He was an outfielder over parts of three Major League seasons (1955; 1957–1958) with the Cincinnati Redlegs, Milwaukee Braves and Detroit Tigers.

He told reporters that Redlegs manager Birdie Tebbetts said he would be splitting time with Frank Robinson in the outfield but he only got into six games.

The following spring, he was traded with Corky Valentine to the Milwaukee Braves in return for George Crowe, but did not appear in the big leagues.

The first-place Braves swept the second-place Cardinals on August 9–11, which went a long way towards sealing the National League pennant for Milwaukee; the first two games of the series were blowouts, and Hazle had seven hits and five runs batted in.

On the next-to-last day of the season, Hazle broke up a no-hit bid by Cincinnati's Johnny Klippstein with a two-out, eighth-inning single.