Richard Anthony "Dick" Allen (born March 8, 1942 in Wampum, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman/third baseman right-handed batter who played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1963-69, 1975-76), St. Louis Cardinals (1970), Los Angeles Dodgers (1971), Chicago White Sox (1972-74) and Oakland Athletics (1977).

Allen was an immensely talented slugger whose considerable skills were only rivalled by his childish antics and ability to infuriate everyone from teammates to managers to fans. The Phillies saw his potential immediately and signed him in 1960 for a large $60,000 bonus. His career got off to a turbulent start as he faced protests while playing for the Phillies' minor league affiliate in Little Rock. He nevertheless led the league in total bases. His first full year in the majors in 1964 was a great one, as he led the league in runs (125), triples (13), extra base hits (80) and total bases (352); finished in the top five in batting average (.318), slugging percentage (.557), OPS (.939), hits (201), and doubles (38); and garnered Rookie of the Year honors. But it was not a perfect year. He also led the league in strikeouts, fielded horribly at third base with a league-leading 38 errors (though to be fair he had never played the position before), and was widely blamed by sportswriters for the Phillies' pennant swoon that year.

Although Allen enjoyed several good years in Philadelphia, making All Star teams from 1965-67 and leading the league in slugging (.632), OPS (1.027) and extra bases (75) in 1966, he quickly wore out his welcome due to erratic behavior. He got in a fistfight with popular Phillie Frank Thomas in July 1965, gashed his throwing hand by pushing it through a headlight on August 24, 1967, and earned a 26-game suspension in June 1969 after being stopped by police for erratic driving and showing up late to a doubleheader; he also began drinking heavily. He engendered further controversy by changing his moniker from "Richie," which had been his nickname his entire major league career, to "Dick," saying Richie was a little boy's name. The Phillies finally had enough and sent him to the Cardinals before the 1970 season. Even this deal caused controversy, though not of Allen's making, as Curt Flood refused to report to the Phillies as part of the trade and sued baseball.

Allen earned another All Star berth in St. Louis and wore out another welcome, being traded to the Dodgers. The Dodgers soon tired of the moody slugger too, and Allen found himself with the White Sox for the 1972 season. What followed was one of the greatest all-around performances in baseball history. Allen virtually lifted the entire team to a division title and led the league in home runs (37), RBI (113), walks (99), on base percentage (.422), slugging percentage (.603), and OPS (1.023), while winning a well-deserved MVP award. Despite making the All Star team in each of his three years with the team, he had once again out lived his welcome by 1974, when he walked out on September 14 after feuding with Ron Santo. The Sox sold him to the Atlanta Braves for only $5,000 despite the fact that he led the league in slugging (.563) and OPS (.938). Allen refused to report and retired. He birefly returned to the Phillies and Athletics, but he was not the same player. Finally, Allen left baseball in typical style, walking out on the A's when they considered making him a designated hitter.

After retirement, Allen had a string of bad fortune, with his unisured house burning down in 1979 and his wife leaving him and getting the rights to his pension. He has written an autobiography aptly called Crash.

