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Gary Kolb
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 425 of 1252 players
Gary Alan Kolb
Born: March 13, 1940 at Rock Falls, Ill.
Died: July 3, 2019 at Charleston, W. Va.
Throws: Right Bats: Left
Height: 6.00 Weight: 194

Gary Kolb was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on September 30, 2003, November 14, 2010, December 22, 2010, October 22, 2012, and July 3, 2020.

First Mets game: July 21, 1965
Last Mets game: October 3, 1965

Share your memories of Gary Kolb HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY: Alan January 19, 2002 Another highly regarded prospect(Cardinals)who ended up on the Mets. He too was gone quickly. jamey bumbalo February 12, 2006 He never did anything as a ballplayer, but pretty much year in and year out in the mid- and late-'60s he got a Topps baseball card. Except for 1964, when he was with the Cardinals, he was never photographed wearing a baseball hat, since he drifted from team to team. He may have some kind of record for baseball cards without a team hat on. dave October 28, 2006 I was at a game at Forbes Field when he played for the Pirates. I was looking into the dugout and commented that one of the players was smoking. Gary Kolb yelled at me and told me if was in the stands where I belonged I wouldn't see them smoking. After that, I never liked him. Mike May 9, 2008 I remember my parents telling of him hitting an inside the park home run at Wrigley Field no less. He had great speed. I remeber a quote he had in "Sports Illustrated" when he was with the Pirates. Paraphrasing he was asked what it was like being the 40th man on a 40 member roster. He responded that he dreamed the whole team went down in a plane crash and he was the only survivor, they brought up the Columbus team and he still didn't play. Jim Eckert January 21, 2011 Probably everyone has a few incidents in life to look back on and shudder over - but for a fraction of an inch or a second of time you just maybe could have been killed or disabled or something. Prior to a Mets/Pirates game in 1968 at Forbes Field during batting practice I was in the stands along first base, not paying attention to what was going on on the field. Without warning something skidded hard off the very top of my skull. My friend retrieved a baseball knocking around the seats further across and gave it to me, saying here, you really deserve this one! It was a batting practice foul smoker off the bat of Gary Kolb, a Pirate at that time, the only "souvenir" I have ever gotten in 48 years of attending ball games. Jughead May 8, 2012 The Sports Illustrated quote in Mike's posting was from a 1969 issue of the magazine. Gary was with the Pirates at the time, playing in his final major league season. Coming up with a comment like that, it seems only fitting that he was once traded for Bob Uecker. Wyatt August 11, 2015 Gary was my coach in Babe Ruth ball with Cross Lanes WV. We won our state tournament and placed second in regionals, one game from making it to the Babe Ruth World Series. I love the guy as a coach and person. He taught me a lot, was always telling jokes. He would say his claim to fame was being traded for Bob Uecker (which I thought he was kidding until I read his bio.) Still have a lot of respect for the man. Ed K March 19, 2016 Not to be confused with pitcher Gary Kroll who was also on the 1965 team. Robert Weisner July 8, 2019 I was introduced to Mr. Kolb while a junior in high school in suburban Pittsburgh in 1969. Gary was at a barber shop getting his hair cut when I walked in and took a seat. Jim, the barber, introduced me to Gary that day. As fate would have it, Gary finished his pro career in 1973 with the Charleston Charlies of the International League. He lived in the Charleston, WV area for the next 46 years until his recent passing. I moved from Pittsburgh in 1974 to southern West Virginia. His daughter still lives in Nitro, WV...the home of the late ballplayer, Lew Burdette.

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