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The argument for Dick Allen's induction has raged for several years now. At the top of every Baseball Hall of Famers resume is their numbers: Dick Allen appeared in 1,749 games over a 15-year career. During that time, he amassed 1,848 hits, 320 doubles, 351 home runs, 1,099 runs and 1,119 runs batted in. His lifetime batting average of .292 is as impressive as his career slugging percentage of .534 and his .378 on-base percentage.
His Hall of Fame chances were severely injured by noted baseball "stats guru" and author Bill James in his 1994 Book, the Politics of Glory. I have included the specific portion of that book as well as other more "balanced" views of the career of Dick Allen. All documents linked to this page are presented in .PDF format. You can download a .PDF reader at www.adobe.com |
