Joe Hall | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Paducah, Kentucky | March 6, 1966|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 5, 1994, for the Chicago White Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 18, 1997, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .319 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 8 |
CPBL statistics | |
Batting average | .322 |
Home runs | 8 |
Runs batted in | 26 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Joseph "Do It All" [1] Geroy Hall (born March 6,1966) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played three seasons of Major League Baseball with the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers.
A native of Paducah,Kentucky,Hall attended St. Mary High School and Southern Illinois University. In 1987,he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox and was named a league all-star. [2] [3] He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Hall played his first professional season with their Class A (Short Season) Hamilton Redbirds and Class A Springfield Cardinals in 1988,and his last season with Detroit and their Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens in 1997.
The journeyman made his major league debut in 1994,6 years after being drafted. He had a batting average of .393 going into mid-May,when he badly injured his right hamstring. This landed him on the disabled list,and ended his promising start to the season. After the injury,the Sun-Times interviewed him. "The only thing I can think of is not playing every day," Hall said. "It's frustrating any time you get hurt,but especially when you wait so long (to make it to the majors)." [4] On June 30,1994,Hall suffered another setback in his rehab and was put on the emergency 60 day disabled list. [5] He was never able to replicate the success from his first two months as a rookie.