Tim Spooneybarger

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Tim Spooneybarger
Baltimore Orioles — No. --
Relief pitcher
Born: October 21, 1979 (1979-10-21) (age 28)
San Diego, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
Major League Baseball debut
September 5, 2001 for the Atlanta Braves
Selected MLB statistics
(through 2007)
Win-Loss     2-3
Earned run average     3.24
Strikeouts     68
Teams

Timothy Floyd Spooneybarger (born October 21, 1979 in San Diego, California) is a Major 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 1998 amateur draft and spent three seasons in the minors before making his major league debut with the Braves on September 5, 2001. Spooneybarger spent most of the 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 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 2004 season. On July 20, 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 2008, he signed with the Baltimore Orioles and was assigned to extended spring training.

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