Late legend Dick Allen finally joins Baseball Hall of Fame after long wait
A major baseball honour is finally happening but only after years of waiting and missing out by just one vote more than once. Many fans have long believed this player deserved the biggest baseball award years ago.
His family always knew this day would come, and now it's almost here. A long-awaited event will happen in Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday, July 27, 2025. But I'm feeling mixed about it because the man won't be there to see it.
Dick Allen to be inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on July 27
Dick Allen, the late baseball legend, will be officially inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, July 27, 2025, in Cooperstown, New York. Prior to his death in December 2020, Allen had an incredible 15-year Major League Baseball career.
He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Oakland A's, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Allen had a lifetime batting average of .292, hit 351 home runs, and had 1,119 RBIs. His son, Dick Allen Jr., said,
'He never asked for it, but I always told him he deserved it. He just said, 'I'm alright.''
The announcement came after years of near misses, where Allen fell just one vote short of making it in both 2014 and 2021.
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Dick Allen Jr. and Dave Parker's family to attend the 2025 Hall of Fame weekend
Along with the family of Dave Parker, another legendary player receiving a delayed honor, Dick Allen's son will be present at the event. Parker, popularly known as "The Cobra," died a few weeks prior to the announcement of the induction. Choosing players from past generations, the Classic Baseball Era Committee will induct both Allen and Parker.
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The 2025 class will also include Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner, who were chosen by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
In 2020, the Phillies retired Allen's number 15, even though they had only done that for players already in the Hall of Fame. Phillies chairman John Middleton had said,
'You have earned this, Dick. No one can take it from you now.'
Now, Allen's name and story will finally have a permanent place in baseball history, where many say it always belonged.
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