Tim Harikkala

Tim Harikkala
Tim Harikkala
	Harikkala with the Oakland Athletics in 2005
	Pitcher
	Born: July 15, 1971; Lake Worth, Florida, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
	MLB: May 27, 1995, for the Seattle Mariners
	KBO: July 22, 2005, for the Samsung Lions
Last appearance
	KBO: July 4, 2007, for the LG Twins
	MLB: August 12, 2007, for the Colorado Rockies
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	7–8
Earned run average	5.98
Strikeouts	48
KBO statistics
Win–loss record	21–17
Earned run average	3.99
Strikeouts	125
Teams
	Seattle Mariners (1995–1996); Boston Red Sox (1999); Colorado Rockies (2004); Oakland Athletics (2005); Samsung Lions (2005–2006); LG Twins (2007); Colorado Rockies (2007);

Timothy Allan Harikkala (born July 15, 1971) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He is an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University, where he played baseball for the Owls under head coach Kevin Cooney.

Career

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 34th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft, Harikkala would make his Major League Baseball debut with Seattle on May 27, 1995.

Harikkala made his first start in his only appearance in the majors in 1996. He played for Samsung Lions and LG Twins in South Korea from 2005 to 2007. He would make 71 major league relief appearances before making his second major league start for the Colorado Rockies on August 12, 2007. With 4,021 days passing between these two starts, Harikkala holds the MLB record for time elapsed between two starts.

Harikkala was a member of the York Revolution of the Atlantic League.

Harikkala played in SM-league in Finland (Finnish Baseball and Softball Federation (FBSF)) during the 2010 season.

Harikkala has spent time after his pro baseball career playing for the Hortonville Stars of the Dairyland League in Hortonville, WI

In 2017, Harikkala was named Varsity Head Coach for the Appleton Xavier Hawks baseball team in Appleton, Wisconsin.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Korea Baseball Organization
Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
Baseball Team Expos – Ennakko: Harikkala debytoi kun Expos kohtaa Icen 30.6 (Finnish)

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