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Andrew Toles
Los Angeles Dodgers
Outfielder
Born: (1992-05-24) May 24, 1992 (age 32)
Decatur, Georgia
Bats: Left
Throws: Right

Alvin Andrew Toles (born May 24, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Toles attended Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Georgia, and enrolled in University of Tennessee to play college baseball for the Tennessee Volunteers. He was dismissed by the Volunteers.[1] Toles transferred to Chipola College.

The Tampa Bay Rays selected Toles in the third round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He signed, receiving a $369,700 signing bonus. With the Princeton Rays of the Rookie-level Appalachian League in 2012, Toles hit .281 with a .327 on-base percentage, a .482 slugging percentage, 7 home runs, 33 RBI and 14 stolen bases in 51 games. Following the season, Baseball America named him the Best Athlete and the Fastest Baserunner in the organization.[2] In 2013, he hit .326 with a .359 on-base percentage, a .466 slugging percentage, 2 home runs, 57 RBI, 62 stolen bases and 79 runs scored in 121 games for the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Class A Midwest League. Toles led the Midwest League in batting average and hits and was named a Mid- and Post-Season All-Star, a Topps Class-A All-Star, a MiLB.com Organization All-Star, the Rays' Minor League Player of the Year.[3][4] In 2014, he hit .265 with a .304 on-base percentage, a .341 slugging average, 24 stolen bases in 52 games between the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League and Gulf Coast Rays of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League.

Toles was released by the team prior to the 2015 season.[5] He signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers after the 2015 season.[6] He began the 2016 season with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A-Advanced California League, and was promoted to the Tulsa Drillers of the Class AA Texas League[7] and Oklahoma City Dodgers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League during the season.[8]

Toles is the son of Alvin Toles, who played in the NFL.[9]

References

  1. ^ Andrew Toles Dismissed from Baseball Team
  2. ^ Baseball America
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Baseball America
  5. ^ Andrew Toles released by Rays
  6. ^ http://www.draysbay.com/2015/10/6/9464229/dodgers-rays-andrew-toles
  7. ^ http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/drillers/andrew-toles-breaks-out-of-slump-helps-drillers-defeat-roughriders/article_ee3af13b-f6cb-5ef1-944f-529acdc2794d.html
  8. ^ http://newsok.com/article/5508101
  9. ^ http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/drillers/driller-to-watch-andrew-toles/article_912e2ac3-5f45-5936-81fa-b877cfa9055b.html


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