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Darren Hall

Michael Darren Hall

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 14, 1964 in Marysville, OH
High School: Nimitz HS (Irving, TX)
School: Dallas Baptist University (Dallas, TX)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 28th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1994
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/BlueJays 1994-1998
Agents: Tommy Tanzer [*]
Final Game: August 11, 1998
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1986	21	TOR-min	Rk	5	7	.417	3.83	17	16	0	1	1	0	89.1	91	64	38	3	47	0	60	3	0	12			1.545	9.2	0.3	4.7	6.0	1.28	MDH · PION
1987	22	TOR-min	A	5	5	.500	3.51	41	0	28	0	0	6	66.2	57	31	26	7	28	5	68	0	0	1			1.275	7.7	0.9	3.8	9.2	2.43	MYR · SALL
1988	23	TOR-min	AA,A	4	3	.571	2.17	41	0	37	0	0	18	49.2	34	13	12	3	22	4	48	3	1	6			1.128	6.2	0.5	4.0	8.7	2.18	KNX,DUN · SOUL,FLOR
1989	24	TOR-min	A,AA	1	6	.143	3.57	29	14	8	0	0	1	70.2	67	37	28	4	31	0	52	4	1	6			1.387	8.5	0.5	3.9	6.6	1.68	DUN,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
1990	25	TOR-min	AA	3	5	.375	4.86	28	0	13	0	0	1	33.1	29	23	18	6	33	6	28	1	1	7			1.860	7.8	1.6	8.9	7.6	0.85	KNX · SOUL
1991	26	TOR-min	AA	5	3	.625	2.60	42	0	24	0	0	2	69.1	56	23	20	5	27	2	78	2	0	9	287		1.197	7.3	0.6	3.5	10.1	2.89	KNX · SOUL
1992	27	TOR-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.30	55	0	26	0	0	5	69.0	62	36	33	5	35	2	49	2	0	11	301		1.406	8.1	0.7	4.6	6.4	1.40	SYR · IL
1993	28	TOR-min	AAA	6	7	.462	5.33	60	0	41	0	0	13	79.1	75	51	47	10	31	4	68	4	1	5	347		1.336	8.5	1.1	3.5	7.7	2.19	SYR · IL
1994	29	TOR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.59	6	0	6	0	0	3	5.2	5	2	1	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	25		1.235	7.9	0.0	3.2	11.1	3.50	SYR · IL
1994	29	TOR	AL	2	3	.400	3.41	30	0	28	0	0	17	31.2	26	12	12	3	14	1	28	1	0	1	131	142	1.263	7.4	0.9	4.0	8.0	2.00
1995	30	TOR	AL	0	2	.000	4.41	17	0	11	0	0	3	16.1	21	9	8	2	9	0	11	0	0	0	77	109	1.837	11.6	1.1	5.0	6.1	1.22
1996	31	LAD-min	A-	0	1	.000	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13		1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	12.0		YAK · NORW
1996	31	LAD	NL	0	2	.000	6.00	9	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	13	9	8	2	5	0	12	0	0	0	53	67	1.500	9.8	1.5	3.8	9.0	2.40
1997	32	LAD	NL	3	2	.600	2.30	63	0	20	0	0	2	54.2	58	15	14	3	26	7	39	0	0	0	233	169	1.537	9.5	0.5	4.3	6.4	1.50
1998	33	LAD-min	A+,AA	1	0	1.000	1.59	10	4	2	0	0	0	11.1	5	2	2	1	3	0	10	0	0	0	40		0.706	4.0	0.8	2.4	7.9	3.33	SBR,SAN · CALL,TL
1998	33	LAD	NL	0	3	.000	10.32	11	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	17	14	13	2	5	0	8	1	0	0	56	40	1.941	13.5	1.6	4.0	6.4	1.60
5 Yrs				5	12	.294	3.93	130	0	64	0	0	22	126.0	135	59	55	12	59	8	98	2	0	1	550	109	1.540	9.6	0.9	4.2	7.0	1.66
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.294	3.93	68	0	33	0	0	12	66	71	31	29	6	31	4	51	1	0	1	288	109	1.540	9.6	0.9	4.2	7.0	1.66

LAD (3 yrs)				3	7	.300	4.04	83	0	25	0	0	2	78.0	88	38	35	7	36	7	59	1	0	0	342	98	1.590	10.2	0.8	4.2	6.8	1.64
TOR (2 yrs)				2	5	.286	3.75	47	0	39	0	0	20	48.0	47	21	20	5	23	1	39	1	0	1	208	129	1.458	8.8	0.9	4.3	7.3	1.70

