Payton Tolle
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| Payton Tolle | |
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| Boston Red Sox – No. 70 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: November 1, 2002 Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 29, 2025, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| MLB statistics (through April 23, 2026) | |
| Win–loss record | 0–1 |
| Earned run average | 4.84 |
| Strikeouts | 30 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Payton John Tolle (born November 1, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
Tolle attended Bethany High School in Bethany, Oklahoma. He enrolled at Wichita State University, where he played college baseball as a two-way player for the Wichita State Shockers. He batted .320 and pitched to a 9–2 win-loss record for the Shockers as a sophomore in 2023 and was a finalist for the John Olerud Award.[1]
After the 2023 season, Tolle transferred to Texas Christian University (TCU) to play for the TCU Horned Frogs.[2] In his lone year at TCU in 2024, he was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year after going 7–4 with a 3.21 earned run average (ERA) and 125 strikeouts in 81+1⁄3 innings pitched.[3]