Ozzie Timmons

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Ozzie Timmons
Runs batted in
45
Teams
As player
As coach

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.

Playing career

Timmons attended

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

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 RaysTriple-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. ^ a b c "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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