Ozzie Timmons

Osborne Llewellyn Timmons (born September 18, 1970), is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (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. 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.[1]

Ozzie Timmons
Timmons with the Tampa Bay Rays
Tampa Bay Rays – No. 30
Outfielder / First base coach
Born: (1970-09-18) September 18, 1970
Tampa, Florida
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
Teams
As player
As coach

Timmons attended the University of Tampa, and 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 5th round of the 1991 MLB Draft.

MLB batting statistics
  • 186 Games
  • 62 Runs
  • 95 Hits
  • 20 Doubles
  • 20 Home runs
  • 60 Runs batted in
  • .235 Batting Average[3]

References
  1. Chastain, Bill (November 3, 2017). "Timmons promoted to Rays' first-base coach". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  2. "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. "Ozzie Timmons Stats". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.


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