Tim Laudner

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Tim Laudner
Laudner in 1987
Catcher
Born: (1958-06-07) June 7, 1958 (age 65)
Mason City, Iowa, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 28, 1981, for the Minnesota Twins
Last MLB appearance
September 3, 1989, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
Batting average.225
Home runs77
Runs batted in263
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Timothy Jon Laudner (born June 7, 1958) is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins from 1981 to 1989.[1]

Playing career

After playing baseball for

Visalia and despite a .227 batting average he hit 12 home runs. Back at Orlando in 1981, he hit 40 home runs while hitting .284 and earning league MVP honors[2] and an August call-up with the Twins where he hit 2 more home runs in 14 games. Despite spending 20 games in 1982 at AAA Toledo, Laudner was called up to the Twins permanently.[3]

Laudner was never able to reproduce his 1981 season in the big leagues. He continued to hit for power, hitting more than ten home runs per season four times over his eight full seasons while averaging only 255 at bats.[1]

Laudner was an instrumental piece of the Twins'

All-Star team in 1988, his only appearance. In 1989, he finished his last season in the majors as a backup to Brian Harper, filling a utility role and getting at bats playing first base, catcher and DH. After failing to make the team in 1990, Laudner was assigned to the AAA Portland Beavers, but after 9 games in which he would go hitless over 29 at bats, he decided to retire.[3]

in 734 games over nine seasons, Laudner posted a .225

bases on balls. Defensively, he recorded a .985 fielding percentage. In the 1987 postseason covering 12 games, he hit .222 (8-for-36) with 5 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run, 6 RBI and 7 walks.[1]

Post-playing career

Following his playing career, Laudner worked as a project manager for Kleve Heating and Air Conditioning in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and as a division manager at Plymouth Plumbing and Heating in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Laudner is currently the co-owner, co-director, and coach of the "Big League Baseball Camp" in Minnesota.[4]

Since 2008, Laudner is a baseball analyst at

Fox Sports Wisconsin. His duties include providing color commentary for occasional Twins broadcasts.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tim Laudner Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "1987 Topps baseball card # 671".
  3. ^ a b "Tim Laudner Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  4. ^ Big League Baseball Camp Archived September 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Tim Laudner Profile | LinkedIn". linkedin.com. LinkedIn. Retrieved July 6, 2019.

External links

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