From 1964-74, among players with 2,000 or more plate appearances, Allen produced a 165 OPS+. That number topped a Hall of Fame list that includes Willie McCovey, Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Willie Stargell, Reggie Jackson, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays and Harmon Killebrew below him.

Allen, who died in 2020, was a seven-time All-Star and a two-time home run champion during his 15-season run as a Major League Baseball player.

Former Chicago White Sox Most Value Player Dick Allen has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Classic Era Committee.

Dick Allen and Dave Parker will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next July, the Classic Baseball Era Committee announced Sunday. Parker, an outfielder and the 1978 NL MVP for the Pittsburgh Pirates,

Allen, who died in 2020, is bound for Cooperstown 47 years after he last played in a major-league game and will be inducted on July 27.

On Sunday, the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame’s Classic Era Committee will convene at the Winter Meetings and decide if any of the eight finalists on this year’s ballot will earn enshrinement in Cooperstown.

Dick Allen was named as one of the newest incoming inductees of the Baseball Hall of Fame through the Classic Baseball Era Committee, writes Tyler Kepner