Daniel Barone (baseball)

Daniel Barone
Pitcher
Born: (1983-04-24) April 24, 1983 San Jose, California
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 10, 2007, for the Florida Marlins
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 2007, for the Florida Marlins
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	1–3
Earned run average	5.71
Strikeouts	18
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Florida Marlins (2007)

Daniel Edward Barone (born April 24, 1983) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Barone attended Sonoma State University, an NCAA Division II school in Rohnert Park, California. He was an 11th round selection of the Marlins in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft.

He was called up on August 10, 2007, to become the fifth starting pitcher in the Florida Marlins rotation, filling the empty spot after Florida sent Byung-Hyun Kim to the Arizona Diamondbacks on waivers. He went to the bullpen when the Diamondbacks released Kim and the Marlins picked him back up. Barone became a free agent at the end of the season.

On June 25, 2009, Barone signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics. He pitched to a 2-8 record with a 6.55 ERA in 17 games that year between two teams in the A's minor league system and retired after the season.

Daniel Barone after retiring in 2009 returned to his hometown. Here he opened up a shop called Barone Baseball, where him and his buddy Kalev taught hitting and pitching lessons for a variety of different age groups. Along with this he helped the local highschool baseball team the Hollister Haybalers. With him calling pitches and coaching the pitchers the Haybalers made it to the Central Coast Championship game. Though leaving the team after the 2012 season he still allowed all of the players he coached to throw bullpens and hit at his facility free of charge. On top allowing his former players to use his facilities for free he also was generous enough to give many of his players jobs at his shop cleaning, catching bullpens, and everything in between. Due to the talent Barone saw and developed while working in Hollister at his baseball facility he decided to start competitive travel baseball teams in many different age groups. These age groups ranged from 16-18 and under, 12 and under, and 10 and under. All of these travel ball teams that Barone coached either directly or had a part in helping were very successful. The best team in his program being the 16 and under team who finished a very impressive 23-4. During the time Daniel was back home he was constantly training hoping he cold make a come back in the league. He was weight lifting and doing bands, along with doing his rice bucket workouts to keep his arm in pitching shape. During his time he would also throw bullpens consistently, including throwing live at bats to some of the local high school players, striking them out at will. In 2014 his arm finally felt ready and he tried to make a return to the game of baseball. He joined a team in the independent league in Montana. There he was dominating and things were looking like he had a chance to get back to the league. Sadly he hurt his arm once again and returned to his hometown of Hollister where he lives with his family.[1]

High school Life During high school Daniel Barone attended San Benito High School in Hollister California. He was a stand out pitcher for the Balers. On top of this he was also the shortstop at the high school, but would get designated hit for when it was his turn to bat. Though he was still able to hit as he does have a batting average as a major league pitcher. He hit .111 in his career. He had 11 plate appearances, 9 at bats, 1 hit, no base on balls or hit by pitch, 2 sacrifice bunts, and 1 run scored. After high school he had several scholarships, but took the one from sanoma state.

Family History in Baseball Daniel Barone’s grandfather played major league baseball for the Pirates in the mid 20th century. He had more success than Daniel as he had a thirteen-year baseball career in the major leagues. .

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)