Amari Tolliver

Amari Tolliver was a workhorse starter who seemed to grow stronger as games went deep, a rarity in a short summer season. The Santa Cruz boardwalk crowds learned that a Tolliver start usually meant nine innings of baseball.

He combined a heavy sinker with pinpoint command, inducing ground ball after ground ball and keeping his pitch counts low enough to finish what he started.

The Seals rode his durability into their most successful stretch, and his name still tops the league's innings and strikeout charts.