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Jimmie Randolph Hall
Minnesota Twins
Outfield
Born: March 7, 1938, Mount Holly, NC
Signed: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent, June 21, 1956
Major League Teams: Minnesota Twins 1963-1966; California Angels 1967-1968; Cleveland Indians 1968-1969; New York Yankees 1969; Chicago Cubs 1969-1970; Atlanta Braves 1970
Jimmie Hall played in parts of eight major league seasons, finding his most success early as the starting center fielder and two-time All-Star for the Twins. Given the chance to start in center field in 1963 when regular Lenny Green (#588) was injured, Hall enjoyed a career year, batting .260 with 33 home runs and 80 RBIs, finishing third in the league's Rookie of the Year voting. He'd follow that with another big season in 1964, batting .282 with 25 home runs and 75 RBIs and going to his first All-Star Game. In the Twins' pennant-winning season of 1965, Hall went to his second All-Star Game and finished the season batting .285 with 25 doubles, 20 home runs and 86 RBIs. He struggled in the World Series, batting just .143 (1 for 7) as the Twins fell to the Dodgers in seven games.
Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards - Babylon, NY) - Card #541
This is the 57th of 102 cards acquired for our set from the Baseball Card Sports Memorabilia Show, affectionately known as The Philly Show, held in the basement of the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia in early March. We went nuts and left the show needing only 12 more cards to complete our 1965 Topps set, and I wrote about the show in detail over at The Phillies Room. Having wandered aimlessly among the dealer tables looking for binders with vintage commons, I decided to check to see if Uncle Dick's had refreshed their inventory following the December show, during which I had wiped out both their 1965 Topps binders. Much to my pleasant surprise, they had.
This Hall card was $6 and was one of 49 commons and semi-stars purchased in my triumphant return to Uncle Dick's and his replenished neon green binders.
Depending on my ability to compose five posts a week on the cards acquired at this show, I should be completely caught up on this blog by mid-October. It's entirely feasible we complete our 1965 Topps set by the end of 2022, although nine of the remaining 12 cards needed are fairly expensive.
The Card / Twins Team Set
The cartoon on the back highlights Hall's All-Star Game appearance in 1964, and he'd go back to the Mid-Summer Classic in 1965. Also referenced is Hall's record breaking 33 home runs in 1963, which broke the rookie record held by Ted Williams. The record has since been broken by Mark McGwire, who hit 49 in 1987, Aaron Judge, who hit 52 in 2017 and Pete Alonso, who hit 53 in 2019.
1965 Season
Hall was the Twins' opening day center fielder, and he'd start 129 games overall at that position. He had another productive year at the plate, earning a career-high average of .285 and reaching at least 20 doubles and 20 home runs for the third season in a row. Hall was named to his second All-Star team, walking and scoring a run in the fifth inning when Dick McAuliffe (#53) homered. He made only two starts in the World Series, as he struggled against left-handed pitching and the Dodgers had Sandy Koufax (#300) and Claude Osteen (#570) on their staff. Joe Nossek (#597) got the starts in center instead of Hall when either Koufax or Osteen was on the mound, with Nossek batting just .200 (4 for 20) in the Series.
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First Mainstream Card: 1964 Topps #73
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (7): 1964-1970
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1970 Topps #649
37 - Hall non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 7/30/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
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