Saturday, September 22, 2018

One-Card Wonder Pt. 44: Billy Hall

I have no idea how this card happened.  Hall, not related to Bill Hall who played for Boston in 2010, never played in the Majors at all.  He came up through the Padres system and was mostly known for his speed, though he would occasionally hit for high batting averages as well.

He was selected by the Red Sox in the 1993 Rule V Draft and must have made it to Spring Training with the team, or this picture would not exist.  Whether that happened or not, he was definitely returned to the Padres prior to the regular season because he never played a regular season game in the Red Sox system.  He had a very good season in the Padres system in 1994, yet oddly did not get called up.

Hall continued to have a few decent seasons in the minors, but never got the call for some reason.  I have no idea how this card exists.  I miss the big sets of the 1990's when things like this were possible.  I should note that I do have the parallel version of this card as well, but parallels do not count for the purposes of this series.

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