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Dick Hall

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b. September 27, 1930 · Pittsburgh Pirates 1952–1957, 1959, Kansas City Athletics 1960, Baltimore Orioles 1961–1966, 1969–1971, Philadelphia Phillies 1967–1968

Pittsburgh brought him up as an outfielder and he played 102 games there in 1954, hitting .239. The bat was not enough. He went back to the minor leagues, learned to pitch, and came back at thirty to spend fifteen seasons in bullpens, mostly Baltimore's.

Nineteen seasons gave him 93 wins, 68 saves and a 3.32 earned run average across 1,259 innings. He walked 1.4 men per nine innings, which is among the best rates anyone has, and pitched in four World Series for the Orioles, winning the 1966 and 1970 ones.

He had a degree in economics from Swarthmore and worked as a certified public accountant in the offseasons and for thirty years after. His delivery was described by everyone who saw it as a man falling down stairs. He died in 2023, at ninety-two.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1952 PIT 2680611 100 22170 .138
1953 PIT 72424 000 1131 .167
1954 PIT 1123103874 842 2733463 .239
1955 PIT 214037 101 3650 .175
1956 PIT 3329510 000 1570 .345
1957 PIT 10100 000 0010 .000
1959 PIT 2200 000 0000 .000
1960 KCA 325656 000 44151 .107
1961 BAL 303645 000 13130 .139
1962 BAL 442434 100 1490 .167
1963 BAL 4828713 101 4080 .464
1964 BAL 451612 000 3130 .125
1965 BAL 491515 200 4140 .333
1966 BAL 321202 000 2050 .167
1967 PHI 481411 000 0050 .071
1968 PHI 32301 000 0010 .333
1969 BAL 39712 000 2111 .286
1970 BAL 321221 000 1030 .083
1971 BAL 27502 100 0010 .400
Career 66971479150 1544 56611476 .210

Pitching, season by season

YearTeam WLG GSSVIP HERBB SOERA
1955 PIT 661513 194.192 4128463.91
1956 PIT 07199 162.164 3321274.76
1957 PIT 0080 010.017 125710.80
1959 PIT 0021 08.212 3133.12
1960 KCA 8132928 0182.1183 8238794.05
1961 BAL 752913 4122.1102 4230923.09
1962 BAL 66436 6118.1102 3019712.28
1963 BAL 55473 12111.291 3716742.98
1964 BAL 91450 787.258 1816521.85
1965 BAL 118480 1293.284 3211793.07
1966 BAL 62320 766.059 298443.95
1967 PHI 108481 886.083 2112492.20
1968 PHI 41320 046.053 255314.89
1969 BAL 52390 665.249 149311.92
1970 BAL 105320 361.151 216303.08
1971 BAL 66270 143.152 2411264.98
Career 937549574 681259.21152 464236741 3.32

On this day & linked events

1930

Born September 27, 1930

St. Louis, MO, USA

2023

Died June 18, 2023

1952

Major-league debut: Dick Hall

Dick Hall made a major-league debut on April 15, 1952.

1971

Final major-league game: Dick Hall

Dick Hall played a final major-league game on September 25, 1971.

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