The switch-hitting, 155-lb Hall was a four-time minor league base stealing champion who stole 100 bases in the Carolina League in 1980. He was a 10-year veteran of the Braves organization in 1987 when he finally had a 200 at-bat season with Atlanta, hitting .284 in a part-time role. That September 23 he became the first Atlanta Brave ever to hit for the cycle.