Listed at 6 feet (180 cm) tall and 150 pounds (68 kg), he was nicknamed "the Blade", owing to his slender physique.

[1] Hall was born in Thomasville, North Carolina, and attended Ramona High School in Riverside, California.

Hall pitched for the Twins, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and Kansas City Royals during his big league career.

After retiring from baseball, Hall worked as a supervisor at Rohr, Inc. After being laid off in 1981, he joined the United States Postal Service as a mail carrier.

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