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Hall's career-high 33 HR in his rookie season ranked fourth in the AL in 1963. The Twins' centerfielder by default, he didn't cover enough ground but gave Minnesota a powerful outfield trio when he played with Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew or Tony Oliva. His best year came in the Twins' 1965 AL championship season, when he reached career highs in BA (.285), RBI (86), steals (14), and doubles (25). After dropping to .239 in 1966, he was traded to the Angels, for whom he had one more decent season before declining. He played for five teams in his last three seasons. (SFS)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » November 27, 1963: Chicago P Gary Peters edges teammate 3B Pete Ward and Minnesota OF Jimmie Hall for American League rookie honors. » May 2, 1964: Minnesota becomes the 3rd club to hit four consecutive home runs in one inning. Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall, and Harmon Killebrew do the damage in an 11th-inning explosion that gives the visiting Twins a 7–3 win at Kansas City. The first three clouts are served up by Dan Pfister, and the last by Vern Handrahan. The Twins total six homers in the win. » December 2, 1966: California trades P Dean Chance and a player to be named to the Twins for OF Jimmie Hall, 1B Don Mincher, and P Pete Cimino. » July 19, 2001: The Rockies obtain IF Alex Ochoa from the Reds for 2B Todd Walker and minor league OF Robin Jennings. The Reds also call up top OF prospect Adam Dunn, who hit 32 homers in the minors this year. Dunn will clout 19 homers for the Reds including 12 in August, setting the NL rookie record for most home run in any month, with 12. The old mark of 11 was set by Frank Robinson, in August 1956. The only other rookies to hit more home run in a month were Rudy York (18--August 1937), Mark McGwire (May 1987) and Jimmie Hall (13--August 1963). » May 31, 2002: Carlos Beltran hits a grand slam and adds a solo homer in the 11th to pace the Royals to a 10–7 win over Texas. His solo shot is the first of three consecutive home runs in the 11th, as Mike Sweeney and Joe Randa follow suit. They became just the 2nd team to hit at least three consecutive home runs in extra innings. The Twins had four consecutive home runs, from Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall and Harmon Killebrew, in the 11th inning, on May 2, 1964. Neifi Perez homers for KC, and Alex Rodriguez hits two for Texas.