Dick
Allen
 
Nickname: Wampum
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 8, 1942 in Usa, PA, WAMPUM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1974   
Gold Glove 1971   
All-Star Selections 1964    1965    1967    1968    1969    1970    1971    1972    1973    1974    1975    1976   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 21 WOR AL     6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1964 22 WOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4
1965 23 KCR AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4
1966 24 KCR AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 4 4 4
1967 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 4 5 5
1968 26 KCR AL $ 5,228,571   8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5
1969 27 KCR AL $ 8,250,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 4 4 4
1970 28 KCR AL $ 8,250,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 4 4 4
1971 29 KCR AL $ 8,250,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5
1972 30 KCR AL $ 8,250,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 5 5
1973 31 CLE AL $ 8,250,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4
1974 32 CLE AL $ 8,250,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4
1975 33 CLE AL $ 8,250,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4
1976 34 OAK AL $ 7,750,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4
1977 35 OAK AL $ 7,750,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4
1978 36 COL NL $ 7,750,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1979 37 COL NL $ 7,750,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1980 38 KCR AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 4 4
1981 39 KCR AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1982 40 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,250,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1963 21 AAA   137 537 121 166 22 1 61 116 20 5 81 137 .309 .400 .695 1.094 139.6  
1964 22 WOR AL 131 475 72 114 20 6 23 64 26 3 58 142 .240 .322 .453 .775 74.3 12.2
    AAA   2 7 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 .286 .444 1.143 1.587 3.3  
1965 23 KCR AL 153 593 93 151 28 6 26 94 25 7 70 143 .255 .332 .454 .786 87.7 16.4
1966 24 KCR AL 155 566 105 153 24 8 25 92 38 13 102 172 .270 .379 .473 .852 103.4 21.4
1967 25 KCR AL 155 577 101 164 34 7 34 93 51 10 103 160 .284 .391 .544 .936 120.0 27.1
1968 26 KCR AL 147 506 86 131 26 4 36 91 29 10 79 132 .259 .357 .540 .897 97.1 21.7
1969 27 KCR AL 154 618 117 168 38 9 35 123 41 9 84 178 .272 .357 .532 .889 113.6 25.9
1970 28 KCR AL 152 581 123 161 32 6 39 123 26 7 84 158 .277 .369 .554 .923 114.8 27.2
1971 29 KCR AL 147 535 105 135 22 8 31 99 31 7 108 150 .252 .376 .497 .873 103.2 22.9
1972 30 KCR AL 142 550 86 148 24 5 22 85 37 6 78 136 .269 .358 .451 .809 92.0 17.4
1973 31 CLE AL 159 549 106 142 27 5 23 81 25 2 102 133 .259 .375 .452 .826 97.0 19.6
1974 32 CLE AL 156 551 109 167 39 6 31 110 28 3 87 122 .303 .396 .564 .960 119.2 24.1
1975 33 CLE AL 156 560 100 152 26 5 18 89 46 5 84 140 .271 .363 .432 .795 96.5 17.3
1976 34 OAK AL 155 578 83 147 24 6 14 89 34 9 77 168 .254 .339 .389 .729 81.8 13.6
1977 35 OAK AL 153 546 68 142 27 10 18 75 38 10 67 117 .260 .339 .445 .784 84.7 15.4
1978 36 OAK AL 85 277 32 59 8 1 7 37 11 5 39 71 .213 .309 .325 .634 29.6 3.9
  COL NL 46 139 23 33 9 1 2 19 5 3 17 44 .237 .318 .360 .678 16.0 2.1
  TOT   131 416 55 92 17 2 9 56 16 8 56 115 .221 .312 .337 .649 45.6 5.9
1979 37 COL NL 149 507 69 124 26 7 18 68 32 2 54 107 .245 .315 .430 .745 74.5 15.4
1980 38 KCR AL 147 537 80 133 22 1 20 70 33 10 66 132 .248 .328 .404 .733 76.0 12.5
1981 39 KCR AL 154 515 86 130 20 6 23 84 38 7 81 143 .252 .353 .449 .802 85.8 17.2
1982 40 KCR AL 76 252 30 48 5 3 9 32 10 2 35 72 .190 .284 .341 .626 29.3 3.0
