Editing Dick Allen (section)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1942–2020)}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Redirect|Richie Allen|other uses|Richard Allen (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Dick Allen
|image=Dick Allen.jpg
|caption=Allen with the Philadelphia Phillies, {{c.|1965}}
|position=[[First baseman]] / [[Third baseman]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1942|3|8}}
|birth_place=[[Wampum, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|2020|12|7|1942|3|8}} 
|death_place=Wampum, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 3
|debutyear=1963
|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 19
|finalyear=1977
|finalteam=Oakland Athletics
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.292
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=351
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=1,119
|teams=
* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1963}}–{{mlby|1969}})
* [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{mlby|1970}})
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1971}})
* [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{mlby|1972}}–{{mlby|1974}})
* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1975}}–{{mlby|1976}})
* [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|1977}})
|highlights=
*7× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1965]]–[[1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1967]], [[1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1970]], [[1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1972]]–[[1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1974]])
*[[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|AL MVP]] (1972)
*[[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|NL Rookie of the Year]] (1964)
*2× [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders|AL home run leader]] (1972, 1974)
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|AL RBI leader]] (1972)
*[[Philadelphia Phillies#Retired numbers|Philadelphia Phillies No. 15]] retired
*[[Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame|Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame]]
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate = [[2025 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2025]]
|hofvote = 81.3%
|hofmethod=Classic Baseball Era Committee
|hoffuture = true<!--this prepends "Incoming" in the infobox text, do not delete until HOF induction in July 2025-->
}}

'''Richard Anthony Allen''' (March 8, 1942 – December 7, 2020), nicknamed "'''Crash'''" and "'''the Wampum Walloper'''", was an American professional [[baseball]] player. During his 15-year [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) career, he played as a [[first baseman]] and [[third baseman]], most notably for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] and [[Chicago White Sox]], and was one of baseball's top sluggers of the 1960s and early 1970s.

A seven-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] player, Allen began his career as a Phillie by being selected 1964 [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]] and in 1972 was the [[American League]] (AL) [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player]] with the Chicago White Sox. He led the AL in [[home run]]s twice; the NL in [[slugging percentage]] once and the AL twice; and each major league in [[on-base percentage]] once apiece. Allen's career .534 [[slugging percentage]] was among his era's highest in an age of comparatively modest offensive production. The Phillies [[retired number|retired]] Allen's uniform number 15 on September 3, 2020, a few months before his death. In {{bhofy|2025}}, Allen was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref name=2025HOF>{{cite web|title=Dick Allen, Dave Parker elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame by Classic Baseball Era Committee|url=https://baseballhall.org/news/dick-allen-dave-parker-elected-to-national-baseball-hall-of-fame-by-classic-baseball-era-committee|website=baseballhall.org|date=December 8, 2024|accessdate=December 8, 2024}}</ref>