Danny Kolb
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 29, 1975 in Sterling, IL
High School: Sterling (Sterling, IL)
School: Illinois State University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 6th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 1, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1999
Final Game: June 20, 2007
Relatives: Cousin of Gary Kolb
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1999 24 TEX AL 2 1 .667 4.65 16 0 6 0 0 0 31.0 33 18 16 2 15 0 15 1 0 2 139 110 1.548 9.6 0.6 4.4 4.4 1.00
2000 25 TEX AL 0 0 67.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 10.500 67.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
2001 26 TEX AL 0 0 4.70 17 0 1 0 0 0 15.1 15 8 8 2 10 1 15 0 0 3 70 100 1.630 8.8 1.2 5.9 8.8 1.50
2002 27 TEX AL 3 6 .333 4.22 34 0 14 0 0 1 32.0 27 17 15 1 22 2 20 1 0 6 145 113 1.531 7.6 0.3 6.2 5.6 0.91
2003 28 MIL NL 1 2 .333 1.96 37 0 25 0 0 21 41.1 34 10 9 2 19 3 39 1 0 1 175 219 1.282 7.4 0.4 4.1 8.5 2.05
2004 29 MIL NL 0 4 .000 2.98 64 0 48 0 0 39 57.1 50 22 19 3 15 1 21 3 0 2 236 146 1.134 7.8 0.5 2.4 3.3 1.40 AS
2005 30 ATL NL 3 8 .273 5.93 65 0 34 0 0 11 57.2 78 39 38 5 29 5 39 1 0 5 270 71 1.855 12.2 0.8 4.5 6.1 1.34
2006 31 MIL NL 2 2 .500 4.84 53 0 18 0 0 1 48.1 53 28 26 4 20 1 26 1 0 5 213 94 1.510 9.9 0.7 3.7 4.8 1.30
2007 32 PIT NL 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 16 48 2.667 18.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
9 Seasons 11 23 .324 4.36 290 0 147 0 0 73 286.2 301 150 139 20 134 14 177 8 0 24 1273 103 1.517 9.5 0.6 4.2 5.6 1.32
162 Game Avg. 3 5 .324 4.36 68 0 34 0 0 17 67 71 35 33 5 31 3 42 2 0 6 298 103 1.517 9.5 0.6 4.2 5.6 1.32
TEX (4 yrs) 5 7 .417 5.01 68 0 21 0 0 1 79.0 80 48 44 5 49 3 50 2 0 11 363 98 1.633 9.1 0.6 5.6 5.7 1.02
MIL (3 yrs) 3 8 .273 3.31 154 0 91 0 0 61 147.0 137 60 54 9 54 5 86 5 0 8 624 133 1.299 8.4 0.6 3.3 5.3 1.59
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 16 48 2.667 18.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
ATL (1 yr) 3 8 .273 5.93 65 0 34 0 0 11 57.2 78 39 38 5 29 5 39 1 0 5 270 71 1.855 12.2 0.8 4.5 6.1 1.34
NL (5 yrs) 6 16 .273 4.12 222 0 126 0 0 72 207.2 221 102 95 15 85 11 127 6 0 13 910 106 1.474 9.6 0.7 3.7 5.5 1.49
AL (4 yrs) 5 7 .417 5.01 68 0 21 0 0 1 79.0 80 48 44 5 49 3 50 2 0 11 363 98 1.633 9.1 0.6 5.6 5.7 1.02