YEAR TEAM        AGE    G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR    HR%  RBI   BB   SO   SB  CS   AVG   SLG   OBA   OPS
1963 Phillies     21   10    24    6    7   2   1   0   0.00    2    0    5    0   0  .292  .458  .280  .738 
1964 Phillies     22  162   632  125  201  38  13  29   4.59   91   67  138    3   4  .318  .557  .382  .939 
1965 Phillies     23  161   619   93  187  31  14  20   3.23   85   74  150   15   2  .302  .494  .375  .870 
1966 Phillies     24  141   524  112  166  25  10  40   7.63  110   68  136   10   6  .317  .632  .396 1.027 
1967 Phillies     25  122   463   89  142  31  10  23   4.97   77   75  117   20   5  .307  .566  .404  .970 
1968 Phillies     26  152   521   87  137  17   9  33   6.33   90   74  161    7   7  .263  .520  .352  .872 
1969 Phillies     27  118   438   79  126  23   3  32   7.31   89   64  144    9   3  .288  .573  .375  .949 
1970 Cardinals    28  122   459   88  128  17   5  34   7.41  101   71  118    5   4  .279  .560  .377  .937 
1971 Dodgers      29  155   549   82  162  24   1  23   4.19   90   93  113    8   1  .295  .468  .395  .863 
1972 Whitesox     30  148   506   90  156  28   5  37   7.31  113   99  126   19   8  .308  .603  .420 1.023 
1973 Whitesox     31   72   250   39   79  20   3  16   6.40   41   33   51    7   2  .316  .612  .394 1.006 
1974 Whitesox     32  128   462   84  139  23   1  32   6.93   88   57   89    7   1  .301  .563  .375  .938 
1975 Phillies     33  119   416   54   97  21   3  12   2.88   62   58  109   11   2  .233  .385  .327  .712 
1976 Phillies     34   85   298   52   80  16   1  15   5.03   49   37   63   11   4  .268  .480  .346  .826 
1977 A's          35   54   171   19   41   4   0   5   2.92   31   24   36    1   3  .240  .351  .330  .681 
     TOTALS          1749  6332 1099 1848 320  79 351   5.54 1119  894 1556  133  52  .292  .534  .378  .912 
     LG AVERAGE            6048  733 1570 244  45 136   2.24  682  564  905   93  56  .260  .382  .325  .707 
     POS AVERAGE           6127  782 1638 265  44 197   3.21  843  641  981   59  41  .267  .421  .338  .759 

YEAR TEAM           RC RCAA RCAP   OWP   RC/G   TB  EBH   ISO   SEC   BPA IBB HBP SAC  SF GIDP OUTS    PA POS
1963 Phillies        2   -1   -2  .305   2.70   11    3  .167  .167  .360   0   0   0   1   2    20    25  LF
1964 Phillies      133   62   52  .756   7.94  352   80  .239  .343  .584  13   0   6   3   8   452   708  3B
1965 Phillies      117   48   41  .719   6.88  306   65  .192  .333  .545   6   2   6   6  13   459   707  3B
1966 Phillies      129   67   64  .788   9.24  331   75  .315  .452  .663  13   3   0   4   9   377   599  3B
1967 Phillies      108   54   44  .778   8.68  262   64  .259  .454  .638  18   1   1   0   9   336   540  3B
1968 Phillies       95   39   28  .724   6.30  271   59  .257  .399  .562  15   1   2   7   7   407   605  LF
1969 Phillies       93   39   27  .728   7.63  251   58  .285  .445  .615  10   0   0   4  10   329   506  1B
1970 Cardinals      95   28   13  .650   7.43  257   56  .281  .438  .604  16   2   0   1   9   345   533  1B
1971 Dodgers       100   36   34  .686   6.47  257   48  .173  .355  .517  13   1   1   5  23   417   649  3B
1972 Whitesox      129   73   56  .817   9.31  305   70  .294  .512  .662  16   1   0   3  13   374   609  1B
1973 Whitesox       59   29   22  .766   8.56  153   39  .296  .448  .638   3   1   1   3   9   186   288  1B
1974 Whitesox       95   41   33  .734   7.43  260   56  .262  .398  .587   9   1   0   5  16   345   525  1B
1975 Phillies       51   -8  -15  .428   3.99  160   36  .151  .313  .438   4   2   1   4  19   345   481  1B
1976 Phillies       47    7    3  .565   5.31  143   32  .211  .359  .515   2   0   1   3  13   239   339  1B
1977 A's            20   -3   -5  .433   3.83   60    9  .111  .240  .395   0   1   0   4   4   141   200  1B
     TOTALS       1273  511  395  .714   7.20 3379  750  .242  .396  .577 138  16  19  53 164  4772  7314 
     LG AVERAGE    756    0    0  .500   4.27 2311  424  .122  .222  .420  71  39  56  45 138  4772  6752 
     POS AVERAGE   868  111    0  .557   4.91 2581  506  .154  .261  .455  86  37  34  52 155  4772  6891  

