Hal Haydel is a former Major League Baseball

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 pitcher

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. Haydel signed with the Milwaukee Braves as a free agent

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 in 1962. Later that year, he was drafted in the First-Year Player Draft by the Houston Colt .45s

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. The following year, he was traded along with Dick LeMay

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 and Merritt Ranew

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 to the Chicago Cubs

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 for Dave Gerard

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 and Danny Murphy. In 1966, Haydel was selected in the Minor League Draft by the San Francisco Giants

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. Three years later, he was drafted in the Rule 5 draft

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 by the Minnesota Twins

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. During his time with the Twins, Haydel played at the Major League level in 1970 and 1971.