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Kevin Tolar

Kevin Anthony Tolar

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 28, 1971 in Panama City, FL
High School: Panama City HS (Panama City, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 2000
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox 2000-2003

Final Game: May 4, 2003
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1989	18	CHW-min	Rk	6	2	.750	1.65	13	12	0	1	0	0	60.0	29	16	11	0	54	0	58	1	0	10			1.383	4.4	0.0	8.1	8.7	1.07	WHS · GULF
1990	19	CHW-min	A-	4	6	.400	3.29	15	15	0	1	0	0	90.1	80	44	33	2	61	1	69	4	1	9			1.561	8.0	0.2	6.1	6.9	1.13	UTI · NYPL
1991	20	CHW-min	A	8	5	.615	2.83	30	19	6	0	0	1	114.2	87	54	36	3	85	0	87	8	0	6	509		1.500	6.8	0.2	6.7	6.8	1.02	SBN · MIDW
1992	21	CHW-min	A,A+	7	13	.350	4.14	32	18	9	3	0	0	134.2	114	77	62	9	87	0	105	7	1	11	594		1.493	7.6	0.6	5.8	7.0	1.21	SBN,SLS · MIDW,CALL
1993	22	CHW-min	A+	2	6	.250	5.35	23	11	8	0	0	1	77.1	75	55	46	1	51	1	60	6	0	8	358		1.629	8.7	0.1	5.9	7.0	1.18	SAR · FLOR
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1995	24	PIT-min	A+,AA	3	0	1.000	3.13	30	0	7	0	0	0	31.2	29	12	11	1	13	0	28	1	0	5	136		1.326	8.2	0.3	3.7	8.0	2.15	LBG,CAR · CARL,SOUL
1996	25	CLE-min	AA	1	3	.250	2.62	50	0	15	0	0	1	44.2	42	19	13	1	26	2	39	3	0	5	201		1.522	8.5	0.2	5.2	7.9	1.50	CAK · EL
1997	26	NYM-min	AA,A+	1	1	.500	4.20	31	0	12	0	0	1	45.0	47	23	21	3	28	1	34	2	0	7	211		1.667	9.4	0.6	5.6	6.8	1.21	BNG,SCE · EL,FLOR
1998	27	PIT-CIN-min	AA,AAA	1	3	.250	4.21	62	0	18	0	0	1	66.1	58	32	31	4	54	1	68	2	0	5	307		1.688	7.9	0.5	7.3	9.2	1.26	CAR,INA,NVL · SOUL,IL,PCL
1999	28	CIN-min	AA,AAA	5	4	.556	4.41	55	2	17	0	0	1	67.1	69	36	33	3	52	5	78	0	0	5	315		1.797	9.2	0.4	7.0	10.4	1.50	CNG,INA · SOUL,IL
2000	29	DET-min	AAA,AA	6	2	.750	2.54	42	0	14	0	0	2	63.2	44	26	18	4	34	1	61	0	0	5	269		1.225	6.2	0.6	4.8	8.6	1.79	TOL,JCK · IL,SOUL
2000	29	DET	AL	0	0		3.00	5	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	12	173	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
2001	30	DET-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.73	44	0	32	0	0	7	56.0	49	18	17	3	21	2	73	1	0	9	234		1.250	7.9	0.5	3.4	11.7	3.48	TOL · IL
2001	30	DET	AL	0	0		6.75	9	0	1	0	0	0	10.2	7	8	8	0	13	1	11	0	0	1	50	65	1.875	5.9	0.0	11.0	9.3	0.85

2002	31	PIT-min	AAA	6	1	.857	2.54	44	7	12	1	1	1	78.0	66	23	22	5	27	0	82	2	1	2	328		1.192	7.6	0.6	3.1	9.5	3.04	NVL · PCL
2003	32	BOS-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.27	47	0	17	0	0	4	31.2	19	9	8	3	17	2	34	1	0	1	125		1.137	5.4	0.9	4.8	9.7	2.00	PAW · IL
2003	32	BOS	AL	0	0		9.00	6	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	5	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	18	56	1.750	11.3	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.50
2004	33	CHC-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	3.45	51	0	11	0	0	0	57.1	55	30	22	2	40	4	77	3	0	3	263		1.657	8.6	0.3	6.3	12.1	1.93	IWA · PCL
2005	34	ARI-TOR-min	AAA	7	2	.778	5.32	43	0	14	0	0	2	47.1	54	36	28	6	26	2	44	2	0	4	218		1.690	10.3	1.1	4.9	8.4	1.69	TUC,SYR · PCL,IL
2006	35	OAX,SLT	AAA	1	0	1.000	8.10	16	0	12	0	0	6	16.2	26	15	15	2	10	0	14	0	0	1	82		2.160	14.0	1.1	5.4	7.6	1.40	OAX,SLT · MEX
3 Yrs				0	0		6.62	20	0	2	0	0	0	17.2	13	14	13	1	16	1	17	0	0	1	80	71	1.642	6.6	0.5	8.2	8.7	1.06
162 Game Avg.				0	0		6.62	68	0	7	0	0	0	60	44	48	44	3	54	3	58	0	0	3	272	71	1.642	6.6	0.5	8.2	8.7	1.06

