Swarthmore College Athletics

No Swarthmore alum achieved more at the highest level of professional sports than Richard “Dick” Hall ’52.  A 19-year Major League Baseball veteran who pitched for four different clubs, Hall made his professional baseball mark with the Baltimore Orioles, helping the team win the 1966 and 1970 World Series. At Swarthmore, Hall was a true multi-sport star for the Garnet, lettering in baseball, football, basketball, track and field, and soccer. On the diamond, Hall still holds many of the program’s pitching and hitting records, including career strikeouts (281), single-season strikeouts (108), career ERA (1.69), single-season ERA (1.01), career batting average (.412), single-season batting average (.510) and single-season home runs (6). On the track, Hall still holds the school record for the long jump (23.25 feet), set in 1951. Hall was also a standout basketball and football player, earning All-League honors in each sport. A recently retired accountant, Hall and his wife, Elena, live in Timonium, Md.

Dick Hall's Baseball-Reference Page