Dick Allen, who was on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time in 1983, was elected Sunday night into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Classic Baseball Era Committee, alongside longtime friend ...

“So, how it happened, it was so good.’’ Allen was on the Hall of Fame ballot 14 years, and twice was on the contemporary era ballot, falling one vote short in 2014 and once again in 2021.

Dave Parker died at the age of 74 after a long battle with Parkinson's, weeks before being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.