Tim Laker

Tim Laker

Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=#31306b
bgcolor2=#006d3e
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Tim Laker
position=Catcher
birthdate=birth date and age|1969|11|27
team=Cleveland Indians
number=13
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=August 18
debutyear=1992
debutteam=Montreal Expos
finaldate=June 18
finalyear=2006
finalteam=Cleveland Indians
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.226
stat2label=Home runs| stat2value=11
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=79
teams=
*Montreal Expos (by|1992–by|1993, by|1995)
*Baltimore Orioles (by|1997)
*Tampa Bay Devil Rays (by|1998, by|2005)
*Pittsburgh Pirates (by|1998–by|1999)
*Cleveland Indians (by|2001, by|2003–by|2004, by|2006)
highlights=
*1994 - Triple-A All-Star C, International League All-Star C

Timothy John Laker (born November 27, 1969 in Encino, California) is a minor league baseball coach and a former Major League Baseball catcher. He attended Simi Valley High School in Simi Valley, California and Oxnard Community College in Oxnard, California.

Career

During his professional baseball career, Laker played for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He last played professional baseball with the class AAA Buffalo Bisons in by|2006.

After retiring, he was named named the new manager for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, the class A minor league affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, according to USAToday.com on January 5, 2007. Citing health concerns related to colitis, Laker gave up managing and is now working as a roving catching instructor for Cleveland. [cite web | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3274117 | title = Laker admits taking steroids, regrets shortsightedness| date=2008-03-02 |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=2008-03-03]

Mitchell Report

He was named in the George J. Mitchell Report, which detailed anabolic steroid use in MLB, on December 13, by|2007. As a current ball club employee, Laker was required to consent to an interview, in which he admitted to purchasing Deca-Durabolin and testosterone from Kirk Radomski from 1995 to 1999. Laker claimed he was introduced to Radomski by teammate David Segui. [cite web | url = http://assets.espn.go.com/media/pdf/071213/mitchell_report.pdf | title = Mitchell Report pp. 159-61| format = PDF] In March 2008, Laker admitted regretting his decision to take performance enhancing drugs stating "I made a poor decision, a mistake, and all I can do is ask for forgiveness and move on." [cite web | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3274117 | title = Laker admits taking steroids, regrets shortsightedness| date=2008-03-02 |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=2008-03-03]

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report

References

External links

*Baseballstats |br=l/lakerti01 |fangraphs=1681&position=C |cube=L/Tim-Laker
* [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=8000 Minor League stats] , Baseball Reference
* [http://mlb.com/stats/historical/mlb_player_locator_results.jsp?playerLocator=laker Stats] at MLB.com


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