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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 Schools: A. Crawford Mosley HS (Lynn Haven, FL), 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 (Age 29)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox 2000-2003

Final Game: May 4, 2003 (Age 32)
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Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 (v2.2): 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%
2000	29	DET	AL	3.0	5	0	1	3.00	5.90	0.02	-0.43	92.7	5.04	1	0.1	1.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.512	.500
2001	30	DET	AL	10.2	9	0	8	6.75	5.01	-0.16	-0.37	95.3	4.57	-3	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.1	-1	.471	.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	5.17	-0.12	-0.38	98.5	4.83	-5	-0.4	.6	0.1	-0.1	-2	.478	.499

DET (2 yrs)				13.2	14	0	9	5.93	5.20	-0.12	-0.39	94.7	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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1989	18	CHW-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0		WHS · GULF
1990	19	CHW-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0		UTI · NYPL
1991	20	CHW-min	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		SBN · MIDW
1992	21	CHW-min	A,A+	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		SBN,SLS · MIDW,CALL
1993	22	CHW-min	A+	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		SAR · FLOR
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1995	24	PIT-min	AA,A+	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0		CAR,LBG · SOUL,CARL
1996	25	CLE-min	AA	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		CAK · EL
1997	26	NYM-min	AA,A+	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0		BNG,SCE · EL,FLOR
1998	27	PIT-CIN-min	AA,AAA	63	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0		CAR,NVL,INA · SOUL,PCL,IL
1999	28	CIN-min	AAA,AA	55	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0		INA,CNG · IL,SOUL
2000	29	DET-min	AA,AAA	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		JCK,TOL · SOUL,IL
2000	29	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001	30	DET-min	AAA	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2001	30	DET	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2002	31	PIT-min	AAA	44	14	12	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.417	.724	5	1	0	1	0	0		NVL · PCL
2003	32	BOS-min	AAA	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
2003	32	BOS	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	33	CHC-min	AAA	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2005	34	ARI-TOR-min	AAA	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC,SYR · PCL,IL
2006	35	SLT,OAX	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		SLT,OAX · MEX
3 Yrs				20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

DET (2 yrs)				14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Pos
2000	29	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	/1
2001	30	DET	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	/1

2003	32	BOS	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	/1
3 Seasons				20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0

DET (2 yrs)				14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0
BOS (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	A	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2000	DET	AL	29	P	5	3.0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.50	1.60
2001	DET	AL	30	P	9	10.2	2	2	1.000			1.69	0.22	.955	1.77	1.74
2003	BOS	AL	32	P	6	4.0	1	1	1.000	1	50	2.25	0.17	.960	1.80	1.72
	3 Seasons			P	20	17.2	3	3	1.000	1	50	1.53	0.15	.957	1.73	1.70
	3 Seasons			TOT	20	17.2	3	3	1.000	1	300	1.53	0.15	.957	1.73	1.70

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Transactions

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1989.
April 4, 1994: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
March 28, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 15, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
November 30, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
March 28, 1997: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
April 18, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
December 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
December 27, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
July 31, 1998: Sent to the Cincinnati Reds by the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
December 20, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
November 18, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
November 18, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
November 18, 2003: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
January 2, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
April 1, 2004: Sent to the Chicago Cubs by the Minnesota Twins as part of a conditional deal.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 14, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
July 1, 2005: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
July 22, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

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