American baseball player
Andrew Clark "Drew" Hall is a former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago Cubs (1986 –1988 ), Texas Rangers (1989 ) and Montreal Expos (1990 ). He was born in Louisville, Kentucky , but grew up in Ashland, Kentucky and attended Paul G. Blazer High School . He then attended Morehead State University . He is most famous for being involved in the Rafael Palmeiro and Mitch Williams trade in 1988. He was used primarily as a relief pitcher and spot starter .
In 1984, Hall was a member of the 30-man Olympic baseball roster. While at training camp for the Olympic team, he signed a contract to play professionally for the Chicago Cubs . The contract allowed him to remain as amateur status until the conclusion of the Olympics. He is still the highest draft pick by a Major League Baseball team in the state of Kentucky. In the majors, he went 9-12 with a 5.21 earned run average with 148 strikeouts.
Hall returned to his alma mater, Morehead State University , in 2008 to serve one year as the pitching coach under Head Coach Jay Sorg. He now works with Kentucky area baseball teams.
1984 Major League Baseball draft first round selections
Chicago Cubs first-round draft picks
1965 : James
1966 : Burk
1967 : Hughes
1968 : Rickey
1969 : Metzger
1970 : Hiser
1971 : Wehmeier
1972 : Vernoy
1973 : Tabb
1974 : Thompson
1975 : Rosinski
1976 : Segelke
1977 : Martz
1978 : Hayes
1979 : Perlman
1980 : Schulze
1981 : Carter , Lovelace
1982 : Dunston , Woods, Boderick
1983 : Davidson
1984 : Hall
1985 : Palmeiro , Masters
1986 : May
1987 : Harkey
1988 : Griffin
1989 : Cunningham
1990 : Dickson
1991 : Glanville
1992 : Wallace
1993 : Kieschnick , Ratliff , Orie
1994 : Peterson
1995 : Wood
1996 : Noel
1997 : Garland
1998 : Patterson
1999 : Christensen
2000 : Montañez
2001 : Prior
2002 : Brownlie, Hagerty, Blasko, Clanton
2003 : Harvey
2004: None
2005 : Pawelek
2006 : Colvin
2007 : Vitters , Donaldson
2008 : Cashner , Flaherty
2009 : Jackson
2010 : Simpson
2011 : Báez
2012 : Almora , Johnson , Blackburn
2013 : Bryant
2014 : Schwarber
2015 : Happ
2016: None
2017 : Little , Lange
2018 : Hoerner
2019 : Jensen
2020 : Howard
2021 : Wicks
Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Player of the Year
1963: Dugan & Quick
1964: Dugan
1965: Dugan
1966: Beaton & Pratt
1967: Lee
1968: Cunningham
1969: Wallingford
1970: Porter
1971: Inman
1976: Chapman
1977: Moore
1978: Atkinson & Burchett
1979: Hamilton
1980: Murray
1981: Joye & Williams
1982: Birkbeck & Gerhart
1983: Heatherly & Turner
1984: Hall & Tharpe
1985: Boone & Johnson
1986: Elswick & Sonneberger
1987: Moore & Richardson
1988: Kemp & Privitera
1989: White
1990: Owens
1991: Rueter
1992: McDermott & Myers
1993: Brewer
1994: Culp
1995: Crosnoe
1996: Manning
1997: Maberry
1998: Marzec
1999: Pride
2000: Johnson
2001: Bonilla
2002: Pirman
2003: Anderson
2004: Carter
2005: Seasor
2006: Yarbrough
2007: Whittemore
2008: Marseco & Whittemore
2009: Kreke
2010: Cunningham
2011: Moses
2012: Moses
2013: Massoni
2014: Tellor
2015: Robinson
2016: Alvarez & Strohschein
2017: Fisher & Hulsizer
2018: Strohschein
2019: Strohschein
2020: Not awarded
2021: Sweeney