Hal Kolstad

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1935)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Hal Kolstad

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1935|6|1}}

|birth_place=Rice Lake, Wisconsin

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 22

|debutyear={{By|1962}}

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 17

|finalyear={{By|1963}}

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–4

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=42

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.59

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox (1962–1963)

}}

Harold Everette Kolstad (born June 1, 1935) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from {{By|1962}} through {{By|1963}} for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=9}} and {{convert|190|lb}}, Kolstad batted and threw right-handed. He was signed by Boston as a free agent in 1957 out of the San Jose State University.

In a two-season MLB career, Kolstad posted a 0–4 win–loss mark with 42 strikeouts and a 6.59 ERA in 34 appearances, including two starts, two saves and 72⅓ innings pitched. He surrendered 81 hits and 41 bases on balls.

In 1966, Kolstad joined the faculty at Leigh High School in San Jose, California as a teacher and coach. He remained there until his retirement in 1990.{{cite web |url=http://www.watsonvillehs.net/foundation/Hal_Kolstad_53.htm |title=Hal Kolstad, Class of 1953 |author= |year=2011 |work=Watsonville High School Foundation Hall of Fame |access-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425045004/http://www.watsonvillehs.net/foundation/Hal_Kolstad_53.htm |archive-date=April 25, 2012 }}