Kevin Anthony Tolar (born January 28, 1971) is a former

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

(MLB)

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

. He played in parts of three seasons at the major league level for the

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...

and

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...

. He was drafted by the

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...

in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Tolar played his first professional season with their Rookie league

Gulf Coast League White Sox The GCL White Sox were a Gulf Coast League minor league baseball team that played from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 to 1997. The club was affiliated with the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team ...

in 1989, and his last with the independent

Atlantic League The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) is a professional independent baseball league in the United States. It is an official MLB Partner League based in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States, and the headquarters are loc ...

Long Island Ducks The Long Island Ducks are an American professional minor league baseball team based on Long Island in Central Islip, New York. The Ducks compete in the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB), an independent "par ...

in 2006. He played his last affiliated season in 2005 for the Triple-A affiliates of the

Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The franchise was established ...

(

Tucson Sidewinders Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson metropolitan s ...

) and the

Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...

(

Syracuse SkyChiefs The Syracuse Mets are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets. They are located in Syracuse, New York, and play their home games at NBT Bank Stadium, which opened in 1997 and has ...

). After that, Tolar has played for the

Aragua Tigers The Tigres de Aragua () is a baseball team that plays in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League and represents the state of Aragua. Founded in 1965, the Tigres plays its home games at the Estadio José Pérez Colmenares in Maracay. The team ...

club of the

Venezuelan Professional Baseball League The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (, or LVBP) is the top-level professional baseball league in Venezuela. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year. History Background and predecessors Baseball had been play ...

(2006–2008), and the

of the

References

External links

1971 births Living people Detroit Tigers players Boston Red Sox players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Florida Nashville Sounds players Canton-Akron Indians players Long Island Ducks players Gulf Coast White Sox players Utica Blue Sox players South Bend White Sox players Salinas Spurs players Sarasota White Sox players Carolina Mudcats players Lynchburg Hillcats players Binghamton Mets players St. Lucie Mets players Indianapolis Indians players Chattanooga Lookouts players Toledo Mud Hens players Jacksonville Suns players Pawtucket Red Sox players Iowa Cubs players Tucson Sidewinders players Syracuse SkyChiefs players Chinatrust Whales players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico American expatriate baseball players in Taiwan American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Guerreros de Oaxaca players Saraperos de Saltillo players Tigres de Aragua players Águilas de Mexicali players Sportspeople from Panama City, Florida 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1970s-stub