What years did Dick Hall play?

Dick Hall played in Major League Baseball from 1952 to 1971.

Was Dick Hall a pitcher?

Yes. Dick Hall pitched in the major leagues, recording 93 wins and 741 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dick Hall hit?

Dick Hall hit 4 career home runs with 150 hits.

What was Dick Hall's career batting average?

Dick Hall batted .210 over his career, with 150 hits in 714 at bats.

How many RBI did Dick Hall have?

Dick Hall drove in 56 runs in his career.

What was Dick Hall's career ERA?

Dick Hall finished with a 3.32 career ERA, going 93-75 with 741 strikeouts.

Dick Hall

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1952-1971)

Dick Hall was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1952 to 1971 for 4 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 20 seasons. Across 495 career appearances, he went 93-75 with a 3.32 ERA, 741 strikeouts, and 68 saves. He also batted .210 with 4 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 13226.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 93–75

ERA 3.32

WHIP 1.10

SO 741

Pitcher PIV 13226.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 200 lb
Born: 9/27/1930 in St. Louis, MO, USA
Died: 6/18/2023 in Timonium, MD, USA
MLB Debut: 1952-04-15
Last Game: 1971-09-25

Full name: Richard Wallace Hall

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Career Pitching Statistics

Dick Hall — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
93	75	495	74	20	3	68	1259.2	1,152	464	130	236	741	3.32	13226.8

Career ERA 3.32 vs. league average 3.65 across their career seasons — 9.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Dick Hall Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1955	PIT	NL	6	6	15	13	4	0	1	94.1	92	41	28	46	3.91	4.00 (+2%)	1321.5
1956	PIT	NL	0	7	19	9	1	0	1	62.1	64	33	21	27	4.76	3.96 (-20%)	-339.2
1957	PIT	NL	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	10.0	17	12	5	7	10.80	3.83 (-182%)	-1055.9
1959	PIT	NL	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	8.2	12	3	1	3	3.12	—	0.0
1960	KC1	AL	8	13	29	28	9	1	0	182.1	183	82	38	79	4.05	3.82 (-6%)	-2344.0
1961	BAL	AL	7	5	29	13	4	2	4	122.1	102	42	30	92	3.09	4.03 (+23%)	3631.0
1962	BAL	AL	6	6	43	6	1	0	6	118.1	102	30	19	71	2.28	3.96 (+42%)	3235.4
1963	BAL	AL	5	5	47	3	0	0	12	111.2	91	37	16	74	2.98	3.46 (+14%)	1059.4
1964	BAL	AL	9	1	45	0	0	0	7	87.2	58	18	16	52	1.85	3.58 (+48%)	955.1
1965	BAL	AL	11	8	48	0	0	0	12	93.2	84	32	11	79	3.07	3.50 (+12%)	2878.1
1966	BAL	AL	6	2	32	0	0	0	7	66.0	59	29	8	44	3.95	3.52 (-12%)	373.9
1967	PHI	NL	10	8	48	1	1	0	8	86.0	83	21	12	49	2.20	3.30 (+33%)	1443.6
1968	PHI	NL	4	1	32	0	0	0	0	46.0	53	25	5	31	4.89	2.98 (-64%)	-163.5
1969	BAL	AL	5	2	39	0	0	0	6	65.2	49	14	9	31	1.92	3.61 (+47%)	1659.9
1970	BAL	AL	10	5	32	0	0	0	3	61.1	51	21	6	30	3.08	3.89 (+21%)	367.4
1971	BAL	AL	6	6	27	0	0	0	1	43.1	52	24	11	26	4.98	3.47 (-44%)	204.2
Career · 16 seasons			93	75	495	74	20	3	68	1,259.2	1,152	464	236	741	3.32	—	13,227

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Dick Hall — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
669	714	79	150	15	4	4	56	6	61	147	.210	.271	.259	.530	-2,028

Career AVG .210 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 16.6% below league average.

Career OBP .271 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — 15.3% below league average.

Career SLG .259 vs. league average .379 across their career seasons — 31.6% below league average.

Career OPS .530 vs. league average .699 across their career seasons — 24.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Dick Hall Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1952	PIT	NL	26	80	6	11	1	0	0	2	0	2	17	.138	.252 (-46%)	.326 (-51%)	.369 (-59%)	.696 (-56%)	-694.4
1953	PIT	NL	7	24	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1954	PIT	NL	112	310	38	74	8	4	2	27	3	33	46	.239	.261 (-9%)	.333 (-9%)	.390 (-21%)	.723 (-15%)	-797.9
1955	PIT	NL	21	40	3	7	1	0	1	3	0	6	5	.175	—	—	—	—	0.0
1956	PIT	NL	33	29	5	10	0	0	0	1	0	5	7	.345	—	—	—	—	0.0
1957	PIT	NL	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1959	PIT	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1960	KC1	AL	32	56	5	6	0	0	0	4	1	4	15	.107	.255 (-58%)	.323 (-49%)	.387 (-72%)	.711 (-62%)	-535.4
1961	BAL	AL	30	36	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	13	.139	—	—	—	—	0.0
1962	BAL	AL	44	24	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	9	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1963	BAL	AL	48	28	7	13	1	0	1	4	0	0	8	.464	—	—	—	—	0.0
1964	BAL	AL	45	16	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	BAL	AL	49	15	1	5	2	0	0	4	0	1	4	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1966	BAL	AL	32	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1967	PHI	NL	48	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.071	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	PHI	NL	32	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	BAL	AL	39	7	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	BAL	AL	32	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	BAL	AL	27	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 19 seasons			669	714	79	150	15	4	4	56	6	61	147	.210	—	—	—	—	-2,028

