Albert Hall (baseball)
| Albert Hall | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: March 7, 1958 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 12, 1981, for the Atlanta Braves | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 1, 1989, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .251 |
| Home runs | 5 |
| Runs batted in | 53 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Albert Hall (born March 7, 1958) is an American former
player who played the majority of his Major League career for the Atlanta Braves. Hall appeared in a total of 375 games played in the National League between 1981 and 1989; 355 of those games were as a member of the Braves. He added twenty games to his MLB résumé at the end of his career with the 1989 Pittsburgh Pirates
.
Career
Hall was a
farm system. Then, in 1986, he stole 72 bases for the Triple-A Richmond Braves
.
Hall spent only two full seasons,
runs batted in (24), stolen bases (33), and batting average .284. On September 23, he became the first Atlanta Brave to hit for the cycle,[1] becoming the first player in franchise history to do so since Bill Collins
in 1910.
During his MLB career, Hall stole 67 bases and was caught stealing 29 times (.698). In the minors, he had 455 thefts in 566 attempts (.803).
See also
References
- ^ "Atlanta Braves 5, Houston Astros 4". Retrosheet. September 23, 1987. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
Further reading
- "Hall triples to complete the cycle". MLB.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
- "Arbitrator Rules Hall Released by Braves for Sub-Par Performance". Los Angeles Times. August 3, 1989.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)