Dick Allen was named as one of the newest incoming inductees of the Baseball Hall of Fame through the Classic Baseball Era Committee, writes Tyler Kepner for The Athletic.

After missing out on being elected by just one vote in both 2015 and 2022, Allen picked up 13 of 16 votes for 81.3 percent this year.

Allen, who died of cancer in 2020 at 78, will be inducted posthumously.

Allen played the majority of his MLB career with the Philadelphia Phillies, where he was named the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year. While a member of the Chicago White Sox, he won the 1972 American League Most Valuable Player award.

During his prime from 1964 through 1974, he hit .299 with a .386 on-base percentage and a .554 slugging percentage.

Through those years, only one player had a better OPS than Allen — Hank Aaron — who was one point better (.941 to .940). Allen also ranked first in OPS+ during that stretch at 165.

Despite this level of dominance, Allen had long remained an afterthought as a Hall of Fame candidate.

Before this year, he’d never reached 20 percent in 14 tries on the writers’ ballot and four on other iterations of the veterans’ committee.

Read more about Dick Allen’s long wait to enter the Hall of Fame at The Athletic.

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