Summary
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.
| Joe Hall | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born: March 6, 1966 Paducah, Kentucky | |
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 |
| Teams | |
Amateur career edit
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.
Professional career edit
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.
References edit
- ^ Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, May 1994 White Sox telecast
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "Hyannis, Cotuit battle for third as Harwich continues to win". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. July 9, 1987. p. 8.
- ^ Bickley, Dan (May 16, 1994). "Sox Will See Old Pal Radinsky". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Bickley, Dan (July 1, 1994). "Cora Goes on DL; Grebeck Returns". Chicago Sun-Times.
External links edit
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics
