Tobi Neal Stoner (born December 3, 1984) is a former

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who last played for the

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Early life and education

Stoner was born in

Landstuhl Landstuhl () is a town in the Kaiserslautern district of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It is the seat of ''Verbandsgemeinde Landstuhl'', a kind of "collective municipality." Landstuhl is situated on the north-west edge of the Palatinate F ...

, Germany. He attended Garrett College in McHenry, Maryland to play junior college baseball and then played his last two years at

Davis & Elkins College Davis & Elkins College (D&E) is a private college in Elkins, West Virginia. History The school was founded in 1904 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It was named for Henry G. Davis and his son-in-law Stephen B. Elkins, who wer ...

in Elkins, West Virginia, graduating in 2006. The Mets then drafted Stoner in the 16th round of the 2006 MLB draft. Stoner, a 2002 graduate of Southern Garrett High School in Oakland Maryland, had his baseball jersey #13 retired by the school in 2010.

Baseball career

Stoner was called up to the Mets Major League club on September 8, 2009, and on April 18, 2010. He pitched in four games as a reliever for the Mets in 2009 and made one relief appearance in 2010.

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