Baseball Hall of Fame Ready to Welcome ‘The Wampum Walloper’
On Dec. 8, 2024, Dick Allen, a seven-time MLB All-Star and American League MVP, was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dick Allen, former player for the Philadelphia Phillies throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game One of the NLDS between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Colorado Rockies during the 2009 MLB Playoffs at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 7, 2009. Chris McGrath/Getty Images
It’s a shame that Dick Allen won’t be in Cooperstown, New York, on July 27.
Allen died in Dec. 2020, at age 78. For decades, after playing his 15th and final MLB season, with the Oakland A’s in 1977, the Wampum, Pennsylvania, native waited for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to call.
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.
