Tim Harikkala

Infobox MLB player


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name=Tim Harikkala

position=Starting Pitcher
team=Colorado Rockies
number=--
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1971|7|15
debutdate=May 27
debutyear=1995
debutteam=Seattle Mariners
statyear=2007
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=7-8
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=48
stat2label=Earned Run Average
stat2value=5.98
teams=
*Seattle Mariners (by|1995-by|1996)
*Boston Red Sox (by|1999)
*Colorado Rockies (by|2004)
*Oakland Athletics (by|2005)
*Colorado Rockies (by|2007-present)

Timothy Allan Harikkala (born July 15, 1971, in West Palm Beach, Florida) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization. He is an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University.

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

Harikkala would make 71 major league relief appearances before making his second major league start for the Colorado Rockies on August 12, by|2007. With 4,021 days passing between these two starts, Harikkala now holds the MLB record for time elapsed between two starts.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harikti01.shtml Tim Harikkala at "Baseball Reference.com"]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=115475 mlb.com Player Profile]