Editing Dick Allen (section)

===St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers===
Allen finally had enough, and demanded the Phillies trade him. They sent him to the Cardinals in a trade before the 1970 season. Even this deal caused controversy, though not of Allen's making, since Cardinals outfielder [[Curt Flood]] refused to report to the Phillies as part of the trade. (Flood then [[Flood v. Kuhn|sued baseball]] in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the [[reserve clause]] and to be declared a [[free agent]].) Coincidentally, the player the Phillies received as compensation for Flood not reporting, [[Willie Montañez]], hit 30 home runs as a 1971 rookie to eclipse Allen's Phillies rookie home run record of 29, set in 1964.<ref>Schlegel, John. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055753/http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/powerful-starts-greatest-home-run-tallies-by-rookies?ymd=20140711&content_id=84168772&vkey=news_mlb "Powerful starts: Greatest homer tallies by rookies,"] Major League Baseball.com (July 11, 2014).</ref> Allen earned another All-Star berth in St. Louis.<ref name="BR page"/>

Decades before [[Mark McGwire]], Dick Allen entertained the St. Louis fans with some long home runs, at least one of them landing in the seats above the club level in left field. Nevertheless, the Cardinals traded Allen to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] before the 1971 season for 1969 NL Rookie of the Year [[Ted Sizemore]] and young catcher [[Bob Stinson (baseball)|Bob Stinson]]. Allen had a relatively quiet season in 1971 although he hit .295 for the [[1971 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]].<ref name="BR page">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allendi01.shtml|title=Dick Allen stats|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=[[Baseball Reference]]|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref>