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The switch-hitting, 155-lb Hall was a four-time minor league basestealing 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. (JCA)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » October 6, 1910: Boston (NL) rookie OF Bill Collins hits for the cycle; the next franchise player to match him will be Albert Hall for the Atlanta Braves in 1987. » September 23, 1987: Albert Hall hits for the cycle in Atlanta's 5–4 win over Houston, becoming the first Brave to do so since Bill Collins in 1910. » August 21, 2000: Potomac's Esix Snead breaks Len Dykstra's Carolina League record of 105 steals by swiping his 106th. Snead has a batting average of .242 and OBA of .338. It's the 10th time in the last 20 years that a minor-leaguer has stolen 100 or more bases in a season. According to Howe Sports data, the eight thieves who stole 100 or more bases in the minors were :Vince Coleman, Macon (South Atlantic), 1983—145: Donell Nixon, Bakersfield (California), 1983—144: Jeff Stone, Spartanburg (South Atlantic), 1983—123: Alan Wiggins, Lodi (California), 1980—120: Marcus Lawton, Columbia (South Atlantic), 1985—111: Snead: Dykstra, Lynchburg (Carolina), 1983—105: Donell Nixon, Chattanooga (Southern), 1984—102: Vince Coleman, Louisville (American Assoc.), 1983— 101: Albert Hall, Durham (Carolina), 1980—100.