    A   57 173 23 46 8 0 1 17 10 1 66 31 .266 .469 .329 .798 37.4  
19 Years Sim 2772 10012 1674 2602 481 110 454 1618 604 130 1475 2620 .260 .353 .466 .819 1696.5 336.0
2 Years AAA 139 544 123 168 22 1 63 118 21 5 83 138 .309 .401 .700 1.102 142.9  
1 Years A 57 173 23 46 8 0 1 17 10 1 66 31 .266 .465 .329 .795 37.4  
3 Years Minors 196 717 146 214 30 1 64 135 31 6 149 169 .298 .419 .611 1.030 180.3  
162 Game Average 585 97 152 28 6 26 94 35 7 86 153 .260 .353 .466 .819 99.1  
Career Highs 159 618 123 168 39 10 39 123 51 13 108 178 .303 .396 .564 .960 120.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6752 1107 1696 314 69 284 1043 387 84 951 1737 .251 .342 .444 .786 1102.0
vs LH   3260 567 906 167 41 170 575 217 46 524 883 .278 .376 .511 .887 648.2
Home 1387 4828 799 1232 222 56 218 778 282 66 734 1268 .255 .352 .460 .812 834.0
Away 1385 5184 875 1370 259 54 236 840 322 64 741 1352 .264 .354 .472 .826 916.3
RISP   2566 0 691 123 30 130 1086 0 0 449 671 .269 .370 .493 .863 483.6
Pinch Hitting   90 12 24 3 0 3 21 3 1 15 18 .267 .377 .400 .777 14.5
Close/Late   1161 194 312 55 11 43 164 0 0 240 279 .269 .393 .446 .839 214.6
Mar/Apr 457 1675 276 429 68 15 70 253 117 21 281 449 .256 .362 .440 .802 293.6
May 498 1768 304 446 85 16 81 283 110 24 258 474 .252 .346 .456 .802 299.4
June 471 1727 277 452 69 21 78 267 85 25 262 473 .262 .357 .461 .819 299.8
July 448 1623 263 409 74 17 75 262 97 23 244 435 .252 .348 .457 .805 277.0
August 475 1703 281 442 94 22 77 295 94 12 215 410 .260 .341 .476 .817 291.1
Sep/Oct 423 1516 273 424 91 19 73 258 101 25 215 379 .280 .368 .509 .877 289.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1964 22 WOR AL 1B 69 66 591.3 694 64 6 70 .992 11.54   1.1
    3B 57 56 491.3 33 108 12 6 .922 2.58   0.6
1965 23 KCR AL 3B 142 140 1262.7 60 293 26 12 .931 2.52   1.7
    LF 7 6 74.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.2
    1B 3 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1966 24 KCR AL 3B 149 149 1341.0 68 305 26 25 .935 2.50   4.3
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 25 KCR AL 3B 148 148 1317.7 59 319 22 33 .945 2.58   4.3
    1B 4 0 9.0 12 4 0 3 1.000 16.00   0.0
1968 26 KCR AL 3B 132 130 1163.3 66 296 26 25 .933 2.80   3.5
    1B 10 0 17.0 21 3 0 1 1.000 12.71   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1969 27 KCR AL 3B 98 97 885.0 55 211 15 14 .947 2.71   3.3
    SS 52 52 465.3 50 174 8 38 .966 4.33   2.5
    1B 3 0 8.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1970 28 KCR AL SS 149 146 1313.0 186 484 20 85 .971 4.59   6.1
    3B 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1971 29 KCR AL SS 145 140 1259.0 200 538 16 97 .979 5.28   9.7
    LF 1 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1972 30 KCR AL SS 137 134 1185.7 183 474 13 84 .981 4.99   4.9
    LF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
    1B 1 1 9.0 9 1 0 2 1.000 10.00   0.0
1973 31 CLE AL SS 146 144 1281.7 189 536 22 91 .971 5.09   5.0
    3B 5 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75   0.0
    LF 5 0 11.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1974 32 CLE AL SS 100 100 889.0 159 376 9 81 .983 5.42   4.6
    1B 49 47 415.0 502 33 4 35 .993 11.60   1.0
    LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    3B 4 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1975 33 CLE AL SS 100 99 866.0 140 347 10 68 .980 5.06   3.2
    1B 49 44 401.0 456 48 2 33 .996 11.31   0.7
    3B 3 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 3 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
1976 34 OAK AL SS 148 147 1331.3 202 545 13 95 .983 5.05   7.1
    LF 2 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
    3B 2 0 6.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1977 35 OAK AL SS 143 143 1278.7 192 583 20 102 .975 5.45   8.5
    LF 6 0 16.3 3 2 0 2 1.000 2.76   0.1
