Tim Hyers

Timothy James Hyers

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
• High school Newton High School (Covington)
• Debut April 4, 1994
• Final Game August 5, 1999
• Born October 3, 1971 in Atlanta, GA USA

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Biographical Information

Tim Hyers played ten professional seasons after being selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. He went on to play his first season in the Pioneer League with the Medicine Hat Blue Jays. He managed a .219 batting average with 49 hits in 224 at bats that first year out.

Tim spent the next four years in the minors before getting his first play in the big league game. On December 13, 1993 he was drafted by the San Diego Padres from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1993 Rule V Draft.

His major league debut occurred on April 4, 1994, against the Atlanta Braves. While playing for the Padres that season, Tim appeared in 52 games with 118 at bats and garnered 30 hits for a .254 average. He also spent time that season with the Las Vegas Stars where he hit for a .255 average.

1995 found Tim back with the Padres but for only 6 games and 5 at bats. He was hustled back to Las Vegas where he finished out the year hitting .290 in 82 games. On November 14th, he was sent to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

Tim went on to log major league time with the Detroit Tigers in 1996 and the Florida Marlins in 1999, finishing with a career fielding average of .990. Hyers also was in the high minors with the Toledo Mud Hens, Charlotte Knights, Tucson Sidewinders and Calgary Cannons before ending his playing days in 1999.

Also an All-Star at the Double-A level, Tim finished second in the running for the 1993 Southern League batting title. He had the opportunity to play with the likes of Tony Gwynn, Steve Finley, Carlos Delgado and Shawn Green.

Following the conclusion of his playing career, Hyers was out of organized baseball for a couple of years. He resurfaced in 2002 as a coach for the West Michigan Whitecaps. He served as the hitting instructor for the squad that went on to win the regular season championship. Since the 2002 season Tim has been the owner and operator of Hyers Sports Training in the Atlanta, GA area and was again out of organized ball from 2003-2008.

Hyers returned to professional baseball in 2009 as a Georgia-area scout for the Boston Red Sox and was responsible for scouting Miles Head and Brandon Jacobs, among others. In 2013 the Red Sox named him their minor league hitting coordinator and he stayed in this job for three years. In June, 2014 he took over as the Red Sox hitting coach for three weeks when Greg Colbrunn was hospitalized. In 2016, he was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers as their assistant hitting coach. Following the 2017 season, he returned to Boston as hitting coach from 2018 to 2021.

In 2022, he took the Texas Rangers hitting coach position under manager Chris Woodward who was previously a fellow coach with the Dodgers. Hyers retained this role in 2023 even after Woodward was fired and replaced by Bruce Bochy.

Tim's philosophy of coaching was influenced while playing for Terry Francona, Merv Rettenmund and Bill Buckner.

Sources

Baseball-Reference.com
Baseball Library.com
SABR MILB Database:page