DET (2 yrs)				0	0		5.93	14	0	2	0	0	0	13.2	8	9	9	0	14	1	14	0	0	1	62	77	1.610	5.3	0.0	9.2	9.2	1.00
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	6	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	5	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	18	56	1.750	11.3	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2000	29	DET	AL	3.0	5	0	1	3.00	5.90	0.02	-0.43	92.7	5.05	1	0.1	1.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.512	.500	$
2001	30	DET	AL	10.2	9	0	8	6.75	5.02	-0.16	-0.37	94.9	4.56	-3	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.1	-1	.472	.498	$

2003	32	BOS	AL	4.0	6	0	5	11.25	5.05	-0.14	-0.38	111.3	5.36	-3	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.2	-2	.459	.498	$
3 Seasons				17.2	20	0	14	7.13	5.18	-0.12	-0.38	98.2	4.82	-5	-0.4	.6	0.1	-0.2	-2	.478	.499	$

DET (2 yrs)				13.2	14	0	9	5.93	5.21	-0.12	-0.39	94.4	4.67	-2	-0.2	.6	0.1	0.0	-0	.486	.499	$
BOS (1 yr)				4.0	6	0	5	11.25	5.05	-0.14	-0.38	111.3	5.36	-3	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.2	-2	.459	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2000	29	DET	AL	5	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	.125	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
2001	30	DET	AL	9	50	37	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	11	.189	.400	.216	.616	.269	8	2	0	0	0	1	0

2003	32	BOS	AL	6	18	16	5	5	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	.313	.389	.563	.951	.333	9	1	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				20	80	64	14	13	2	0	1	0	0	16	17	.203	.363	.281	.644	.261	18	4	0	0	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				68	272	218	48	44	7	0	3	0	0	54	58	.203	.363	.281	.644	.261	61	14	0	0	0	3	3
MLB Averages																.265	.335	.426	.761	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2000	29	DET	AL	0.8	0.1	12	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.82	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.82	0.7	1	2	2
2001	30	DET	AL	-2.6	-0.2	51	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.14	-0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.14	0.0	1	0	7

2003	32	BOS	AL	-2.0	-0.2	18	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.47	-0.1	0.4	-1.6	-0.1	0.47	-0.8	1	1	4
3 Yrs				-3.8	-0.4	81	0.2	0.5	-0.3	.31	-0.1	0.8	-0.7	-0.1	0.31	-0.1	3	3	13

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2000	29	DET	AL	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	20%	7	.822	1	2	2	0	1	4	3	2	0	3	0	0	1.8	10
2001	30	DET	AL	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0%	7	.135	1	0	7	1	0	8	4	5	4	3	4	2	3.6	26

2003	32	BOS	AL	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0%	7	.472	1	1	4	1	0	5	2	4	0	3	1	0	2.0	12
3 Yrs				20	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12	1	8%		.314	3	3	13	2	1	17	9	11	4	9	5	2	2.7	18

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2000	29	DET	AL	12	25%	0.0%	25.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	1.67	2.00	67%	13%	0.0%	0%	6	1	17%
2001	30	DET	AL	50	36%	0.0%	22.0%	26.0%	2.0%	14%	1.00	1.10	52%	12%	0.0%	31%	16	2	13%

2003	32	BOS	AL	18	56%	5.6%	16.7%	11.1%	11.1%	40%	0.86	1.25	67%	23%	20.0%	29%	6	1	17%
3 Yrs				80	39%	1.3%	21.3%	20.0%	3.8%	23%	1.04	1.25	58%	15%	5.9%	26%	28	4	14%
MLB Averages					47%	2.9%	16.8%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	0.76	1.07	70%	23%	8.3%	14%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2000	29	DET	AL	12	52	4.33	29	56%	34%	14%	24%	28%	66%	0%	37%	79%	42%	0%	0	0	8%	1	0	0	67%	0	0	0	0	0
2001	30	DET	AL	50	230	4.60	127	55%	32%	15%	32%	20%	68%	2%	37%	78%	48%	10%	5	3	32%	16	9	1	27%	0	1	0	0	0

2003	32	BOS	AL	18	71	3.94	41	58%	34%	12%	22%	32%	66%	0%	38%	81%	44%	11%	2	2	39%	7	3	1	33%	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				80	353	4.41	197	56%	33%	14%	29%	24%	67%	1%	37%	79%	46%	9%	7	5	30%	24	12	2	35%	1	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2000	29	DET	AL	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	1	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	30	DET	AL	50	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

2003	32	BOS	AL	18	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				80	13	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	67%	1	1	0	42	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2000	29	3.00	5	1	3.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	12	173	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00	173
2001	30	5.93	14	2	13.2	8	9	9	0	14	1	14	1	62	77	1.610	5.3	0.0	9.2	9.2	1.00	77
2002	31	5.93	14	2	13.2	8	9	9	0	14	1	14	1	62	77	1.610	5.3	0.0	9.2	9.2	1.00	77
2003	32	6.62	20	2	17.2	13	14	13	1	16	1	17	1	80	71	1.642	6.6	0.5	8.2	8.7	1.06	71

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2000	29	0	0		0.00	4.0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.250	0.0	2.3	9.0	4.00	0.0	5
2001	30	0	1	.000	8.10	10.0	7	10	9	0	13	10	0	2.000	6.3	11.7	9.0	0.77	0.0	9

2003	32	0	0		6.75	4.0	5	3	3	1	2	3	0	1.750	11.3	4.5	6.8	1.50	2.3	6
3 Yrs		0	1	.000	6.00	18.0	12	13	12	1	16	17	0	1.556	6.0		8.5	1.06	0.5	20

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