    1B 1 0 6.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.95   0.0
1978 36 OAK AL SS 58 55 486.2 78 212 9 47 .970 5.37   1.2
    1B 14 12 109.2 147 12 0 14 1.000 13.10   0.4
    LF 6 5 44.1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.02   0.0
    3B 3 2 17.4 1 3 1 1 .800 2.07   0.0
  COL NL SS 31 30 240.8 38 105 5 23 .966 5.34   1.2
    1B 7 7 54.1 73 6 0 7 1.000 13.14   0.0
    LF 3 2 21.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
    3B 2 1 8.6 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.14   0.0
  TOT   SS 89 85 727.0 116 317 14 70 .969 5.36   2.5
      1B 21 19 163.3 220 18 0 21 1.000 13.12   0.4
      LF 9 7 66.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 .95   0.0
      3B 5 3 26.0 2 5 1 1 .875 2.42   0.0
1979 37 COL NL SS 137 131 1180.0 176 528 21 106 .971 5.37   6.3
    LF 3 2 20.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15   0.1
    1B 4 1 12.0 14 0 0 1 1.000 10.50   0.0
    3B 3 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 38 KCR AL SS 146 145 1300.7 176 570 13 91 .983 5.16   7.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 39 KCR AL SS 150 148 1349.0 184 604 19 107 .976 5.26   8.3
    1B 1 0 6.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 40 KCR AL SS 75 74 653.3 99 287 13 44 .967 5.32   2.4
    3B 1 0 4.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
  SS 1717 1688 15079.6 2252 6363 211 1159 .976 5.14   78.0
  3B 751 723 6537.3 346 1542 128 117 .937 2.60   17.9
  1B 220 178 1654.0 1971 174 12 169 .994 11.67   3.4
  LF 48 16 238.3 40 2 0 2 1.000 1.59   0.5
Career Totals   2736 2605 23509.2 4609 8081 351 1447 .973 4.86   99.8
Career Highs   157 149 1358.3 727 605 26 116 .988 7.47    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 24 KCR AL 11 43 7 10 2 0 3 8 7 1 7 10 .233 .333 .488 .822
1967 25 KCR AL 18 73 12 20 4 0 6 19 3 1 5 17 .274 .316 .575 .892
1968 26 KCR AL 11 45 8 10 1 0 3 6 1 1 4 18 .222 .280 .444 .724
1969 27 KCR AL 6 27 5 7 3 0 1 4 3 0 4 10 .259 .355 .481 .836
1970 28 KCR AL 11 45 2 9 0 0 1 4 3 1 4 13 .200 .265 .267 .532
1971 29 KCR AL 12 45 3 10 1 2 1 2 3 1 10 14 .222 .364 .400 .764
1974 32 CLE AL 5 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .059 .200 .059 .259
1976 34 OAK AL 4 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 .200 .467 .200 .667
1980 38 KCR AL 7 22 2 5 2 1 0 0 5 0 2 4 .227 .292 .409 .701
1981 39 KCR AL 7 23 2 5 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 6 .217 .308 .348 .656
Career Post-Season Batting 92 350 43 79 14 4 15 47 30 5 47 99 .226 .315 .417 .732
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1966-7-.379
1967-5-.391
1970-9-.369
1971-8-.376
1974-7-.396
Slugging Pct
1966-8-.473
1967-2-.544
1968-2-.540
1969-3-.532
1970-3-.554
1971-6-.497
1974-1-.564
OPS
1966-4-.852
1967-2-.936
1968-3-.897
1969-3-.889
1970-2-.923
1971-6-.873
1974-1-.960
XR
1965-9-87.7
1966-3-103.4
1967-2-120.0
1968-5-97.1
1969-2-113.6
1970-3-114.8
1971-5-103.2
1973-9-97.0
1974-1-119.2
1975-10-96.5
CAR-11-1696.5
Games
1973-1-159
1974-5-156
1975-6-156
CAR-6-2772
At-Bats
1965-5-593
1967-8-577
1969-2-618
1970-10-581
CAR-6-10012
Runs
1965-7-93
1966-3-105
1967-4-101
1968-9-86
1969-1-117
1970-3-123
1971-5-105
1973-4-106
1974-3-109
1975-9-100
CAR-12-1674
Hits
1967-10-164
1969-8-168
CAR-25-2602
Total Bases
1965-9-269
1966-6-268
1967-2-314
1968-4-273
1969-1-329
1970-3-322
1971-9-266
1974-2-311
CAR-17-4665
Doubles
1967-9-34
1969-4-38
1970-7-32
1974-5-39
CAR-37-481
Triples
1964-9-6
1965-9-6
1966-3-8
1967-7-7
1969-1-9
1970-8-6
1971-1-8
1972-8-5
1976-8-6
1977-1-10
CAR-10-110
Homeruns
1964-8-23
1965-6-26
1966-6-25
1967-3-34
1968-2-36
1969-3-35
1970-2-39
1971-4-31
1973-10-23
1974-4-31
CAR-17-454
RBIs
1965-5-94
1966-8-92
1967-7-93
1968-5-91
1969-1-123
1970-3-123
1971-8-99
1974-6-110
CAR-16-1618
Stolen Bases
1964-9-26
1965-8-25
1966-5-38
1967-2-51