NL (3 yrs)				3	7	.300	4.04	83	0	25	0	0	2	78.0	88	38	35	7	36	7	59	1	0	0	342	98	1.590	10.2	0.8	4.2	6.8	1.64
AL (2 yrs)				2	5	.286	3.75	47	0	39	0	0	20	48.0	47	21	20	5	23	1	39	1	0	1	208	129	1.458	8.8	0.9	4.3	7.3	1.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1994	29	TOR	AL	31.2	30	0	12	3.41	5.34	-0.24	-0.41	100.4	5.19	6	0.6	2.0	0.2	1.1	9	.519	.504	$
1995	30	TOR	AL	16.1	17	0	9	4.96	5.22	-0.44	-0.39	99.7	5.25	1	0.1	.7	-0.0	0.2	2	.503	.500	$175,000
1996	31	LAD	NL	12.0	9	0	9	6.75	4.68	-0.20	-0.35	90.3	4.09	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.463	.498	$175,000
1997	32	LAD	NL	54.2	63	0	15	2.47	4.83	-0.23	-0.37	92.1	4.32	11	1.2	1.4	0.1	1.7	17	.518	.507	$365,000
1998	33	LAD	NL	11.1	11	0	14	11.12	4.68	-0.11	-0.36	99.0	4.39	-8	-0.8	.7	0.1	-0.6	-7	.426	.495	$650,000
5 Seasons				126.0	130	0	59	4.21	4.98	-0.25	-0.38	95.6	4.65	6	0.6	1.4	0.3	2.1	19	.505	.501	$1,365,000

LAD (3 yrs)				78.0	83	0	38	4.38	4.79	-0.21	-0.36	92.8	4.30	-1	0.0	1.3	0.2	0.8	7	.500	.500	$1,190,000
TOR (2 yrs)				48.0	47	0	21	3.94	5.30	-0.31	-0.40	100.2	5.21	7	0.6	1.5	0.2	1.3	12	.514	.502	$175,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1994	29	TOR	AL	30	131	115	12	26	4	0	3	3	0	14	28	.226	.315	.339	.655	.274	39	5	1	1	0	1	2
1995	30	TOR	AL	17	77	68	9	21	1	1	2	2	0	9	11	.309	.390	.441	.831	.345	30	2	0	0	0	0	0
1996	31	LAD	NL	9	53	48	9	13	3	0	2	3	0	5	12	.271	.340	.458	.798	.324	22	1	0	0	0	0	0
1997	32	LAD	NL	63	233	205	15	58	11	1	3	9	2	26	39	.283	.362	.390	.752	.335	80	8	0	1	1	7	0
1998	33	LAD	NL	11	56	49	14	17	4	0	2	4	0	5	8	.347	.411	.551	.962	.375	27	0	1	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				130	550	485	59	135	23	2	12	21	2	59	98	.278	.358	.408	.766	.326	198	16	2	2	2	8	3
162 Game Avg.				68	288	254	31	71	12	1	6	11	1	31	51	.278	.358	.408	.766	.326	104	8	1	1	1	4	2
MLB Averages																.268	.338	.421	.759	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1994	29	TOR	AL	5.6	0.5	134	1.1	5.3	-4.2	2.18	0.6	-0.1	8.3	0.8	2.18	6.0	17	6	6
1995	30	TOR	AL	0.6	0.1	79	-0.7	1.0	-1.7	.80	-0.3	-0.6	1.0	0.1	0.80	-2.3	2	5	9
1996	31	LAD	NL	-2.9	-0.3	55	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	1.00	-0.1	-0.3	-3.5	-0.3	1.00	-2.4	4	0	4
1997	32	LAD	NL	10.7	1.1	244	1.3	5.5	-4.2	1.33	0.5	0.5	9.3	1.0	1.33	3.6	27	10	25
1998	33	LAD	NL	-8.1	-0.8	60	-1.0	0.4	-1.5	.85	-0.5	-0.7	-7.9	-0.8	0.85	-5.3	3	0	8
5 Yrs				5.9	0.6	572	0.3	13.2	-12.9	1.37	0.3	-0.0	7.3	0.7	1.37	-0.4	53	21	52

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1994	29	TOR	AL	30	30	28	2	3	20	17	3	85%	21	1	12	0	0%	9	2.177	17	6	6	24	3	3	6	24	5	3	5	5	3.2	17
1995	30	TOR	AL	17	17	11	0	2	4	3	1	75%	6	2	8	2	25%	9	.799	2	5	9	11	1	5	4	13	3	6	4	1	2.9	16
1996	31	LAD	NL	9	9	3	0	2	1	0	1	0%	3	2	5	2	40%	7	1.000	4	0	4	6	1	2	3	6	4	1	4	1	4.0	25
1997	32	LAD	NL	63	63	20	3	2	5	2	3	40%	22	15	46	12	26%	8	1.329	27	10	25	29	12	22	29	34	12	29	13	10	2.6	13
1998	33	LAD	NL	11	11	2	0	3	1	0	1	0%	1	0	4	2	50%	5	.847	3	0	8	3	2	6	3	8	3	3	3	1	3.1	19
5 Yrs				130	130	64	5	12	31	22	9	71%	53	20	75	18	24%		1.376	53	21	52	73	19	38	45	85	27	42	29	18	2.9	15

