Joe Hall (baseball)

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Amateur career

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

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

  1. Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, May 1994 White Sox telecast
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External links

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  • Retrosheet


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