Jimmie
Hall
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 17, 1938 in Usa, NC, MOUNT HOLLY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1963   
Gold Glove 1966   
All-Star Selections 1964    1965    1966    1967    1970   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 9 10 10 5 7 7 6 8 8 5 6 6
1964 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 9 10 10 5 7 7 6 8 8 5 7 6
1965 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 9 10 10 5 7 7 6 8 8 5 6 6
1966 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 10 10 5 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 5
1967 29 SDP NL $ 5,128,571   7 7 7 8 10 10 5 7 6 6 8 7 5 6 5
1968 30 SDP NL $ 5,128,571   7 7 6 8 10 10 4 5 5 6 8 7 5 6 5
1969 31 SDP NL $ 4,715,683   8 8 7 8 10 10 4 5 5 6 8 7 5 6 6
1970 32 SDP NL $ 4,715,683   8 8 7 9 10 10 4 5 5 6 8 7 5 6 6
1971 33 MIN AL $ 4,715,683   8 8 7 8 10 9 4 5 5 6 8 7 5 6 6
1972 34 MIN AL $ 4,715,683   8 8 7 8 10 9 4 5 5 5 7 7 5 6 6
1973 35 MIN AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 6 6 8 8 3 5 4 4 6 6 5 6 6
1974 36 MIN AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 6 6 8 8 3 5 4 3 5 5 4 6 5
1975 37 MIN AL $ 7,000,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 5 5
1976 38 DET AL     2 2 2 2 6 5 3 4 4 2 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 6 5 3 4 4 2 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   8 8 7 9 10 10 5 7 7 6 8 8 5 7 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1963 25 SDP NL 150 498 69 129 16 6 28 97 28 9 77 100 .259 .352 .484 .835 92.8 19.2
1964 26 SDP NL 155 503 88 121 21 4 37 98 17 7 79 104 .241 .344 .519 .863 86.5 16.2
1965 27 SDP NL 135 446 85 129 19 4 34 98 13 9 51 72 .289 .356 .578 .935 90.5 22.7
    AAA   2 8 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 .250 .333 .625 .958 1.9  
1966 28 SDP NL 158 558 87 156 22 2 42 105 15 14 59 111 .280 .348 .552 .900 100.2 24.2
1967 29 SDP NL 152 554 85 146 21 9 31 95 17 7 77 123 .264 .353 .502 .855 95.8 21.7
1968 30 SDP NL 126 458 82 110 18 4 30 77 10 3 46 95 .240 .309 .493 .802 69.0 15.2
1969 31 SDP NL 158 579 84 138 17 1 33 103 10 5 69 135 .238 .317 .442 .760 85.2 16.3
1970 32 SDP NL 158 580 102 179 25 1 41 122 18 10 66 111 .309 .377 .567 .945 116.9 27.2
1971 33 MIN AL 156 571 85 139 21 2 43 108 13 10 75 119 .243 .331 .513 .844 94.6 17.7
1972 34 MIN AL 158 570 91 150 26 3 26 92 17 7 79 107 .263 .352 .456 .808 91.7 20.4
1973 35 MIN AL 147 534 64 140 17 2 15 65 12 5 46 117 .262 .318 .386 .704 66.1 7.1
1974 36 MIN AL 149 545 64 120 26 0 16 70 10 7 51 118 .220 .285 .356 .641 55.4 3.3
1975 37 MIN AL 153 602 61 139 12 1 21 83 9 4 42 136 .231 .279 .359 .638 58.6 3.3
1976 38 AA   132 500 66 121 15 3 24 61 2 3 53 89 .242 .315 .428 .743 69.0  
13 Years Sim 1955 6998 1047 1796 261 39 397 1213 189 97 817 1448 .257 .332 .475 .808 1103.2 214.4
1 Years AAA 2 8 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 .250 .333 .625 .958 1.9  
1 Years AA 132 500 66 121 15 3 24 61 2 3 53 89 .242 .315 .428 .743 69.0  
2 Years Minors 134 508 68 123 15 3 25 63 3 3 54 90 .242 .316 .431 .747 70.9  
162 Game Average 579 86 148 21 3 32 100 15 8 67 119 .257 .332 .475 .808 91.4  
Career Highs 158 602 102 179 26 9 43 122 28 14 79 136 .309 .377 .578 .945 116.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4761 804 1346 192 22 314 939 140 69 631 860 .283 .365 .530 .895 912.1
vs LH   2237 243 450 69 17 83 274 49 28 186 588 .201 .261 .359 .620 218.9
Home 973 3420 518 910 132 18 208 624 95 54 407 709 .266 .342 .498 .840 586.5
Away 982 3578 529 886 129 21 189 589 94 43 410 739 .248 .323 .454 .777 544.5
RISP   1856 0 464 66 8 107 785 0 0 259 403 .250 .334 .467 .801 305.8
Pinch Hitting   111 17 33 5 0 4 21 3 2 8 18 .297 .342 .450 .792 16.5
Close/Late   823 120 208 26 3 50 144 0 0 136 172 .253 .357 .474 .831 145.5
