Another
Cooperstown Crime :(
Like with
Ron Santo, pathetic voters waited until after Allen had died, before he was enshrined (assuming he will get into HOF shortly).
Playing in the depth of the
Modern Deadball Era,
Dick Allen was one of the top 20 greatest right-handed hitters in the history of major league baseball. There's some talk that he had a short career, but that's nonsense - he generated plenty of numbers in the eleven years from 1964 to 1974 (Hank Greenberg or Jimmie Foxx had similar careers). He should have been in the majors a year or two earlier and in the mid-seventies, he simply got bored. An incredible power hitter - had he played in the 20s, 30s, or 90s his numbers would be off the charts.
...and on the subject of
Cooperstown Crimes, it looks like they're still waiting for
Bobby Grich to die, before he get in