Dick Allen should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dick Allen, born #OTD, was the 1972 AL MVP w @whitesox, leading lg w 37 HRs, 113 RBIs & .603 slugging. In '74 led AL in HRs & slugging again despite missing last 3 weeks. Career 156 OPS+. His @sabr bio https://t.co/IoTQRzOozh pic.twitter.com/gojDsNUKoh
— SABR BioProject (@SABRbioproject) March 8, 2022
50 Years Ago Today: Chicago #WhiteSox slugger Dick Allen hits two inside-the-park HRs in the same game vs. Minnesota Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven! (July 31, 1972) #MLB #Legends #Baseball #History pic.twitter.com/fbMu5iB8yG
— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) July 31, 2022
Chase Utley's iconic walk-up song, “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin, is easily the most memorable in Phillies history.
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) July 21, 2022
Fifty years ago this summer, writes @matt_breen, Dick Allen helped invent walk-up music. https://t.co/YTxJlZiE9h
Bob Gibson pitching against Dick Allen at Connie Mack Stadium, 1968 pic.twitter.com/hpSV4rCsAF
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) July 22, 2022
@SBarzilla you know that #DickAllenBelongsInTheHOF @DickAllen_15 is ranked tied for 22nd in All Time with his 156 career OPS+ . Look at the photo. This photo shows the true Greats of the Game and Dick Allen is right there with them. pic.twitter.com/5Tu3j3tBfJ
— Mark A. Carfagno (@markcarf) July 30, 2022
“He had the most amazing season (1972) I’ve ever seen. He’s the smartest baseball man I’ve ever been around in my life. There’s no telling the numbers this guy could have put up if all he worried about was stats. The guy belongs in the Hall of Fame.”
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) July 28, 2023
Goose Gossage pic.twitter.com/pGzNsQtYx9
“Dick was a sensitive Black man who refused to be treated as a second-class citizen.”
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) August 4, 2023
Mike Schmidt
Hit 351 HR`s in 15 seasons, 7 time All-Star. He was named NL Rookie Of Year in 1964 & MVP `72, with White Sox. He batted over .300 seven times pic.twitter.com/ZlmvLWwne6
"I reached up and grabbed one of those bats and just dropped it on the ground. I thought I was picking up a tree. At 40 ¾ ounces, I said how does a man swing this."
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) August 3, 2023
`65, he launched a HR an estimated 525 feet, over the Coke sign at Connie Mack Stadium pic.twitter.com/gO5oUAgOkZ
Sad! 