Tim Harrell

Timothy Allen Harrell

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 4", Weight 215 lb.
• School Liberty University

• Born October 31, 1975 in Mowbray South Africa

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Tim Harrell was born in South Africa, where his parents were missionaries, and later moved to the United States and attended Liberty University.

Harrell was 9-4 with a 5.50 ERA in 1998 for Liberty. He was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 20th round of the 1998 amateur draft and played five seasons in their organization. Tim debuted professionally with the Yakima Bears, going 5-3 with a 3.88 ERA. Moving up to the San Bernardino Stampede, the right-hander had a 5-2, 4.82 record with 2 saves. He struck out 78 in 74 2/3 innings but walked 36 and allowed 78 hits.

Harrell was with the Vero Beach Dodgers in 2000 as a starter-reliever; he was 7-7 with a 5.00 ERA and two saves. He also represented South Africa in the 2000 Olympics, where his teammates included his brothers Brian and Richard. Tim was 1-1 with a 4.05 ERA, though he walked 9 in 13 1/3 innings, leading the Olympics in walks. While South Africa finished last in the Summer Games that year, Harrell had to take pride in getting their lone win, a 3-2 win over a Dutch national team that beat Cuba in those same Olympics. Harrell worked all 10 innings of the game, walking five, striking out four and allowing six hits and two unearned runs. It was not an easy lineup featuring several major leaguers in Robert Eenhoorn, Ralph Milliard, Rikkert Faneyte and Hensley Meulens as well as AAA player Sharnol Adriana. The MLBers went 2 for 18 against Harrell, with Faneyte taking the loss as the 5th Dutch hurler of the contest.

In 2001, Tim did well for the AA Jacksonville Suns. He was 5-4 with 5 saves and a 3.00 ERA in 47 games, the second-most on the team after Pedro Feliciano. Harrell allowed a .231 average, struck out 71 and walked 29 in 81 innings of work. 2002 was a rough year for Harrell, who was 3-1 with a 7.07 ERA in 8 games for Jacksonville, ending his career.

Sources include 1999-2003 Baseball Almanacs, defunct IBAF website