Richie Allen
MLB debut September 3, 1963 for the Philadelphia Phillies Last MLB appearance June 19, 1977 for the Oakland Athletics Career statistics Batting average .292 Home runs 351 Runs batted in 1,119 Teams Philadelphia Phillies (1963–1969) St. Louis Cardinals (1970) Los Angeles Dodgers (1971) Chicago White Sox (1972–1974) Philadelphia Phillies (1975–1976) Oakland Athletics (1977) Career highlights and awards 7× All-Star (1965–1967, 1970, 1972–1974) AL MVP (1972) NL Rookie of the Year (1964) 2× AL home run champion (1972, 1974) AL RBI champion (1972) Richard Anthony Allen (born March 8, 1942) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a first baseman, third baseman, and outfielder 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 (AL) in home runs twice, and led both leagues in slugging percentage (the AL twice) and on-base percentage. His .534 career slugging percentage ranks among the highest in an era marked by low offensive production. He won the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year Award and the 1972 AL MVP. He also spoke his mind, combated racism, and bucked organizational hierarchy. Allen is widely regarded[by whom?] as one of the best players not inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and appeared on the 2014 Golden Era Committee ballot for consideration of enshrinement there, ultimately falling one vote shy. Allen's older brother Hank was a reserve outfielder for three AL teams, and his younger brother Ron was briefly a first baseman with the 1972 St. Louis Cardinals.