Donn Pall

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1962)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Donn Pall

|image=89 Seconds With 890 - Donn Pall (cropped).png

|caption=Pall in 2017

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1962|1|11}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 1

|debutyear=1988

|debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 27

|finalyear=1998

|finalteam=Florida Marlins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=24–23

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.63

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=278

|teams=

}}

Donn Steven Pall (born January 11, 1962), nickname "The Pope," is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1988 to 1998. Pall graduated from Evergreen Park High School in 1980. He later pitched for the University of Illinois. While in college he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.{{Cite journal

| journal = The Signet, A Magazine for Members of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity

| title = Alumni News and Notes

| author = Staff article, no byline

| editor = Thomas E. Recker

| date = Spring 1991

| volume=LXXXII |issue=2 |page=15

}} Since retirement from pitching he has worked as a Community Relations Representative for the White Sox.

Pall was on the mound when the Phillies clinched the National League East in 1993. Because he was acquired too late in the season, however, he was not on the postseason roster.

Pall grew up a White Sox fan and saw the team clinch the Western Division title in 1983. He won a championship in 1997 with the Florida Marlins. He is currently a stock broker and investment advisor.

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