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2004 MIL NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 24 TEX AL 16 139 123 18 33 3 0 2 0 0 15 15 .268 .353 .341 .694 .292 42 6 1 0 0 0
2000 25 TEX AL 1 9 6 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .833 .778 1.000 1.778 .714 6 0 0 0 1 0
2001 26 TEX AL 17 70 58 8 15 1 0 2 2 0 10 15 .259 .362 .379 .742 .310 22 1 0 1 1 1
2002 27 TEX AL 34 145 119 17 27 4 1 1 1 0 22 20 .227 .347 .303 .650 .260 36 3 1 1 2 2
2003 28 MIL NL 37 175 154 10 34 6 1 2 1 1 19 39 .221 .310 .312 .622 .283 48 3 1 1 0 3
2004 29 MIL NL 64 236 214 22 50 3 1 3 1 1 15 21 .234 .292 .299 .591 .246 64 9 3 3 1 1
2005 30 ATL NL 65 270 237 39 78 12 1 5 3 0 29 39 .329 .403 .451 .854 .376 107 14 1 2 1 5
2006 31 MIL NL 53 213 188 28 53 8 2 4 2 0 20 26 .282 .349 .410 .759 .304 77 8 1 1 3 1
2007 32 PIT NL 3 16 13 3 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .462 .500 .769 1.269 .455 10 1 0 0 1 1
9 Seasons 290 1273 1112 150 301 39 6 20 10 2 134 177 .271 .350 .371 .721 .304 412 45 8 9 10 14
162 Game Avg. 68 298 261 35 71 9 1 5 2 0 31 42 .271 .350 .371 .721 .304 97 11 2 2 2 3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1999 24 TEX AL 16 16 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 9 0.379 0 4 9 4 2 10 8 8 8 5 8 1 5.8 32
2000 25 TEX AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.178 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0 47
2001 26 TEX AL 17 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 3 2 67% 8 1.254 7 3 6 10 3 4 3 14 3 5 3 4 2.7 17
2002 27 TEX AL 34 34 14 3 6 4 1 3 25% 7 2 16 6 38% 8 1.573 16 5 12 14 10 10 9 25 7 12 7 10 2.8 16
2003 28 MIL NL 37 37 25 1 2 23 21 2 91% 27 4 7 2 29% 9 2.154 24 8 5 29 4 4 4 33 6 4 6 7 3.4 20
2004 29 MIL NL 64 64 48 0 4 44 39 5 89% 46 1 11 3 27% 9 2.165 42 13 8 48 10 6 6 58 1 11 2 17 2.7 13
2005 30 ATL NL 65 65 34 3 8 18 11 7 61% 24 6 18 11 61% 9 1.496 26 11 26 34 10 21 8 57 1 15 2 21 2.7 16
2006 31 MIL NL 53 53 18 2 2 3 1 2 33% 9 6 26 12 46% 8 0.887 17 8 26 13 10 30 12 41 6 18 6 7 2.7 15
2007 32 PIT NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.197 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 21
9 Seasons 290 290 147 11 23 92 73 19 79% 120 26 90 38 42% 1.456 132 52 96 152 49 89 50 240 32 71 34 67 3.0 17

