The Phillies plan to include a jersey patch honoring franchise icon Dick Allen during the 2021 season, Matt Breen of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
This comes a season after the Phillies retired Allen’s No. 15. Allen appeared at a ceremony last September, allowing him to join an exclusive list of numbers retired by the Phillies that also includes Richie Ashburn, Jim Bunning, Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Robin Roberts, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Chuck Klein and Roy Halladay.
The ceremony proved to be Allen’s final public appearance, as he passed away on Dec. 7. The news of the patch comes on the 79th anniversary of Allen’s birth in Wampum, Pa.