HR 272 — A Resolution designating July 27, 2025, as "Dick Allen Day" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   2035

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 272
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY N. NELSON, WAXMAN, VITALI, GUZMAN, BRENNAN,
        HOHENSTEIN, SANCHEZ, STAATS AND JAMES, JUNE 25, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM, RECREATION AND ECONOMIC
        DEVELOPMENT, JUNE 25, 2025


                                  A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating July 27, 2025, as "Dick Allen Day" in Pennsylvania.
 2      WHEREAS, On March 8, 1942, Richard Anthony Allen was born in
 3   the small town of Wampum, Pennsylvania, 30 miles northwest of
 4   Pittsburgh; and
 5      WHEREAS, Mr. Allen was a star athlete in both baseball and
 6   basketball at Wampum High School, drawing interest from the
 7   Philadelphia Phillies; and
 8      WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Phillies signed Mr. Allen upon his
 9   graduation for an estimated $70,000, which Mr. Allen used to buy
10   his mother a new house; and
11      WHEREAS, In his final of four Minor League seasons in the
12   Phillies organization, Mr. Allen faced discrimination while on
13   their Triple-A club, which was relocated to Little Rock,
14   Arkansas, in 1963; and
15      WHEREAS, Despite facing bigotry, Mr. Allen performed well and
16   made his Major League debut with the Phillies during a late-
17   season call-up on September 3, 1963, beginning his 15-year Major
 1   League career; and
 2         WHEREAS, In his first full season in 1964, the 22-year-old
 3   Mr. Allen showed his impressive power and athleticism with a
 4   league-leading 29 home runs, 13 triples and 352 total bases,
 5   earning him the National League Rookie of the Year Award; and
 6         WHEREAS, While playing in one of the most pitcher-dominated
 7   eras in Major League history, Mr. Allen, nicknamed the "Wampum
 8   Walloper," was a prodigious power hitter and run producer; and
 9         WHEREAS, Mr. Allen was a seven-time all-star and two-time
10   home run champion, and he won the American League Most Valuable
11   Player Award with the Chicago White Sox in 1972; and
12         WHEREAS, Over his career, Mr. Allen achieved a remarkable 351
13   home runs, 1,119 runs batted in, .292 batting average and .534
14   slugging percentage; and
15         WHEREAS, Although Mr. Allen was among the Major League's best
16   during his career, he never received enough votes during his
17   original candidacy to reach the National Baseball Hall of Fame;
18   and
19         WHEREAS, Mr. Allen passed away at his home in Wampum on
20   December 7, 2020; and
21         WHEREAS, On December 8, 2024, Mr. Allen was elected to the
22   National Baseball Hall of Fame through the 16-member Classic
23   Baseball Era Committee, receiving votes on 13 of 16 ballots;
24   and
25         WHEREAS, Mr. Allen, a Pennsylvania baseball legend, will be
26   officially inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on
27   July 27, 2025, in Cooperstown, New York; therefore be it
28         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate July
29   27, 2025, as "Dick Allen Day" in Pennsylvania.



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