Dick Allen, Dave Parker elected to Hall of Fame

Cooperstown welcomed two new members to its ranks Sunday, as Dick Allen and Dave Parker were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2025.

The pair will be inducted as part of Hall of Fame Weekend on July 27 alongside whomever is elected on the writers' ballot next month.

Parker received 14 of 16 votes from the Classic Baseball Era Committee to gain election, while Allen earned 13. Allen, who died in 2020, missed induction by one vote on committee ballots in 2015 and 2022.

Allen was one of the most feared hitters in baseball during his 15-year career with the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, and Oakland Athletics. A lifetime .292/.378/.534 hitter, he led his league in OPS four times, slugging and OPS+ three times, and home runs twice. His individual accolades include the 1964 NL Rookie of the Year with the Phillies and the 1972 AL MVP with the White Sox.

The Phillies elected Allen to their Wall of Fame in 1994 and retired his No. 15 in 2020, only a few months before his death.

Parker, 73, compiled a .290/.339/.471 slash line with 2,712 hits, 339 home runs, and 1,493 RBIs across 19 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, and Toronto Blue Jays. "The Cobra" was considered one of the best players in baseball at his peak, wielding both a dominant bat and powerful arm in right field.

Parker was a seven-time All-Star and won three Gold Gloves, three Silver Sluggers, and two batting titles, along with the 1978 NL MVP. He's mostly associated with the Pirates, where he served as an anchor of their great lineups in the late 1970s and was a key figure in their 1979 World Series title. Parker also earned two top-five MVP finishes with his hometown Reds in the 1980s and is a member of both the Pirates' and Reds' Halls of Fame.

Later in his career, Parker became a steady veteran DH and won a second ring with the A's in 1989.

Parker never received more than 24.5% of the vote in 15 years on the BBWAA ballot. This was his fourth appearance on an Era Committee ballot; he earned seven votes in 2020.

Allen and Parker were the only two names on the eight-player ballot who received more than 10 votes from the Classic Baseball committee. Tommy John earned seven votes, while Ken Boyer, John Donaldson, Steve Garvey, Vic Harris, and Luis Tiant each received fewer than five.