Gary
Kolb
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 13, 1940 in Usa, IL, ROCK FALLS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 20 STL NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 4
1961 21 STL NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 5
1962 22 TOR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 5
1963 23 TOR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5
1964 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5
1965 25 TOR AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5
1966 26 TOR AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1967 27 TOR AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 6
1968 28 TOR AL     4 4 4 2 3 3 5 5 5 9 10 10 5 6 5
1969 29 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 3 3 5 5 5 9 10 10 5 6 6
1970 30 SDP NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 9 10 9 5 6 5
1971 31 SDP NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 9 10 9 5 6 6
1972 32 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 9 10 10 5 6 5
1974 34 WAS NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 9 10 10 5 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1960 20 A   128 486 99 127 13 3 19 58 27 12 91 118 .261 .378 .418 .796 83.3  
1961 21 A   137 537 101 150 20 4 21 55 33 14 111 108 .279 .403 .449 .852 103.3  
1962 22 TOR AL 90 126 22 20 3 1 3 7 4 4 9 33 .159 .221 .270 .490 6.6 0.0
1963 23 TOR AL 125 284 40 55 14 2 4 21 27 10 26 57 .194 .260 .299 .559 24.9 2.1
1964 24 TOR AL 113 161 26 30 4 1 0 5 15 4 19 31 .186 .272 .224 .496 9.8 0.0
1965 25 TOR AL 124 318 39 63 12 2 4 21 16 9 26 68 .198 .259 .286 .545 23.0 1.1
1966 26 TOR AL 70 26 21 6 2 0 1 3 13 8 5 3 .231 .333 .423 .756 4.8 0.4
1967 27 TOR AL 34 16 9 3 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 .188 .188 .313 .500 0.6 0.0
    AAA   54 182 24 42 7 3 3 15 12 4 42 30 .231 .375 .352 .727 28.7  
1968 28 TOR AL 36 49 14 9 5 0 0 2 5 4 7 14 .184 .286 .286 .571 3.9 0.2
    AA   80 285 51 82 12 7 7 27 14 3 61 44 .288 .413 .453 .866 56.8  
1969 29 DET AL 75 135 21 37 5 3 1 8 13 5 21 27 .274 .372 .378 .750 19.6 5.5
1970 30 A   137 413 72 108 15 1 17 54 31 8 127 58 .262 .435 .426 .861 90.7  
1971 31 A   137 437 79 104 18 2 8 48 36 14 151 96 .238 .434 .343 .777 85.9  
1972 32 SDP NL 95 160 23 38 8 2 1 13 20 3 19 40 .238 .317 .331 .648 19.3 2.9
1973 33 A   137 461 77 123 17 6 12 57 42 17 146 75 .267 .443 .408 .851 99.1  
1974 34 A   137 467 97 126 16 4 16 74 43 14 153 74 .270 .450 .424 .874 106.3  
9 Years Sim 762 1275 215 261 53 12 14 80 118 47 132 275 .205 .279 .298 .577 112.4 12.3
1 Years AAA 54 182 24 42 7 3 3 15 12 4 42 30 .231 .378 .352 .729 28.7  
1 Years AA 80 285 51 82 12 7 7 27 14 3 61 44 .288 .414 .453 .866 56.8  
6 Years A 813 2801 525 738 99 20 93 346 212 79 779 529 .263 .424 .413 .836 568.7  
8 Years Minors 947 3268 600 862 118 30 103 388 238 86 882 603 .264 .420 .413 .833 654.2  
162 Game Average 271 45 55 11 2 2 17 25 9 28 58 .205 .279 .298 .577 23.9  
Career Highs 125 318 40 63 14 3 4 21 27 10 26 68 .274 .372 .423 .756 24.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1088 172 225 41 9 14 67 93 33 119 229 .207 .285 .300 .584 103.3
vs LH   187 43 36 12 3 0 13 25 14 13 46 .193 .244 .289 .533 12.2
Home 384 652 110 125 26 5 3 41 52 18 80 140 .192 .280 .261 .541 53.9
Away 378 623 105 136 27 7 11 39 66 29 52 135 .218 .278 .337 .615 61.6
RISP   265 0 44 11 2 2 62 0 0 34 58 .166 .257 .245 .502 17.7
Pinch Hitting   130 19 27 1 2 1 10 2 2 17 24 .208 .295 .269 .565 11.4
Close/Late   177 109 36 4 2 4 13 0 1 28 33 .203 .314 .316 .630 19.4
Mar/Apr 113 220 34 43 8 1 2 11 18 10 21 33 .195 .263 .268 .532 15.9
May 136 247 41 46 11 4 1 12 16 9 21 46 .186 .248 .275 .523 16.4
June 125 173 39 35 11 2 2 11 23 4 21 39 .202 .289 .324 .612 19.6
July 114 202 25 44 4 1 5 12 15 5 18 60 .218 .281 .322 .602 20.2
August 145 263 38 51 10 3 2 26 21 10 27 56 .194 .271 .278 .549 20.6
Sep/Oct 129 170 38 42 9 1 2 8 25 9 24 41 .247 .340 .347 .687 22.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1962 22 TOR AL CF 18 12 109.7 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 16 10 100.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.07 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 7 63.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 23 TOR AL RF 44 39 335.7 68 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 45 37 331.0 80 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 2 28.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 1 11.7 6 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1964 24 TOR AL C 18 18 149.0 89 15 1 0 .990 6.28 22 8 .364 0 0.8
    LF 19 9 93.3 18 1 1 1 .950 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 15 9 84.7 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.23 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 12 2 37.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 25 TOR AL CF 69 52 483.3 119 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 35 25 233.0 43 1 1 0 .978 1.70 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 26 TOR AL CF 12 2 31.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 8 1 18.7 12 0 2 0 .857 5.79 2 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 1 14.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 5 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 27 TOR AL C 3 2 14.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 8.36 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1968 28 TOR AL C 15 9 94.0 83 4 1 0 .989 8.33 8 3 .375 1 0.4
    RF 4 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 4 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
1969 29 DET AL LF 15 15 131.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.72 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 18 14 130.3 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.83 0 0 .000 0  
    C 13 0 24.3 15 1 0 0 1.000 5.92 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 10 0 19.0 24 2 0 2 1.000 12.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 8.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1972 32 SDP NL C 24 18 187.0 123 7 0 0 1.000 6.26 12 5 .417 0 0.8
    1B 25 11 120.3 125 9 0 15 1.000 10.02 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 18 3 55.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 8 3 35.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.03 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 3 31.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 184 109 1072.3 260 3 0 0 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0 3.0
  RF 113 73 677.3 154 1 0 0 1.000 2.06 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  LF 110 65 647.6 110 3 2 1 .983 1.57 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  C 85 50 507.7 346 28 4 0 .989 6.63 47 16 .340 1 2.3
  1B 36 11 140.3 149 11 0 17 1.000 10.26 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 4 0 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   533 308 3055.2 1019 48 6 18 .994 3.14 47 16 .340 1 7.9
Career Highs   110 79 724.3 275 17 2 15 1.000 6.70 22 8 .417 1  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Stolen Bases
1963-7-27
1972-5-20
Caught Stealing
1963-10-10
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 67th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1960
Injured on 5/16/1960 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/10/1961 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/28/1962, off Ryne Duren (NYA)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Toronto
Injured on 6/14/1968 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Released by Toronto on 10/22/1968
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/2/1969 to a minor league contract
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/2/1970 to a minor league deal
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 8/25/1972
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/2/1973 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 7/17/1973 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Released by Colorado on 10/31/1973
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/16/1974 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year