DICK ALLEN LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS

1964 NL GAMES T2ND 162; AT BATS 6TH 632; RUNS 1ST 125; HITS T3RD 201; DOUBLES T4TH 38; TRIPLES T1ST 13; HOMERUNS T7TH 29; HR/100 OUTS 8TH 6.42; HR/100 PA 9TH 4.10; HR/100 AB 9TH 4.59; WALKS 7TH 67; STRIKEOUTS 1ST 138; AVERAGE 5TH .318; SLG 3RD .557; OBA 7TH .382; OPS 5TH .939; RUNS CREATED 3RD 133; RCAA 2ND 62; RCAP 2ND 52; OWP 2ND .756; RUNS CREATED/GAME 4TH 7.94; TOTAL BASES 1ST 352; EXTRA BASE HITS 1ST 80; ISOLATED POWER 4TH .239; SECONDARY AVERAGE 5TH .343; TOTAL AVERAGE 4TH .944; BPA 4TH .584; INTENTIONAL WALKS T5TH 13; PLATE APPEARANCES 3RD 708

1965 NL GAMES 6TH 161; AT BATS T8TH 619; RUNS T10TH 93; HITS 6TH 187; DOUBLES 8TH 31; TRIPLES T2ND 14; WALKS 9TH 74; STRIKEOUTS 1ST 150; STOLEN BASES T9TH 15; AVERAGE 9TH .302; OBA 9TH .375; OPS 7TH .870; RUNS CREATED T6TH 117; RCAA 4TH 48; RCAP 4TH 41; OWP 4TH .719; RUNS CREATED/GAME 7TH 6.88; TOTAL BASES 9TH 306; EXTRA BASE HITS 9TH 65; SECONDARY AVERAGE 10TH .333; TOTAL AVERAGE 8TH .884; BPA 8TH .545; PLATE APPEARANCES 7TH 707

1966 NL RUNS 3RD 112; TRIPLES T4TH 10; HOMERUNS 2ND 40; HR/100 OUTS 1ST 10.61; HR/100 PA 1ST 6.68; HR/100 AB 1ST 7.63; RBI 3RD 110; WALKS T9TH 68; STRIKEOUTS 3RD 136; AVERAGE 4TH .317; SLG 1ST .632; OBA 3RD .396; OPS 1ST 1.027; RUNS CREATED 1ST 129; RCAA 1ST 67; RCAP 1ST 64; OWP 1ST .788; RUNS CREATED/GAME 1ST 9.24; TOTAL BASES 3RD 331; EXTRA BASE HITS 1ST 75; ISOLATED POWER 1ST .315; SECONDARY AVERAGE 1ST .452; TOTAL AVERAGE 1ST 1.088; BPA 1ST .663; INTENTIONAL WALKS T5TH 13

1967 NL DOUBLES 8TH 31; TRIPLES T5TH 10; HOMERUNS T10TH 23; HR/100 OUTS 5TH 6.85; HR/100 PA 6TH 4.26; HR/100 AB 6TH 4.97; WALKS 5TH 75; STRIKEOUTS 2ND 117; STOLEN BASES T8TH 20; AVERAGE 7TH .307; SLG 2ND .566; OBA 1ST .404; OPS 1ST .970; RUNS CREATED 6TH 108; RCAA 4TH 54; RCAP 3RD 44; OWP 2ND .778; RUNS CREATED/GAME 1ST 8.68; EXTRA BASE HITS 4TH 64; ISOLATED POWER 2ND .259; SECONDARY AVERAGE 1ST .454; TOTAL AVERAGE 1ST 1.054; BPA 1ST .638; INTENTIONAL WALKS 8TH 18

