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Gary Kolb

Gary Alan Kolb

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 194 lb.

Born: March 13, 1940 in Rock Falls, IL
High School: Rock Falls HS (Rock Falls, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1960 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Braves/Mets 1960-1969

Final Game: September 1, 1969 (Age 29)
Relatives: Cousin of Danny Kolb
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1960 20 STL NL 9 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /879
1962 22 STL NL 6 15 14 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .357 .400 .357 .757 97 5 1 0 0 0 0 /97
1963 23 STL NL 75 119 96 23 26 1 5 3 10 2 1 22 26 .271 .403 .479 .883 144 46 1 0 0 1 0 97/52
1964 24 MLN NL 36 71 64 7 12 1 0 0 2 3 2 6 10 .188 .257 .203 .460 31 13 0 0 1 0 1 /954782
1965 25 TOT NL 64 122 117 11 22 2 0 1 8 3 0 4 34 .188 .213 .231 .444 27 27 4 0 0 1 0 789/35
1965 25 MLN NL 24 28 27 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .259 .286 .259 .545 55 7 2 0 0 0 0 /789
1965 25 NYM NL 40 94 90 8 15 2 0 1 7 3 0 3 28 .167 .191 .222 .414 19 20 2 0 0 1 0 87/935
1968 28 PIT NL 74 132 119 16 26 4 1 2 6 2 1 11 17 .218 .285 .319 .604 83 38 2 0 2 0 2 92/7548
1969 29 PIT NL 29 39 37 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .081 .128 .108 .236 -32 4 0 0 0 0 0 /2
7 Yrs 293 501 450 63 94 9 6 6 29 10 4 46 104 .209 .281 .296 .577 65 133 8 0 3 2 3
162 Game Avg. 162 277 249 35 52 5 3 3 16 6 2 25 58 .209 .281 .296 .577 65 74 4 0 2 1 2
STL (3 yrs) 90 137 113 25 31 1 5 3 10 2 1 23 29 .274 .394 .451 .845 132 51 2 0 0 1 0
PIT (2 yrs) 103 171 156 20 29 5 1 2 9 2 1 13 31 .186 .249 .269 .518 55 42 2 0 2 0 2
MLN (2 yrs) 60 99 91 10 19 1 0 0 3 3 2 7 16 .209 .265 .220 .485 38 20 2 0 1 0 1
NYM (1 yr) 40 94 90 8 15 2 0 1 7 3 0 3 28 .167 .191 .222 .414 19 20 2 0 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1960 20 STL NL 9 3 -1 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .493 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 /879
1962 22 STL NL 6 15 -0 0 -0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.0 .488 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 /97
1963 23 STL NL 75 119 6 0 1 -0 -3 4 0.4 4 8 0.9 .506 .503 0.9 -0.3 8 97/52
1964 24 MLN NL 36 71 -5 -1 0 -3 -0 -8 -0.9 3 -6 -0.7 .474 .494 -0.4 -0.3 -3 /954782
1965 25 MLN NL 24 28 -1 -0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 /789
1965 25 NYM NL 40 94 -9 1 -0 -1 -1 -10 -1.2 4 -7 -0.9 .470 .493 -0.8 -0.2 -6 87/935
1968 28 PIT NL 74 132 -2 0 -0 1 -0 -2 -0.1 5 3 0.3 .497 .499 0.1 0.2 2 92/7548
1969 29 PIT NL 29 39 -4 0 0 -1 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .481 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 /2
7 Seasons 293 501 -17 1 0 -5 -5 -25 -2.7 18 -7 -0.8 .490 .498 -0.5 -0.9 -2
STL (3 yrs) 90 137 5 0 0 -0 -3 2 0.3 5 7 0.8 .503 .501 0.8 -0.3 8
PIT (2 yrs) 103 171 -6 0 -0 0 -0 -6 -0.7 6 -1 -0.1 .493 .498 -0.1 0.1 -1
MLN (2 yrs) 60 99 -6 -1 1 -4 -1 -10 -1.1 4 -7 -0.8 .481 .496 -0.4 -0.4 -3
NYM (1 yr) 40 94 -9 1 -0 -1 -1 -10 -1.2 4 -7 -0.9 .470 .493 -0.8 -0.2 -6

