Ashur Tolliver

Tolliver with the Baltimore Orioles

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Pitcher

Born: January 24, 1988
Little Rock, Arkansas

Bats: Left

Throws: Left

MLB debut

May 26, 2016, for the Baltimore Orioles

MLB statistics
(through June 24, 2016)

1-0

5.79

Teams

Ashur Jordan Tolliver (born January 24, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Baltimore Orioles.

Career

Tolliver attended Sylvan Hills High School in Sherwood, Arkansas and played college baseball at both the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Oklahoma City University. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the fifth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. He was called up to the majors for the first time on May 23, 2016.^[1] He made a bare-handed catch on a line drive the week prior that garnered national headlines.^[2]He got his first major league win on June 24, 2016 against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Tolliver was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on September 3, 2016.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim current roster

Active roster	0 Yunel Escobar 2 Andrelton Simmons 5 Albert Pujols 7 Cliff Pennington 13 Jett Bandy 16 Huston Street 19 Jefry Marté 22 Kaleb Cowart 24 C. J. Cron 27 Mike Trout 28 Andrew Heaney 35 Nick Tropeano 37 Andrew Bailey 40 Alex Meyer 43 Garrett Richards 45 Tyler Skaggs 47 Ricky Nolasco 48 Jose Alvarez 51 Ji-man Choi 52 Matt Shoemaker 54 Deolis Guerra 56 Kole Calhoun 58 Carlos Perez 62 Daniel Wright 64 Mike Morin 65 Greg Mahle 66 J. C. Ramírez 68 Cam Bedrosian -- Austin Adams -- Vicente Campos -- Jesse Chavez -- Nolan Fontana -- Ryan LaMarre -- Cameron Maybin -- Keynan Middleton -- Eduardo Paredes -- Brooks Pounders -- Nate Smith -- Ashur Tolliver -- Kirby Yates

Coaching staff	Manager 14 Mike Scioscia Bench 21 Dino Ebel First base -- Vacant Third Base 10 Ron Roenicke Pitching 41 Charles Nagy Hitting 31 Dave Hansen Assistant Hitting 55 Paul Sorrento Infield 4 Alfredo Griffin Catching/information 61 Steve Soliz Bullpen 63 Scott Radinsky Bullpen catcher 70 Tom Gregorio

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