1968 NL RUNS 6TH 87; TRIPLES 4TH 9; HOMERUNS 2ND 33; HR/100 OUTS 2ND 8.11; HR/100 PA 2ND 5.45; HR/100 AB 2ND 6.33; RBI 5TH 90; WALKS 4TH 74; STRIKEOUTS 2ND 161; SLG 2ND .520; OPS 2ND .872; RUNS CREATED 8TH 95; RCAA 6TH 39; RCAP 6TH 28; OWP 4TH .724; RUNS CREATED/GAME 4TH 6.30; TOTAL BASES 7TH 271; EXTRA BASE HITS T4TH 59; ISOLATED POWER 1ST .257; SECONDARY AVERAGE 1ST .399; TOTAL AVERAGE 2ND .869; BPA 2ND .562; INTENTIONAL WALKS T8TH 15; SACRIFICE FLIES T5TH 7

1969 NL HOMERUNS T6TH 32; HR/100 OUTS 3RD 9.73; HR/100 PA 3RD 6.32; HR/100 AB 3RD 7.31; STRIKEOUTS 3RD 144; SLG 3RD .573; OPS 5TH .949; RCAA 9TH 39; OWP 9TH .728; RUNS CREATED/GAME 9TH 7.63; EXTRA BASE HITS 10TH 58; ISOLATED POWER 3RD .285; SECONDARY AVERAGE 4TH .445; TOTAL AVERAGE 5TH .988; BPA 4TH .615

1970 NL HOMERUNS T7TH 34; HR/100 OUTS 4TH 9.86; HR/100 PA 2ND 6.38; HR/100 AB 3RD 7.41; SLG 8TH .560; OPS 8TH .937; RUNS CREATED/GAME 10TH 7.43; ISOLATED POWER 3RD .281; SECONDARY AVERAGE 3RD .438; TOTAL AVERAGE 8TH .962; BPA 6TH .604; INTENTIONAL WALKS T3RD 16

1971 NL WALKS 4TH 93; STRIKEOUTS 10TH 113; OBA 6TH .395; OPS 10TH .863; RUNS CREATED T9TH 100; RCAA T8TH 36; RCAP T7TH 34; OWP 8TH .686; SECONDARY AVERAGE 7TH .355; TOTAL AVERAGE 7TH .871; INTENTIONAL WALKS T9TH 13; GIDP 2ND 23

1972 AL RUNS 4TH 90; HITS 8TH 156; DOUBLES T6TH 28; TRIPLES T10TH 5; HOMERUNS 1ST 37; HR/100 OUTS 1ST 9.89; HR/100 PA 1ST 6.08; HR/100 AB 1ST 7.31; RBI 1ST 113; WALKS T1ST 99; STRIKEOUTS 3RD 126; AVERAGE 3RD .308; SLG 1ST .603; OBA 1ST .420; OPS 1ST 1.023; RUNS CREATED 1ST 129; RCAA 1ST 73; RCAP 1ST 56; OWP 1ST .817; RUNS CREATED/GAME 1ST 9.31; TOTAL BASES 2ND 305; EXTRA BASE HITS T1ST 70; ISOLATED POWER 1ST .294; SECONDARY AVERAGE 1ST .512; TOTAL AVERAGE 1ST 1.121; BPA 1ST .662; INTENTIONAL WALKS 3RD 16

1974 AL RUNS T7TH 84; HOMERUNS 1ST 32; HR/100 OUTS 1ST 9.28; HR/100 PA 1ST 6.10; HR/100 AB 1ST 6.93; RBI T7TH 88; AVERAGE 9TH .301; SLG 1ST .563; OBA 8TH .375; OPS 1ST .938; RUNS CREATED 7TH 95; RCAA 4TH 41; RCAP 5TH 33; OWP 4TH .734; RUNS CREATED/GAME 2ND 7.43; TOTAL BASES T7TH 260; EXTRA BASE HITS 4TH 56; ISOLATED POWER 1ST .262; SECONDARY AVERAGE 3RD .398; TOTAL AVERAGE 2ND .953; BPA 2ND .587

1975 NL STRIKEOUTS T5TH 109; GIDP T4TH 19