Tim Stoddard

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729+23 innings pitched. As a batter, he recorded two hits in 20 major-league at bats for a .100 batting average.

Personal life

Stoddard is one of only two men (the other being Kenny Lofton) to play in both an NCAA Basketball Final Four game, and an MLB World Series. [18] He has been inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame, [19] the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame, [20] and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. [21]

Stoddard appeared in the 1988 movie Big . [1] He served as the baseball adviser and portrayed a Dodgers pitcher in the 1993 film Rookie of the Year .[ citation needed ]

Stoddard served as the pitching coach at Northwestern University for 22 seasons. 19 of his pitchers went on to be major-league draft selections, including Mike Koplove, J. A. Happ, George Kontos and Luke Farrell. [22] [23] He joined North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, as the pitching coach in 2016.[ citation needed ]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "A Unique 2-Sport Athlete". NC State University Athletics.
  2. "North Carolina State University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team | Baseball Almanac". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2005. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  3. "Record Book (PDF)" (PDF). NC State University Athletics.
  4. "Tim Stoddard, pitcher - 0007703 - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections". d.lib.ncsu.edu. 1972.
  5. "UCLA vs. North Carolina State Box Score, March 23, 1974". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  6. "North Carolina State vs. Marquette Box Score, March 25, 1974". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  7. "Tim Stoddard College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  8. Baltimore Orioles 25th Anniversary: 1979 Information Guide (scroll down to page 125). Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  9. "Tim Stoddard Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. "Baltimore Orioles 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 6". Retrosheet . October 13, 1979. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  11. 1 2 Boswell, Thomas. "Orioles Trade Stoddard to A's for Gross," The Washington Post, Saturday, December 10, 1983. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  12. Wilson, David (October 8, 2014). "Where are they now? 1983 Orioles". MLB.com. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  13. "Cubs get Stoddard from A's," The Associated Press (AP), Tuesday, March 27, 1984 (scroll down to page 17). Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  14. 1 2 3 "Tim Stoddard Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  15. 1 2 Costello, Rory. "Tim Stoddard". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research.
  16. "Martin Gets Broken Arm Fighting Whitson in Bar". September 23, 1985 via LA Times.
  17. Chass, Murray (September 6, 1987). "BASEBALL; Guidry Proves Baffling". The New York Times.
  18. Fingers, Rollie; Ritter, Yellowstone (2009). Rollie's Follies: A Hall of Fame Revue of Baseball Lists and Lore, Stats and Stories. Cincinnati: Clerisy Press. ISBN   978-1-57860-335-0. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  19. "Hall of Fame". Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame.
  20. "Inductee — Tim Stoddard". October 28, 2013.
  21. "Tim Stoddard". Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame . Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  22. "Cardinals Add MLB Veteran Tim Stoddard to Coaching Staff". North Central College Athletics. February 19, 2016.
  23. "Tim Stoddard - Baseball Coach". North Central College Athletics.
Tim Stoddard
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Pitcher
Born: (1953-01-24) January 24, 1953 (age 72)
East Chicago, Indiana, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 7, 1975, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
July 9, 1989, for the Cleveland Indians