Mar/Apr 308 1080 171 281 42 5 66 212 33 17 127 239 .260 .335 .492 .826 181.5
May 336 1214 183 328 57 3 68 225 39 23 141 223 .270 .344 .490 .834 204.6
June 324 1159 183 304 39 8 62 190 31 14 142 221 .262 .342 .470 .812 190.5
July 330 1214 175 311 46 8 69 220 26 13 145 263 .256 .333 .478 .811 197.9
August 348 1257 171 325 30 11 69 197 33 17 137 255 .259 .330 .465 .795 197.5
Sep/Oct 309 1074 164 247 47 4 63 169 27 13 125 247 .230 .309 .457 .766 159.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1963 25 SDP NL CF 103 99 881.3 253 5 4 1 .985 2.63 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    RF 40 39 345.7 79 1 2 1 .976 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1964 26 SDP NL CF 122 117 1059.0 331 7 2 3 .994 2.87 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    LF 15 12 119.7 25 0 1 0 .962 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 3 40.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1965 27 SDP NL CF 117 112 1012.3 275 7 0 4 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 7 0 17.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
1966 28 SDP NL CF 148 144 1288.3 372 9 3 2 .992 2.66 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    RF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1967 29 SDP NL CF 145 142 1290.3 354 8 4 3 .989 2.52 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    LF 5 0 9.0 1 1 1 1 .667 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1968 30 SDP NL CF 104 102 916.0 270 7 5 4 .982 2.72 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 12 10 93.3 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.22 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0  
1969 31 SDP NL CF 145 142 1274.7 369 5 5 1 .987 2.64 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    2B 4 4 35.0 8 9 0 3 1.000 4.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 2 18.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1970 32 SDP NL CF 144 140 1274.3 305 6 4 3 .987 2.20 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 4 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 6 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
1971 33 MIN AL CF 146 146 1312.0 370 7 5 3 .987 2.59 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    RF 4 0 10.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1972 34 MIN AL CF 152 151 1327.3 351 7 3 1 .992 2.43 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    RF 4 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0  
1973 35 MIN AL CF 139 137 1173.3 310 7 3 3 .991 2.43 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    SS 1 1 9.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 36 MIN AL CF 133 132 1113.0 291 3 7 2 .977 2.38 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    C 6 6 58.0 26 3 1 0 .967 4.50 10 3 .300 5 0.1
    LF 7 5 44.7 5 0 1 0 .833 1.01 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1975 37 MIN AL CF 26 25 207.7 77 0 1 0 .987 3.34 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1624 1589 14129.6 3928 78 46 30 .989 2.55 0 0 .000 0 47.4
  RF 88 53 541.0 130 1 2 1 .985 2.18 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 56 18 240.6 45 1 3 1 .939 1.72 0 0 .000 0  
  C 6 6 58.0 26 3 1 0 .967 4.50 10 3 .300 5 0.1
  2B 4 4 35.0 8 9 0 3 1.000 4.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 2 2 18.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 1 9.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1781 1673 15031.2 4140 97 52 37 .988 2.54 10 3 .300 5 47.6
Career Highs   157 151 1336.7 381 16 9 5 1.000 3.24 10 3 .300 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 25 SDP NL 7 32 2 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 8 .094 .147 .156 .303
1964 26 SDP NL 4 6 2 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 1.167 1.595