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1960 20 STL NL 3 3 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .272 .000 .339 .000 .418 .000 .757 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1962 22 STL NL 15 10 2 5.4 112 .455 .357 .283 .400 .351 .357 .429 .757 .780 97 .573 -0.1 0.0 .600 .071 .000
1963 23 STL NL 119 73 21 7.7 97 .338 .271 .265 .403 .328 .479 .396 .883 .725 144 .777 6.3 0.7 .958 .448 .208 2.4
1964 24 MLN NL 71 55 4 2.0 94 .222 .188 .264 .257 .322 .203 .393 .460 .715 31 .205 -5.8 -0.6 .370 .125 .016 .0
1965 25 TOT NL 122 100 6 1.6 90 .253 .188 .254 .213 .317 .231 .384 .444 .700 27 .152 -11.3 -1.2 .343 .103 .043 1.5
1965 25 MLN NL 28 22 2 2.5 94 .333 .259 .258 .286 .322 .259 .390 .545 .712 55 .278 -1.7 -0.2 .364 .037 .000
1965 25 NYM NL 94 78 4 1.4 89 .226 .167 .252 .191 .315 .222 .382 .414 .697 19 .120 -9.6 -1.0 .338 .122 .056 1.5
1968 28 PIT NL 132 98 11 3.0 80 .240 .218 .250 .285 .308 .319 .352 .604 .660 83 .426 -2.5 -0.3 .521 .202 .101 2.0
1969 29 PIT NL 39 34 1 0.8 93 .130 .081 .257 .128 .327 .108 .381 .236 .708 -32 .046 -6.6 -0.7 .176 .081 .027
7 Yrs 501 373 45 3.2 91 .257 .209 .258 .281 .320 .296 .381 .577 .701 65 .412 -20.8 -2.2 .503 .202 .087 7.5
162 Game Avg. 277 206 25 3.2 91 .257 .209 .258 .281 .320 .296 .381 .577 .701 65 .412 -20.8 -2.2 .503 .202 .087 4
STL (3 yrs) 137 86 23 7.2 99 .341 .274 .267 .394 .331 .451 .401 .845 .732 132 .746 5.4 0.6 .882 .389 .177 2.4
PIT (2 yrs) 171 132 12 2.5 83 .220 .186 .252 .249 .312 .269 .359 .518 .671 55 .319 -9.1 -1.0 .431 .173 .083 2.0
MLN (2 yrs) 99 77 6 2.1 94 .253 .209 .263 .265 .322 .220 .392 .485 .714 38 .226 -7.5 -0.8 .368 .099 .011 .0
NYM (1 yr) 94 78 4 1.4 89 .226 .167 .252 .191 .315 .222 .382 .414 .697 19 .119 -9.6 -1.0 .338 .122 .056 1.5

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1960 20 STL NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.50 100%
1962 22 STL NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.7 6.00 73%
1963 23 STL NL 119 2.5% 21.9% 18.5% 7.6% 35% 1.18 3.7 32.0 9.6 1.81 57%
1964 24 MLN NL 71 0.0% 14.1% 8.5% 1.4% 8% 1.67 6.4 32.0 1.21 76%
1965 25 TOT NL 122 0.8% 27.9% 3.3% 2.5% 14% 8.50 3.4 117.0 14.6 1.46 68%
1965 25 MLN NL 28 0.0% 21.4% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 6.00 4.5 27.0 2.00 75%
1965 25 NYM NL 94 1.1% 29.8% 3.2% 3.2% 20% 9.33 3.2 90.0 12.9 1.38 66%
1968 28 PIT NL 132 1.5% 12.9% 8.3% 5.3% 27% 1.55 7.0 59.5 19.8 1.03 76%
1969 29 PIT NL 39 0.0% 35.9% 5.1% 2.6% 33% 7.00 2.6 12.3 1.13 59%
7 Yrs 501 1.2% 20.8% 9.2% 4.2% 22% 2.26 4.3 75.0 15.5 1.32 68%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.1% 8.3% 6.2% 28% 1.82 5.9 41.3 9.0 1.09 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1960 20 STL NL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.12 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.77 -0.8 0
1962 22 STL NL -0.1 0.0 15 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .77 0.0 0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.75 -0.2 0
1963 23 STL NL 6.3 0.7 124 -0.4 1.4 -1.8 .75 0.6 -1.1 4.5 0.5 0.89 6.2 1.35 6
1964 24 MLN NL -5.8 -0.6 76 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 .86 -0.4 -0.4 -5.7 -0.6 0.87 -5.3 0.38 5
1965 25 TOT NL -11.3 -1.2 118 -1.8 1.0 -2.8 1.16 -1.1 -0.5 -9.8 -1.1 0.94 -11.2 1.60 20
1965 25 MLN NL -1.7 -0.2 20 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 1.14 -0.1 -0.1 -2.1 -0.2 1.04 -1.7 1.15 8
1965 25 NYM NL -9.6 -1.0 98 -1.5 0.9 -2.4 1.16 -0.9 -0.4 -7.7 -0.8 0.92 -9.5 1.90 12
1968 28 PIT NL -2.5 -0.3 126 -0.4 1.9 -2.3 1.19 -0.5 0.1 -2.8 -0.3 0.99 -1.6 1.71 29
1969 29 PIT NL -6.6 -0.7 39 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .91 -0.5 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.86 -4.2 0.85 20
7 Yrs -20.8 -2.2 501 -3.7 5.4 -9.1 .99 -1.9 -1.8 -16.6 -1.8 0.92 -17.1 1.36 80

