Immortalized: Dick Allen and Dave Parker Voted into MLB Hall of Fame
Dick Allen and Dave Parker earned induction to the National Baseball Hall of Fame via the Classic Baseball Era Committee process.
Allen and Parker were candidates on the Classic Baseball Era Committee Ballot, which was considered by a 16-member committee that held meetings in Dallas. The eight-person ballot was comprised of candidates whose primary contribution to the game came prior to 1980.
Parker was named on 14 of 16 ballots and Allen on 13 of 16 as the only candidates to reach the 75% threshold necessary for election.
Parker, who is 73, and Allen, who passed away in 2020, will be joined in the Hall of Fame Class of 2025 by any electees who emerge from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting, which will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
Allen played 15 seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics, totaling 351 home runs and 1,119 RBI.
He win the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year Award with the Phillies and was named the 1972 American League Most Valuable Player with the White Sox. He reached the 20-home run mark in nine straight seasons and 10 overall while leading his league in slugging percentage three times, extra base hits three times and on-base percentage twice.
Parker was named to seven All-Star Games in his 19 seasons, winning back-to-back NL batting titles in 1977-78 while earning league MVP honors in the latter year. A key member of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ World Series champions in 1979 and the Athletics’ World Series winners 10 years later, Parker led his league in total bases three times and slugging percentage twice.
A three-time Gold Glove Award winner in right field, Parker won the 1979 All-Star Game MVP Award following a legendary exhibition of his throwing arm.
The 16-member Hall of Fame Board-appointed electorate charged with the review of the Classic Baseball Era Ballot was comprised of Hall of Fame members Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray, Tony Pérez, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith and Joe Torre; Major League executives Sandy Alderson, Terry McGuirk, Dayton Moore, Arte Moreno and Brian Sabean; and veteran media members/historians Bob Elliott, Leslie Heaphy, Steve Hirdt, Dick Kaegel and Larry Lester. Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark served as the non-voting chairman of the Classic Baseball Era Committee.
Hall of Fame Weekend 2025 will be held July 25-28 in Cooperstown, N.Y., with the Induction Ceremony slated for Sunday, July 27, 2025. The BBWAA election results will be announced at 3 p.m. PT on Tuesday, Jan. 21, on MLB Network.
Former Dodgers miss out on MLB Hall of Fame election
Former Dodgers players Steve Garvey and Tommy John were both up for election into the Hall of Fame as part of the Classic Baseball Era Committee process, but both fell short. John received seven votes of the 12 necessary for election while Garvey received fewer than five.
John was the only player on the ballot not elected to the Hall of Fame to earn five or more votes.