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1999 24 TEX AL 139 42% 1.4% 10.8% 10.8% 3.6% 15% 1.70 2.55 76% 17% 5.3% 5% 36 6 17%
2000 25 TEX AL 9 44% 0.0% 0.0% 22.2% 11.1% 20% 1.33 1.00 78% 29% 0.0% 0% 4 0 0%
2001 26 TEX AL 70 40% 2.9% 21.4% 14.3% 4.3% 20% 1.21 1.58 60% 20% 11.1% 5% 11 1 9%
2002 27 TEX AL 145 48% 0.7% 13.8% 15.2% 4.1% 22% 1.45 3.00 69% 24% 2.6% 5% 39 3 8%
2003 28 MIL NL 175 43% 1.1% 22.3% 10.9% 5.1% 27% 1.88 2.50 65% 13% 5.6% 10% 29 3 10%
2004 29 MIL NL 236 43% 1.3% 8.9% 6.4% 3.0% 14% 1.82 2.02 81% 16% 4.8% 9% 62 9 15%
2005 30 ATL NL 270 49% 1.9% 14.4% 10.7% 6.7% 23% 1.12 1.58 72% 21% 5.7% 5% 80 14 18%
2006 31 MIL NL 213 35% 1.9% 12.2% 9.4% 6.6% 26% 1.13 1.29 76% 16% 5.7% 9% 54 8 15%
2007 32 PIT NL 16 25% 6.3% 12.5% 12.5% 12.5% 33% 0.71 2.50 69% 42% 14.3% 0% 5 1 20%
9 Seasons 1273 43% 1.6% 13.9% 10.5% 5.1% 22% 1.42 1.91 73% 18% 5.6% 7% 320 45 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1999 24 TEX AL 139 517 3.72 312 60% 28% 13% 24% 35% 72% 0% 44% 82% 50% 7% 10 8 15% 21 11 1 13% 1 2 0 0 0
2000 25 TEX AL 9 47 5.22 26 55% 35% 0% 38% 27% 65% 0% 36% 100% 56% 22% 2 0 33% 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
2001 26 TEX AL 70 291 4.16 186 64% 29% 15% 32% 24% 71% 4% 45% 79% 60% 9% 6 3 49% 34 25 2 40% 6 2 0 0 0
2002 27 TEX AL 145 558 3.85 332 59% 25% 12% 33% 31% 75% 4% 45% 84% 50% 8% 12 5 22% 32 22 2 20% 3 5 0 0 0
2003 28 MIL NL 175 733 4.19 464 63% 28% 17% 30% 25% 72% 4% 45% 77% 59% 6% 11 7 34% 60 35 5 18% 8 1 0 0 0
2004 29 MIL NL 236 854 3.62 572 67% 24% 9% 32% 34% 76% 1% 51% 88% 61% 4% 9 7 31% 72 47 4 19% 7 1 0 0 0
2005 30 ATL NL 270 1021 3.78 642 63% 30% 9% 30% 31% 70% 4% 44% 87% 59% 9% 24 14 26% 71 42 9 44% 6 5 0 0 0
2006 31 MIL NL 213 775 3.64 485 63% 26% 9% 30% 34% 74% 1% 46% 87% 61% 5% 11 6 23% 50 23 3 31% 8 4 0 0 0
2007 32 PIT NL 16 63 3.94 34 54% 21% 6% 38% 35% 79% 14% 43% 93% 38% 13% 2 1 19% 3 1 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1273 4859 3.82 3053 63% 27% 11% 30% 31% 73% 3% 46% 85% 58% 7% 87 51 27% 346 207 26 28% 40 22 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1999 24 TEX AL 139 33 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 7 4 0 57% 3 2 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 25 TEX AL 9 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2001 26 TEX AL 70 15 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 2 30% 0 3 0 23 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2002 27 TEX AL 145 27 1 0 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 12 5 2 42% 1 6 0 62 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2003 28 MIL NL 175 34 4 0 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 8 3 3 38% 2 1 0 65 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 29 MIL NL 236 50 8 2 3 0 4 3 0 3 0 11 8 0 73% 6 2 0 91 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005 30 ATL NL 270 78 8 1 5 1 11 3 2 4 1 20 13 0 65% 4 5 0 126 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2006 31 MIL NL 213 53 7 0 4 1 13 3 1 0 4 17 10 0 59% 4 5 0 88 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2007 32 PIT NL 16 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 1273 301 32 3 20 3 50 13 7 12 8 93 51 8 55% 20 24 0 528 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1999 24 2 1 .667 4.65 16 0 6 0 0 0 31.0 33 18 16 2 15 0 15 1 0 2 139 110 1.548 9.6 0.6 4.4 4.4 1.00 110
2000 25 2 1 .667 5.97 17 0 6 0 0 0 31.2 38 23 21 2 17 0 15 1 0 2 148 86 1.737 10.8 0.6 4.8 4.3 0.88 86
2001 26 2 1 .667 5.55 34 0 7 0 0 0 47.0 53 31 29 4 27 1 30 1 0 5 218 90 1.702 10.1 0.8 5.2 5.7 1.11 90
2002 27 5 7 .417 5.01 68 0 21 0 0 1 79.0 80 48 44 5 49 3 50 2 0 11 363 98 1.633 9.1 0.6 5.6 5.7 1.02 98
2003 28 6 9 .400 3.96 105 0 46 0 0 22 120.1 114 58 53 7 68 6 89 3 0 12 538 118 1.512 8.5 0.5 5.1 6.7 1.31 118
2004 29 6 13 .316 3.65 169 0 94 0 0 61 177.2 164 80 72 10 83 7 110 6 0 14 774 126 1.390 8.3 0.5 4.2 5.6 1.33 126
2005 30 9 21 .300 4.21 234 0 128 0 0 72 235.1 242 119 110 15 112 12 149 7 0 19 1044 107 1.504 9.3 0.6 4.3 5.7 1.33 107
2006 31 11 23 .324 4.31 287 0 146 0 0 73 283.2 295 147 136 19 132 13 175 8 0 24 1257 104 1.505 9.4 0.6 4.2 5.6 1.33 104
2007 32 11 23 .324 4.36 290 0 147 0 0 73 286.2 301 150 139 20 134 14 177 8 0 24 1273 103 1.517 9.5 0.6 4.2 5.6 1.32 103

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1999 24 1 2 .333 4.06 31.0 31 16 14 2 14 15 1 1.452 9.0 4.1 4.4 1.07 0.6 16
2000 25 0 0 45.00 1.0 5 6 5 0 2 0 0 7.000 45.0 18.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
2001 26 0 1 .000 3.94 16.0 14 8 7 2 9 16 0 1.438 7.9 5.1 9.0 1.78 1.1 17
2002 27 2 1 .667 3.55 33.0 25 14 13 1 20 21 1 1.364 6.8 5.5 5.7 1.05 0.3 34
2003 28 3 1 .750 2.02 40.0 34 10 9 2 19 38 1 1.325 7.7 4.3 8.6 2.00 0.5 37
2004 29 4 2 .667 2.84 57.0 48 20 18 3 14 21 3 1.088 7.6 2.2 3.3 1.50 0.5 64
2005 30 2 4 .333 6.33 54.0 77 42 38 5 29 36 1 1.963 12.8 4.8 6.0 1.24 0.8 65
2006 31 2 3 .400 4.60 47.0 51 27 24 4 19 25 1 1.489 9.8 3.6 4.8 1.32 0.8 53
2007 32 0 0 9.00 3.0 6 3 3 1 2 2 0 2.667 18.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 3.0 3
9 Seasons 14 14 .500 4.18 282.0 291 146 131 20 128 174 8 1.486 9.3 5.6 1.36 0.6 290

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2004 *

Saves s c a p y
2004 NL  39 (8th)
Active  73 (38th)
Career  73 (178th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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