Dave Parker and Dick Allen have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Classic Era Committee on Sunday.
Parker obtained 14 of 16 votes and Allen obtained 13. A vote of 75% or extra was required for election.
They will probably be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 27 together with gamers voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, whose vote will probably be introduced on Jan. 21.
Tommy John was third with seven votes in a committee contemplating candidates whose major influence pre-dated 1980. Ken Boyer, John Donaldson, Steve Garvey, Vic Harris and Luis Tiant every obtained fewer than 5 votes.
Parker, 73, hit .290 with 339 homers and 1,493 RBIs for Pittsburgh (1973-83), Cincinnati (1984-87), Oakland (1988-89), Milwaukee (1990), California (1991) and Toronto (1991 ).
He gained World Series titles in 1979 and ’89, was the NL MVP in 1978, gained NL batting titles in 1977 and ’78 and was a seven-time All-Star and three-time Gold Right exterior glove.
Allen, who died in 2020 at age 78, hit .292 with 351 homers and 1,119 RBIs from 1963-77 for Philadelphia (1963-69, 1975-76), St. Louis (1970), Los Angeles Dodgers (1971 ), Chicago White Sox (1972-74) and Oakland (1977).
Known as Richie Allen with the Phillies earlier than asking to be referred to as Dick for the remainder of his profession, Allen was a seven-time All-Star who was voted NL Rookie of the Year in 1964 and AL MVP in 1972.
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Félix Hernández are amongst 14 gamers eligible to be on the BBWAA poll for the primary time within the upcoming voting. Supporters embody Billy Wagner, who had 5 fewer votes final January.
Parker by no means bought greater than 24.5 % throughout 15 appearances on the BBWAA poll from 1997 to 2011. He was on fewer than six ballots within the 2013 expansion-era committee and on seven within the 2013 modern-era committee. 2019, which thought-about candidates from 1970 to 1987.
Allen obtained a excessive of 18.9% on the BBWAA poll from 1983 to 1997, then failed to achieve a sequence of fee votes.
Associated Press reporting.
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