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1994	29	TOR	AL	131	48%	2.3%	21.4%	10.7%	5.3%	27%	1.50	1.91	64%	11%	9.4%	6%	29	5	17%
1995	30	TOR	AL	77	48%	2.6%	14.3%	11.7%	5.2%	19%	1.48	2.17	71%	19%	11.1%	22%	17	2	12%
1996	31	LAD	NL	53	62%	3.8%	22.6%	9.4%	9.4%	39%	0.57	0.60	64%	22%	11.8%	26%	14	1	7%
1997	32	LAD	NL	233	60%	1.3%	16.7%	11.2%	6.4%	26%	2.06	3.88	70%	17%	6.3%	8%	48	8	17%
1998	33	LAD	NL	56	55%	3.6%	14.3%	8.9%	10.7%	35%	0.91	0.92	71%	14%	11.1%	18%	14	0	0%
5 Yrs				550	55%	2.2%	17.8%	10.7%	6.7%	27%	1.46	2.14	69%	16%	9.0%	14%	122	16	13%
MLB Averages					44%	2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	0.83	1.11	70%	21%	8.1%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1994	29	TOR	AL	128	479	3.74	279	58%	27%	17%	25%	31%	73%	2%	43%	77%	53%	9%	12	6	15%	19	8	2	4%	2	5	3	0	0
1995	30	TOR	AL	64	233	3.64	143	61%	27%	11%	29%	34%	73%	0%	45%	85%	66%	6%	4	2	27%	17	6	1	22%	2	2	13	0	0
1996	31	LAD	NL	50	197	3.94	121	61%	28%	17%	26%	28%	72%	0%	44%	76%	62%	2%	1	0	16%	8	1	0	9%	0	1	3	0	0
1997	32	LAD	NL	209	703	3.36	424	60%	28%	19%	17%	36%	72%	8%	44%	73%	56%	7%	15	6	17%	36	12	0	20%	8	2	24	0	0
1998	33	LAD	NL	56	205	3.66	121	59%	23%	20%	22%	35%	77%	0%	45%	74%	55%	11%	6	6	16%	9	2	0	38%	2	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				507	1817	3.58	1088	60%	27%	18%	22%	33%	73%	4%	44%	76%	57%	7%	38	20	18%	89	29	3	16%	14	10	43	0	0
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				29%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1994	29	TOR	AL	131	26	3	0	3	0	5	2	1	2	1	9	3	1	33%	2	1	0	53	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1995	30	TOR	AL	77	21	5	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	0	100%	0	0	1	32	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1996	31	LAD	NL	53	13	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	27	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	32	LAD	NL	233	58	8	2	3	0	6	2	1	0	3	16	5	2	31%	0	0	0	104	9	2	82%	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
1998	33	LAD	NL	56	17	5	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	7	6	0	86%	1	0	0	25	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5 Yrs				550	135	22	2	12	0	16	8	4	4	8	35	17	3	49%	3	1	1	241	21	2	91%	17	1	4	0	0	1	1	1	6	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1994	29	2	3	.400	3.41	30	28	17	31.2	26	12	12	3	14	1	28	1	1	131	142	1.263	7.4	0.9	4.0	8.0	2.00	142
1995	30	2	5	.286	3.75	47	39	20	48.0	47	21	20	5	23	1	39	1	1	208	129	1.458	8.8	0.9	4.3	7.3	1.70	129
1996	31	2	7	.222	4.20	56	42	20	60.0	60	30	28	7	28	1	51	1	1	261	111	1.467	9.0	1.1	4.2	7.7	1.82	111
1997	32	5	9	.357	3.30	119	62	22	114.2	118	45	42	10	54	8	90	1	1	494	131	1.500	9.3	0.8	4.2	7.1	1.67	131
1998	33	5	12	.294	3.93	130	64	22	126.0	135	59	55	12	59	8	98	2	1	550	109	1.540	9.6	0.9	4.2	7.0	1.66	109

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1994	29	2	2	.500	3.35	43.0	36	18	16	4	19	38	1	1.279	7.5	4.0	8.0	2.00	0.8	30
1995	30	1	1	.500	4.50	18.0	23	10	9	2	10	12	0	1.833	11.5	5.0	6.0	1.20	1.0	17
1996	31	0	1	.000	7.36	11.0	14	10	9	2	5	11	0	1.727	11.5	4.1	9.0	2.20	1.6	9
1997	32	3	2	.600	2.57	49.0	59	16	14	3	26	35	0	1.735	10.8	4.8	6.4	1.35	0.6	63
1998	33	0	1	.000	10.64	11.0	17	14	13	2	5	8	1	2.000	13.9	4.1	6.5	1.60	1.6	11
5 Yrs		6	7	.462	4.16	132.0	149	68	61	13	65	104	2	1.621	10.2		7.1	1.60	0.9	130

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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