Major League Baseball

C Hall signs minor league deal with Rangers

Published Jan. 22, 2010 6:21 p.m. ET

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Free agent catcher Toby Hall has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers that includes an invitation to major league spring training.

The Rangers are looking for veteran depth behind the plate. The 34-year-old Hall has played 673 games at catcher over nine major league seasons, but missed all of last year after surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right (throwing) shoulder.

He had been a non-roster invitee in spring training with Houston when he got hurt, and the Astros voided his contract.

Hall has a career .262 average with 46 home runs and 269 RBIs with Tampa Bay (2000-06), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2006) and Chicago White Sox (2007-08). He was in the Rays' opening-day lineup five times, and averaged 121 starts per season in 2003-05.