Ozzie Timmons

Timmons attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Florida, and the University of Tampa, where he played college baseball for the Tampa Spartans. He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the fifth round of the 1991 MLB draft. Timmons made his MLB debut with the Cubs on April 26, 1995. The Cubs traded Timmons and Jay Peterson to the Cincinnati Reds for Curt Lyons on March 31, 1997. He signed with the Seattle Mariners for the 1999 season, 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. ==Coaching career==

Timmons 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 season. After the 2021 season, the Milwaukee Brewers hired Timmons and Connor Dawson as their hitting coaches. On October 21, 2024, Brewers executive Matt Arnold stated that Timmons would not return for the 2025 season. On January 22, 2025, Timmons returned to the Rays organization under the role of special assistant, coaching development. On November 3, Timmons was hired by the Rays as their assistant hitting coach. ==References==