Former Philadelphia Phillies slugger Dick Allen is once again under consideration for an induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Allen was one of eight players named to the Hall’s Classic Baseball Era Committee ballot this year.

To get inducted, a candidate must receive 75 percent of the votes from the eight-person committee.

Allen previously fell one vote shy of induction in both 2014 and 2021.

Beginning his career with the Phillies in 1963, Allen won the National League Rookie of the Year award that season.

He hit 204 of his 351 career homers with the Phillies. As one of the premier hitters of his generation, Allen’s 165 OPS+ from 1964 to 1973 led the entire MLB. In addition, his 155 weighted runs created plus was 55 percent better than league average and ranked 18th all-time.

While his accomplishments — including an American League MVP with the Chicago White Sox in 1972 — Allen has struggled to enter Cooperstown since his first year of eligibility in 1983.

In 2008, he was inducted into the Negro Leagues Hall of Fame. The Phillies retired Allen’s No. 15 in September 2020, three months before his passing.

This year’s Hall of Fame panel will meet Dec. 8.

Read more about Dick Allen’s Hall of Fame case in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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