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Dick Hall — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333

Playoff Batting by Year

Dick Hall — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG
1971	WS	BAL	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1970	ALCS	BAL	1	2	1	1	1	.500
1970	WS	BAL	1	1	0	0	1	.000
1969	ALCS	BAL	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1969	WS	BAL	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Dick Hall — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	1	5	0	2	8.2	3	0	1	4	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Dick Hall — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	BB	SO
1971	WS	BAL	0	0	1	1	1.0	1	0	0
1970	ALCS	BAL	1	0	1	0	4.2	1	0	3
1970	WS	BAL	0	0	1	1	2.1	0	0	0
1969	ALCS	BAL	1	0	1	0	0.2	0	0	1
1969	WS	BAL	0	1	1	0	0.0	1	1	0

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Dick Hall — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	322	325	36	77	1	28	.237
Away	347	387	42	73	3	28	.189

Pitching — Home / Away

Dick Hall — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	238	628.2	560	218	112	372	3.12
Away	257	631.0	592	246	123	370	3.51

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dick Hall — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	2B	SO
1971-09-25	BAL	CLE	W	0	0	0	0
1971-09-17	BAL	DET	L	2	1	1	1
1971-08-26	BAL	CHW	W	0	0	0	0
1971-08-20	BAL	MIN	L	0	0	0	0
1971-08-15	BAL	CHW	L	0	0	0	0
1971-08-11	BAL	MIN	W	0	0	0	0
1971-07-27	BAL	OAK	W	0	0	0	0
1971-07-25	BAL	LAA	L	0	0	0	0
1971-07-18	BAL	OAK	W	0	0	0	0
1971-07-16	BAL	LAA	L	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Dick Hall — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1971-09-25	BAL	CLE	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1971-09-17	BAL	DET	—	3.0	6	4	4	0	1	1
1971-08-26	BAL	CHW	W	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0
1971-08-20	BAL	MIN	L	0.1	4	4	3	0	0	1
1971-08-15	BAL	CHW	—	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0
1971-08-11	BAL	MIN	W	2.2	2	0	0	2	4	0
1971-07-27	BAL	OAK	W	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1971-07-25	BAL	LAA	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1971-07-18	BAL	OAK	—	1.2	4	2	2	0	0	0
1971-07-16	BAL	LAA	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dick Hall — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	1	4	1	0	0
2B	7	0	21	23	1	6
3B	5	0	10	10	0	0
OF	119	86	272	6	12	1
P	495	74	69	171	6	10

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dick Hall — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1952	PIT	3B	5	0	10	10	0	0
1952	PIT	OF	14	0	34	1	1	0
1953	PIT	2B	7	0	21	23	1	6
1954	PIT	OF	102	84	235	5	11	1
1955	PIT	OF	3	2	3	0	0	0
1955	PIT	P	15	13	6	6	0	0
1956	PIT	1B	1	1	4	1	0	0
1956	PIT	P	19	9	2	6	0	0
1957	PIT	P	8	0	0	0	0	0
1959	PIT	P	2	1	0	1	0	0
1960	KC1	P	29	28	9	28	3	1
1961	BAL	P	29	13	9	23	1	1
1962	BAL	P	43	6	9	17	0	1
1963	BAL	P	47	3	7	21	0	1
1964	BAL	P	45	0	7	12	0	1
1965	BAL	P	48	0	4	8	1	2
1966	BAL	P	32	0	4	10	0	0
1967	PHI	P	48	1	2	21	0	1
1968	PHI	P	32	0	2	6	0	0
1969	BAL	P	39	0	4	6	0	2
1970	BAL	P	32	0	3	3	0	0
1971	BAL	P	27	0	1	3	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Dick Hall Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	495
First Base	1
Second Base	7
Third Base	5
Left Field	43
Center Field	62
Right Field	18

College History

Dick Hall — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Swarthmore College	Swarthmore	PA	1949, 1950, 1951

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Dick Hall: the record in brief

Dick Hall played a first major league game on April 15, 1952 and a last one on September 25, 1971. The season rows list, in order, the Pittsburgh Pirates (1952 to 1959), the Kansas City Athletics (1960), the Baltimore Orioles (1961 to 1971), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1967 to 1968). The bio lists Hall as a pitcher who threw and hit right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6 feet, 6 inches and 200 pounds. The birth record reads September 27, 1930, in St. Louis, MO, USA. The bio records the death on June 18, 2023, in Timonium, MD, USA. Dick Hall was the playing name; the full given name is Richard Wallace.

Hall pitched in 495 games, starting 74, and finished with a 93-75 record and 3.32 ERA. The totals include 741 strikeouts, 20 complete games, and 68 saves. Against a 3.65 league ERA for the same years, Hall was 9.3% better. Hall won 11 games in 1965, the most of any season listed.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dick Hall

What years did Dick Hall play?: Dick Hall played in Major League Baseball from 1952 to 1971.
Was Dick Hall a pitcher?: Yes. Dick Hall pitched in the major leagues, recording 93 wins and 741 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dick Hall hit?: Dick Hall hit 4 career home runs with 150 hits.
What was Dick Hall's career batting average?: Dick Hall batted .210 over his career, with 150 hits in 714 at bats.
How many RBI did Dick Hall have?: Dick Hall drove in 56 runs in his career.
What was Dick Hall's career ERA?: Dick Hall finished with a 3.32 career ERA, going 93-75 with 741 strikeouts.