Tim Spooneybarger

Infobox MLB player
name = Tim Spooneybarger


width = 150
caption =
team = Baltimore Orioles
number = --
position = Relief pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1979|10|21
birthplace = San Diego, California
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = September 5
debutyear = 2001
debutteam = Atlanta Braves
statyear = 2007
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 2-3
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 3.24
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 68
teams =
*Atlanta Braves (by|2001-by|2002)
*Florida Marlins (by|2003)

Timothy Floyd Spooneybarger (born October 21, 1979 in San Diego, California) is a Minor League Baseball relief pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He bats and throws right-handed.

Spooneybarger was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 29th round of the by|1998 amateur draft and spent three seasons in the minors before making his major league debut with the Braves on September 5, by|2001. Spooneybarger spent most of the by|2002 season in the majors recording a 2.63 ERA in 51 games for the Braves. On November 18, 2002, Spooneybarger was traded to the Florida Marlins along with minor league pitcher Ryan Baker for Mike Hampton.

He started by|2003 in the majors appearing in 33 games before going on the disabled list with elbow tendinitis. Before beginning a rehabilitation assignment, he was forced to have Tommy John surgery and miss the entire by|2004 season. On July 20, by|2005, while rehabilitating, he left the game in obvious pain and later learned he would have to undergo Tommy John surgery for a second time. The Marlins released him after the 2005 season and Spooneybarger would be out of professional baseball for the next two years.

In May by|2008, he signed with the Baltimore Orioles and is currently playing for the team's short-season class A affiliate the Aberdeen IronBirds.

Spooneybarger plays in a rock band called Mad Ink with former Marlins teammate AJ Burnett (who also had Tommy John surgery in 2003). The group is so named because Burnett and Spooneybarger both sport many tattoos.

External links

* [http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=951 Baseball America]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spoonti01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.kffl.com/player/5120/MLB KFFL]