Dick Allen

Richard Anthony Allen (born March 8, 1942) is a former Major League Baseball player and R&B singer. He played first and third base and outfield in Major League Baseball and ranked among his sport's top offensive producers of the 1960s and early 1970s. Most notably playing for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox, he led the American League in home runs twice, and led both leagues in slugging average (the AL twice) and on base percentage. His .534 career slugging average ranks among the highest in an era marked by low averages. He won the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year and 1972 AL MVP. He also spoke his mind, combatted racism, and bucked organizational hierarchy. Sabermetrician Bill James rated Dick Allen as the second-most controversial player in baseball history, behind Rogers Hornsby.

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Filmography

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Selected Dick Allen film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

2005

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

Veteran Gambler

2001

Summer Catch

Scout in Black Hat

Self

1973

1973 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1967

1967 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

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Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Dick Allen.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1963	PHI	10	24	6	7	2	1	0	2	0	0	5	0.292	0.280	0.458
1964	PHI	162	632	125	201	38	13	29	91	3	67	138	0.318	0.382	0.557
1965	PHI	161	619	93	187	31	14	20	85	15	74	150	0.302	0.375	0.494
1966	PHI	141	524	112	166	25	10	40	110	10	68	136	0.317	0.396	0.632
1967	PHI	122	463	89	142	31	10	23	77	20	75	117	0.307	0.404	0.566
1968	PHI	152	521	87	137	17	9	33	90	7	74	161	0.263	0.352	0.520
1969	PHI	118	438	79	126	23	3	32	89	9	64	144	0.288	0.375	0.573
1970	STL	122	459	88	128	17	5	34	101	5	71	118	0.279	0.377	0.560
1971	LAD	155	549	82	162	24	1	23	90	8	93	113	0.295	0.395	0.468
1972	CHW	148	506	90	156	28	5	37	113	19	99	126	0.308	0.420	0.603
1973	CHW	72	250	39	79	20	3	16	41	7	33	51	0.316	0.394	0.612
1974	CHW	128	462	84	139	23	1	32	88	7	57	89	0.301	0.375	0.563
1975	PHI	119	416	54	97	21	3	12	62	11	58	109	0.233	0.327	0.385
1976	PHI	85	298	52	80	16	1	15	49	11	37	63	0.268	0.346	0.480
1977	OAK	54	171	19	41	4	0	5	31	1	24	36	0.240	0.330	0.351
Career		1749	6332	1099	1848	320	79	351	1119	133	894	1556	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Dick Allen.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1963	PHI	10	5	52	9	0	2	0	0.818
1964	PHI	162	162	1,419	154	325	41	30	0.921
1965	PHI	161	160	1,433	130	305	26	29	0.944
1966	PHI	141	137	1,180	148	182	14	15	0.959
1967	PHI	122	121	1,087	95	249	35	23	0.908
1968	PHI	152	143	1,250	210	20	12	6	0.950
1969	PHI	118	117	1,021	1024	54	16	100	0.985
1970	STL	122	119	1,045	708	109	18	70	0.978
1971	LAD	155	152	1,292	385	151	21	38	0.962
1972	CHW	148	141	1,217	1235	69	7	94	0.995
1973	CHW	72	67	565	601	46	4	55	0.994
1974	CHW	125	121	1,004	998	50	16	112	0.985
1975	PHI	113	112	918	900	70	18	79	0.982
1976	PHI	85	83	681	671	44	8	71	0.989
1977	OAK	50	50	387	389	37	7	36	0.984
Career		1736	1690	-	7657	1711	245	758	-

First Name	Richard
Middle Name	Anthony
Last Name	Allen
Full Name at Birth	Richard Anthony Allen
Other Names	Wampum Walloper Richie
Age	71
Date of Birth	March 8, 1942
Birthplace	Wampum, PA
Height	5' 11" (180 cm)
Weight	187 lbs (84.8 kg)
Star Sign	Pisces
Nationality	American
High School	Wampum (Wampum, PA)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	First Baseman, Third Baseman, Leftfielder
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	3 September 1963
Last MLB Game	19 June 1977