With all due respect to Dave Parker, I’m going to begin this column writing about Dick Allen, because for me, his election is personal. He changed my life.

Dave Parker and Dick Allen are heading to Cooperstown after both were elected to the Hall of Fame on Sunday by the classic era committee. A vote of 75% was needed at the election to go through to ...

Dave Parker received 14 of 16 votes, while DIck Allen got 13 as both reached the 75% threshold to gain entrance to baseball's Hall of Fame from the classic era.

For Dick Allen, a brilliant but controversial star, Sunday's posthumous Hall of Fame selection is bittersweet. But for both him and Dave Parker, late is better than never.

Allen (left) and Parker were voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Classic Era Committee on Sunday. / John Iacono/Sports Illustrated, Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated Forty-seven years ...

(Stats from Baseball-Reference and Fangraphs, with Veterans Committee voting results from Veterans Committee Data). Leading the official announcement was Dick Allen. The 1972 AL MVP was one of the ...

Dave Parker and Dick Allen have been elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame by the classic era committee. By Associated Press | Dec. 8, 2024. By Associated Press | Dec. 8, 2024, at 7:44 p.m.

Dave Parker and Dick Allen were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Sunday by the classic era committee. Parker received 14 of 16 votes and Allen got 13. A vote of 75% or more was needed for ...

Dave Parker and Dick Allen have been elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame by the classic era committee. Ronald Blum. Monday 09 December 2024 02:36 GMT.