Grady Hall Bio -
Hall, who compiled an 11-1 record with a 2.31 ERA his final season, closed his collegiate career with a 30-9 record and a 2.77 ERA. His 2.77 ERA still ranks sixth on NU's all-time list. Hall also totaled 273 strikeouts in 286 innings, a school record at the time (third all-time now), and still sits atop NU's career complete games list with 24.
Hall garnered several accolades in his final season as a Wildcat. His Big Ten-best 94 strikeouts helped him gain first-team All-Big Ten honors, along with his All-America citation. Hall finished as the runner-up in Big Ten Player of the Year voting in 1986.
Hall's success at Northwestern helped pave the way to become a Major League Baseball first-round draft pick, the first in NU history. He was chosen 20th overall by the Chicago White Sox, making him the first Big Ten player chosen in the draft that year.
