Dave Parker and Dick Allen elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame through the Classic Era Committee

Dave Parker and Dick Allen are headed to Cooperstown after both were elected to the Hall of Fame by the Classic Era Committee on Sunday.

Parker needed 75 percent of the vote to be elected to Cooperstown, and Parker received 14 of 16 votes and Allen received 13.

Outside of Parker and Allen, the next closest choice was Tommy John, who came in third with seven votes. Ken Boyer, John Donaldson, Steve Garvey, Vic Harris, and Luis Tian all received fewer than five votes.

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Parker and Allen will join those elected to the Hall by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), which will be announced on January 21st. The awards ceremony will be held on July 27th in Cooperstown, New York.

Parker spent 19 years in MLB, 11 of which starred with the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he was named an All-Star four times and won the 1978 MVP award. He also won National League batting titles in 1977 and 1978.

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Parker batted .305/.353/.494 with 166 home runs and 758 RBIs in 1,301 games with the Pirates.

Parker went on to play for the Cincinnati Reds and was named to back-to-back All-Star teams in 1985 and 1986. His seventh and final All-Star Game appearance came in 1990 with the Milwaukee Brewers.

In his career, Parker batted .290 with 339 home runs and 1,493 RBIs in 2,466 games.

Chicago White Sox first baseman Dick Allen (Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports/File)

As for Allen, who passed away in 2020 in his hometown of Wampum, Pennsylvania, he became a quick star for the Philadelphia Phillies in the eastern part of the state.

Allen was an All-Star in three consecutive seasons with the Phillies from 1965 to 1967, including the 1966 season when he hit 40 home runs and had a league-leading .632 slugging percentage. He also won Rookie of the Year in 1964, hitting .318/.382/.557 with 29 home runs, a league-leading 13 triples, and 38 doubles.

Allen also had three All-Star seasons with the Chicago White Sox from 1972 to 1974, and his first year in the Windy City ended with him winning the MVP award in 1972.

He led the American League that season in home runs (37), RBIs (113), on-base percentage (.420), slugging percentage (.603), and walks (99).

Dave Parker (left) and Dick Allen were both elected to the MLB Hall of Fame. (Imagination)

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The BBWAA ballot includes some interesting first-year eligible players, including CC Sabathia, Felix Hernandez, and Ichiro Suzuki. Billy Wagner, who fell five votes short of making it into the Hall, is also back on the ballot this year.

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