Bio

Dayton Layne Hall (born September 19, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. Hall was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the first round with the 21st overall selection of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Orioles and was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Orioles, giving up eight earned runs in 10+1⁄3 innings pitched. He spent 2018 with the Delmarva Shorebirds, going 2–7 with a 2.10 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP in 22 games (twenty starts). Hall spent 2019 with the Frederick Keys, pitching to a 4–5 record with a 3.46 ERA over 19 games (17 starts), striking out 116 over 80+2⁄3 innings. He was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game. He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season, and pitched only 31+2⁄3 innings in 2021 (for the Bowie Baysox) before his season was ended prematurely due to an elbow injury.