Daniel Barone

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. Career He was called up on August 10, , 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 earned run average in 17 games that year between two teams in the A's minor league system and retired after the season. Barone joined the Kansas City T-Bones of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball and played for them during the 2014 season.