1968-9-29
1969-3-41
1970-10-26
1971-9-31
1972-6-37
1973-10-25
1975-4-46
1976-6-34
1977-6-38
1979-5-32
1981-8-38
CAR-10-604
Caught Stealing
1966-4-13
1967-10-10
CAR-44-130
Walks
1966-6-102
1967-5-103
1968-7-79
1969-9-84
1970-9-84
1971-4-108
1973-6-102
1974-10-87
CAR-16-1475
Strikeouts
1964-1-142
1965-1-143
1966-1-172
1967-3-160
1968-7-132
1969-1-178
1970-2-158
1971-3-150
1972-8-136
1973-6-133
1974-4-122
1975-4-140
1976-1-168
1977-5-117
1979-5-107
1980-1-132
1981-1-143
CAR-1-2620
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 200    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 69    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Worcester in 1963
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1964, off Gary Peters (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1964, off Tom Borland (OAK)
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 9/25/1966
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,228,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1968, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $8,250,000 per year, for 7 years
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Oakland on 5/25/1969
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1969, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/30/1969
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1969, hitting .300 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1970, hitting .409 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1970, hitting .370 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 6/26/1970
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1970, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/27/1970
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1971, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Injured on 9/10/1971 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1971
Injured on 5/20/1972 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against New York (A) on 7/22/1972
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1972, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Kansas City to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1973 (Going to CLE: SS Dick Allen, P Gary Wagner, P Jim Merritt, P Jerry Cram. Going to KCR: 1B Cliff Johnson, RF Joe Lahoud, CF Pepe Mangual, CF Jim Nettles)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 5/13/1973
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1974, hitting .412 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1974, hitting .303 with 31 HR, 110 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
9/22/1975: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $7,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Oakland on 2/1/1976 (Going to CLE: SS Rafael Robles. Going to OAK: SS Dick Allen)
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland (A) on 5/21/1976
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 7/7/1977, off Tom Hume (WAS)
Injured on 4/13/1978 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/29/1978 with a Strained Back, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Oakland to Colorado on 7/31/1978 (Going to COL: SS Dick Allen. Going to OAK: P Chip Lang)
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 4/26/1979
10/3/1979: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Colorado to Kansas City on 3/4/1980 (Going to KCR: SS Dick Allen, C Johnny Bench, RF Joe Ferguson, 3B Oscar Gamble, CF Johnny Grubb. Going to COL: 3B Jim Morrison, SS Doug Rader)
Injured on 4/6/1980 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 8/26/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1981, hitting .524 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Traded from Kansas City to New York (A) on 7/1/1982 (Going to KCR: SS Dave Hilton. Going to NYA: SS Dick Allen, P Jeff Jones)