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1960 20 STL NL 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1962 22 STL NL 0 0 17% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 23 STL NL 1 0 44% 65 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 45% 13 8 4 0 0 0 7 1 5
1964 24 MLN NL 2 0 39% 33 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 18% 7 7 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
1965 25 TOT NL 2 0 40% 40 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 3 1 2 3 2 1 3 0 3
1965 25 MLN NL 1 0 38% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1965 25 NYM NL 1 0 41% 24 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83% 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 2
1968 28 PIT NL 2 0 40% 45 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 33% 7 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2
1969 29 PIT NL 3 0 80% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
7 Yrs 10 0 43% 212 10 4 71% 8 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 8 0 2 2 1 12 44% 32 22 9 7 5 2 20 4 15

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1960 20 STL NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1962 22 STL NL 15 80% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1963 23 STL NL 119 73% 26 6 0 0 0 1.35 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 20 1 5% 14 3 21% 61 7 11% 11 2 18% 2 0 0% 0
1964 24 MLN NL 71 96% 12 5 0 0 0 0.38 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 10 4 40% 36 2 6% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 0
1965 25 TOT NL 122 94% 22 20 4 0 0 1.60 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 4 19% 10 2 20% 60 6 10% 5 1 20% 6 3 50% 0
1965 25 MLN NL 28 85% 7 8 2 0 0 1.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 15 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1965 25 NYM NL 94 96% 15 12 2 0 0 1.90 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 2 13% 7 1 14% 45 6 13% 5 1 20% 4 2 50% 0
1968 28 PIT NL 132 94% 26 29 5 1 3 1.71 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 18 2 11% 9 3 33% 72 4 6% 3 1 33% 6 4 67% 0
1969 29 PIT NL 39 87% 3 20 1 0 1 0.85 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 14 3 21% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 501 88% 94 80 10 1 4 1.36 6 0 9 5 1 3 3 0 3 3 100% 72 8 11% 44 12 27% 251 22 9% 25 6 24% 17 8 47% 0
MLB Averages 52% 77% 10% 30% 14% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 20 9 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 21 9 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 22 15 18 17 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .294 .333 .294 .627 64 5 1 0 0 0 0
1963 23 90 137 113 25 31 1 5 3 10 2 1 23 29 .274 .394 .451 .845 132 51 2 0 0 1 0
1964 24 126 208 177 32 43 2 5 3 12 5 3 29 39 .243 .348 .362 .709 97 64 2 0 1 1 1
1965 25 190 330 294 43 65 4 5 4 20 8 3 33 73 .221 .298 .310 .607 71 91 6 0 1 2 1
1966 26 190 330 294 43 65 4 5 4 20 8 3 33 73 .221 .298 .310 .607 71 91 6 0 1 2 1
1967 27 190 330 294 43 65 4 5 4 20 8 3 33 73 .221 .298 .310 .607 71 91 6 0 1 2 1
1968 28 264 462 413 59 91 8 6 6 26 10 4 44 90 .220 .294 .312 .606 74 129 8 0 3 2 3
1969 29 293 501 450 63 94 9 6 6 29 10 4 46 104 .209 .281 .296 .577 65 133 8 0 3 2 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1960 20 9 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1962 22 6 15 14 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .357 .400 .357 .757 2 6
1963 23 75 121 97 25 27 1 5 3 11 2 23 26 .278 .413 .485 .898 20 75
1964 24 36 72 65 8 13 1 0 0 2 3 6 10 .200 .268 .215 .483 4 36
1965 25 64 123 118 13 24 2 0 1 9 3 4 34 .203 .228 .246 .473 7 64
1968 28 74 137 122 21 30 5 1 2 8 2 13 17 .246 .319 .352 .671 14 74
1969 29 29 41 38 8 4 1 0 0 6 0 3 14 .105 .171 .132 .302 1 29
7 Yrs 293 512 457 77 103 10 6 6 36 10 50 104 .225 .301 .313 .613 48 293
162 Game Avg. 162 283 253 43 57 6 3 3 20 6 28 58 .225 .301 .313 .613 27 293

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1960 NL  born 1940-03-13 (9th)

                                         

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