Gary Kolb Trades and Transactions

The Gary Kolb trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Gary Kolb has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I dreamed the Pirate plane crashed and I was the only survivor. Then you know what happened? They called up the entire Columbus club and I still didn't play." - Gary Kolb in Sports Illustrated (08/04/1969, Explaining how it is to be 25th man on a 25-man team.)

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Gary Kolb

Gary Kolb Autograph on a 1968 Kolb (#407)

Gary Kolb Autograph on a 1968 Kolb (#407)
 

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Birth Name:   Gary Alan Kolb
Nickname:   None
Born On:   03-13-1940  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Rock Falls, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Rock Falls High School (Rock Falls, IL)
College:   University of Illinois
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-07-1960 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-01-1969
Draft:   Not Applicable
Gary Kolb

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1960: Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals.
04-09-1964: Traded by St. Louis Cardinals (with Jimmie Coker) to Milwaukee Braves for Bob Uecker.
07-21-1965: Traded by Milwaukee Braves to New York Mets for Jesse Gonder.
12-06-1966: Traded by New York Mets (with Dennis Ribant) to Pittsburgh Pirates for Don Bosch and Don Cardwell.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Gary Kolb trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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