for the first time, including Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Flix Hernndez. Billy Wagner, who came within five votes last January, is one of the holdovers.
During his 15 appearances on the BBWAA ballot from 1997 to 2011, Parker never received a higher percentage than 24.5%. He appeared on seven ballots from the 2019 Modern Era Committee, which examined candidates from 1970 to 1987, and less than six ballots from the 2013 Expansion Era Committee.
After reaching a peak of 18.9% on the BBWAA ballot between 1983 and 1997, Allen lost a number of committee votes.
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