Veteran’s Committee Passes On Allen

December 8th, 2008 by Matt

Well, that post by Dugout Central turned out to be a dud, huh? Not only was Dick Allen not elected to the Hall of Fame, he got the least number of votes of all 10 post 1942 players on the ballot (7, he needed 48 for induction).

I guess that those of us who think Allen should be in the Hall need to consider that he didn’t do all that hot last year in the balloting either, getting only 11 votes. I wonder how long he’ll remain on the ballot if there is this much of a lack of support for his election from the living Hall of Famers.

Ron Santo and Joe Torre did not make it in either. Only Joe Gordon from the pre-1943 ballot was elected by the Veteran’s Committee. So, no Mickey Vernon, Bucky Walters or Sherry Magee, either.

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