Born on March 29, 1975 in Sterling, Illinois, Danny Kolb (Daniel Lee Kolb) played for the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 8 year career. Kolb broke into the bigs on June 4, 1999 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 2.98 ERA in 57.1 innings pitched in 2004, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Danny Kolb's best season was 2004, when he posted a 2.98 ERA and notched 39 saves.
Scouting Report
Statistics
Pitching Stats
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1999
TEX
A
16
0
2
1
4.65
15
18
16
0
0
0
31
33
2
15
0
2
1
2000
TEX
A
1
0
0
0
67.50
0
5
5
0
0
0
0.2
5
0
2
0
0
0
2001
TEX
A
17
0
0
0
4.70
15
8
8
0
0
0
15.1
15
2
10
1
3
0
2002
TEX
A
34
0
3
6
4.22
20
17
15
0
0
1
32
27
1
22
2
6
1
2003
MIL
N
37
0
1
2
1.96
39
10
9
0
0
21
41.1
34
2
19
3
1
1
2004
MIL
N
64
0
0
4
2.98
21
22
19
0
0
39
57.1
50
3
15
1
2
3
2005
ATL
N
65
0
3
8
5.93
39
39
38
0
0
11
57.2
78
5
29
5
5
1
2006
MIL
N
53
0
2
2
4.84
26
28
26
0
0
1
48.1
53
4
20
1
5
1
Total
NL
219
0
6
16
4.05
125
99
92
0
0
72
204.2
215
14
83
10
13
6
Total
AL
68
0
5
7
5.01
50
48
44
0
0
1
79
80
5
49
3
11
2
Total
287
0
11
23
4.31
175
147
136
0
0
73
283.2
295
19
132
13
24
8
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1999
TEX
A
P
16
0
31
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2000
TEX
A
P
1
0
0.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2001
TEX
A
P
17
0
15.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
.000
2002
TEX
A
P
34
0
32
2
6
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1.000
2003
MIL
N
P
37
0
41.1
2
4
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1.000
2004
MIL
N
P
64
0
57.1
2
10
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
.923
2005
ATL
N
P
65
0
57.2
2
4
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
.857
2006
MIL
N
P
53
0
48.1
0
4
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
.800
Total
P
287
0
283.2
9
35
3
1
0
0
10
2
0
.936
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1999
TEX
A
16
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2000
TEX
A
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001
TEX
A
17
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2002
TEX
A
34
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2003
MIL
N
37
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2004
MIL
N
64
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
ATL
N
65
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2006
MIL
N
53
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
NL
219
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Total
AL
68
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
287
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Transactions
Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1993).
Selected by Texas Rangers in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1995 - signed June 1, 1995).
Granted free agency (March 26, 2003).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (April 2, 2003).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Jose Capellan and a player to be named later (December 11, 2004); Milwaukee Brewers received Alec Zumwalt (December 14, 2004).
Traded by Atlanta Braves to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Wes Obermueller (December 7, 2005).