21 Facts About Tim Leary

1.

Timothy James Leary was born on December 23, 1958 and is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher.

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2.

Tim Leary attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was a three-year letterwinner for the UCLA Bruins baseball team while completing an economics degree.

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3.

Tim Leary's sixteen complete games is a school record, and his 258 strikeouts are the school's fourth highest total.

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4.

In 1978, Tim Leary helped lead the United States national baseball team to the silver medal in the World Cup played in Italy.

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5.

Tim Leary was a member of the national team for the 1979 Pan American Games.

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6.

Tim Leary was selected by the New York Mets as the second overall pick of the 1979 Major League Baseball draft.

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7.

Tim Leary strained his elbow a second time during Spring training 1982, and was shut down for the entire 1982 season.

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8.

Tim Leary's second start, however, went far better, as he pitched a complete game for his first major league victory against the Montreal Expos.

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9.

Tim Leary spent the 1985 season with Milwaukee's triple A affiliate, the Vancouver Canadians, and returned to the majors when rosters expanded that September.

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10.

Tim Leary had to drive from Santa Monica to Tijuana on a daily basis to play.

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11.

Tim Leary appeared in the game four twelve inning marathon won by the Dodgers, and made the start in game six, taking the loss.

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12.

Tim Leary was traded to the Cincinnati Reds midway through the 1989 season with Mariano Duncan for Kal Daniels and Lenny Harris.

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13.

Tim Leary experienced some hard luck in his first season with the Yankees.

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14.

Seattle acquired Tim Leary to fill a starting rotation that had been decimated by injury.

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15.

Tim Leary signed a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring training with the Montreal Expos in 1994.

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16.

Tim Leary retired when the Rangers attempted to reassign him to the minor leagues following the season.

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17.

In 2011, Tim Leary served as the pitching coach at Cal State Northridge.

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18.

Tim Leary was named the NL Silver Slugger pitcher in 1988, when he batted.

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19.

Tim Leary was inducted into the UCLA Bruins Athletics Hall of Fame while he was a member of the New York Yankees.

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20.

Tim Leary has coached at Loyola Marymount University Now he is the pitching coach for Brentwood School in Los Angeles.

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21.

Tim Leary has two daughters, Anne-Sophie and Caroline, and a son, Thomas.

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