1965 27 SDP NL 5 23 4 7 0 1 3 5 0 1 0 5 .304 .304 .783 1.087
1966 28 SDP NL 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .286 .536
1967 29 SDP NL 7 25 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 13 .160 .222 .320 .542
1968 30 SDP NL 7 30 4 9 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 9 .300 .300 .400 .700
Career Post-Season Batting 37 123 15 26 4 2 6 19 3 1 6 39 .211 .248 .423 .671
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1970-7-.309
On-Base Pct
1970-7-.377
Slugging Pct
1964-8-.519
1965-1-.578
1966-3-.552
1967-5-.502
1968-5-.493
1970-1-.567
1971-4-.513
OPS
1964-8-.863
1965-3-.935
1966-4-.900
1967-8-.855
1970-1-.945
1971-9-.844
XR
1963-10-92.8
1966-6-100.2
1967-5-95.8
1970-1-116.9
1971-9-94.6
Games
1966-5-158
1969-3-158
1970-2-158
1971-3-156
1972-2-158
At-Bats
1975-6-602
Runs
1964-10-88
1970-4-102
1972-10-91
Hits
1970-4-179
Total Bases
1966-3-308
1967-9-278
1970-2-329
1971-3-293
Triples
1963-5-6
1967-1-9
Homeruns
1964-3-37
1965-5-34
1966-2-42
1967-5-31
1968-3-30
1969-3-33
1970-2-41
1971-1-43
1972-8-26
CAR-32-397
RBIs
1963-9-97
1964-9-98
1965-6-98
1966-5-105
1967-10-95
1969-5-103
1970-2-122
1971-3-108
Stolen Bases
1963-4-28
1964-7-17
1970-8-18
Caught Stealing
1963-6-9
1965-9-9
1966-4-14
1970-4-10
Walks
1963-4-77
1964-3-79
1967-6-77
1970-10-66
Strikeouts
1967-8-123
1969-5-135
1970-9-111
1973-9-117
1974-6-118
1975-5-136
CAR-43-1448
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 127    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1963
Traded from Cleveland (N) to San Diego on 3/3/1963 (Going to SDP: CF Jimmie Hall. Going to CLN: P Gary Peters, SS Marty Martinez)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1963, off Sandy Koufax (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1963, off Stan Williams (WAS)
Injured on 5/4/1963 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Washington on 8/30/1963
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Brooklyn on 9/10/1963
Hit 3 homeruns against Brooklyn, driving in 6 runs on 9/10/1963
Won Bronze Rookie in 1963, hitting .259 with 28 HR, 97 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1965, hitting .471 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 7/12/1965
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1966, hitting .385 with 6 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1966, hitting .295 with 11 HR, 24 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1967, hitting .305 with 9 HR, 26 RBI
Injured on 6/12/1967 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 8/19/1967
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/5/1968 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Minnesota on 6/12/1968
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $4,715,683 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1968, hitting .476 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 5/4/1969
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1970, hitting .364 with 7 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1970, hitting .347 with 9 HR, 23 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1970, hitting .309 with 41 HR, 122 RBI
Traded from San Diego to Minnesota on 3/3/1971 (Going to MIN: CF Joe Gaines, CF Jimmie Hall. Going to SDP: LF Rod Gaspar)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 9/5/1971
10/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $7,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1973, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 9/18/1973 with a Spasms Back, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 6/3/1974 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1976 to a minor league deal
Injured on 5/5/1976 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 6 days
Injured on 6/24/1976 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week