Tim Blackwell

Timothy P. Blackwell

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
• School Grossmont College
• High School Will C. Crawford High School
• Debut July 3, 1974
• Final Game May 17, 1983
• Born August 19, 1952 in San Diego, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Switch-hitting Tim Blackwell was a dependable major league backstop for parts of 10 major league seasons. His best year by far was 1980, when he hit .272 for the Chicago Cubs, starting in place of the injured Barry Foote.

Blackwell was a coach for the Phoenix Giants in 1984 and Phoenix Firebirds 1988 and the San Francisco Giants' minor league catching instructor in 1987. He was the Milwaukee Brewers minor league catching instructor from 1999 to 2002. After serving as pitching coach of the San Diego Surf Dawgs in the independent Golden Baseball League in 2006, the former big league catcher served as skipper of the Winston-Salem Warthogs in 2007.

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1985	Clinton Giants	Midwest League	71-69	6th	San Francisco Giants
1986	Fresno Giants	California League	66-76	8th	San Francisco Giants
1989	Pittsfield Mets	New York-Penn League	53-23	1st	New York Mets	Lost League Finals
1990	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	76-58	6th	New York Mets	Lost in 1st round
1991	Columbia Mets	South Atlantic League	86-54	2nd	New York Mets	League Champs
1992	Columbia Mets	South Atlantic League	79-59	1st	New York Mets
1993	St. Paul Saints	Northern League	42-29	1st	Independent Leagues	League Champs
1994	St. Paul Saints	Northern League	43-36	3rd	Independent Leagues
1995	High Desert Mavericks	California League	46-94	10th	Baltimore Orioles
1996	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	3-5	--	Baltimore Orioles		replaced by Julio Garcia on April 16
	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	50-83	10th	Baltimore Orioles		replaced Moe Drabowsky (0-1) on April 16
1997	AZL Rockies	Arizona League	22-34	6th	Colorado Rockies
1998	New Haven Ravens	Eastern League	59-83	9th	Colorado Rockies
2002	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	40-35	2nd	Milwaukee Brewers	Lost in 1st round
2003	High Desert Mavericks	California League	42-98	10th	Milwaukee Brewers
2007	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	64-74	5th (t)	Chicago White Sox
2008	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	71-68	4th	Chicago White Sox	Lost in 1st round

Further Reading

• John Vorperian: "Tim Blackwell", in Bill Nowlin and Cecilia Tan, ed.: '75:The Red Sox Team that Saved Baseball, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2015, pp. 142-145. ISBN 978-1-933599-97-7

Related Sites

• Tim Blackwell at the SABR Bio Project