Ozzie Timmons

Osborne Llewellyn Timmons (born September 18, 1970), is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and current coach with the Milwaukee Brewers. He played in MLB for four teams from 1995 through 2000, and for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), in 2001. Timmons also played in Minor League Baseball (MiLB), in all or parts of 14 seasons, spanning across 1991 to 2006.

Ozzie Timmons
Timmons with the Tampa Bay Rays
Milwaukee Brewers – No. 99
Outfielder / Hitting coach
Born: (1970-09-18) September 18, 1970
Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: April 26, 1995, for the Chicago Cubs
NPB: March 30, 2001, for the Chunichi Dragons
Last appearance
MLB: October 1, 2000, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
NPB: September 8, 2001, for the Chunichi Dragons
MLB statistics
Batting average.235
Home runs20
Runs batted in60
NPB statistics
Batting average.228
Home runs12
Runs batted in45
Teams
As player
As coach

Playing career

Timmons attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Florida, and the University of Tampa, where he played college baseball for the Tampa Spartans.[1] In 1990, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2] He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the fifth round of the 1991 MLB draft.[1]

Timmons made his MLB debut with the Cubs on April 26, 1995. The Cubs traded Timmons and Jay Peterson to the Cincinnati Reds for Curt Lyons on March 31, 1997. He signed with the Seattle Mariners for the 1999 season, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for the 2000 season, and was purchased by the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League for the 2001 season.[1]

Coaching career

He served as the hitting coach for the Tampa Bay Rays‘ Triple-A affiliate Durham Bulls, prior to being promoted to the parent-club Rays, as their first base coach, for the 2018 season.[3]

After the 2021 season, the Milwaukee Brewers hired Timmons and Connor Dawson as their hitting coaches.[4]

References
  1. "Ozzie Timmons". Sabr.org. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  2. "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). Capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. Chastain, Bill (November 3, 2017). "Timmons promoted to Rays' first-base coach". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  4. "Brewers hire two hitting coaches to assist offense". ESPN.com. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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