Tim Teufel

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Timothy Shawn Teufel

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
• School St. Petersburg Community College, Clemson University
• Debut September 3, 1983
• Final Game September 28, 1993
• Born July 7, 1958 in Greenwich, CT USA

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Tim Teufel played 11 seasons in the big leagues and hit well in the 1986 World Series. His son Shawn Teufel has pitched in the minors.

He was in the minors from 1980-83, getting his chance at the majors when he hit .323 with 27 home runs for Toledo in 1983. He made his major league debut in September 1983 and stayed with the Minnesota Twins through 1985. In 1984 he had 14 home runs for the Twins and was fourth in the Rookie of the Year voting.

He was traded after the 1985 season to the 1986 Mets, and spent 1986 through part of 1991 with the Mets. In his best major league season with the bat, he hit .308 with 14 home runs in 1987 for the Mets.

At the end of May 1991 he was traded to the 1991 Padres and finished his major league career with the Padres in 1991-93.

Teufel and Jim Gott were linked in an odd way in the major leagues. "Gott" means "God" in German, while "Teufel" means "Devil" in the same language. Since Jim was a pitcher and Tim was a hitter, and they were mostly in the same league during their careers, that meant God faced the Devil regularly. Although Teufel hit a homer off of Gott early on in their matchups, overall God had more success than the Devil.

After retiring, Teufel joined the Mets organization as a scout in 1998. In 2001 and 2002, he was their Minor League infield coordinator, and has managed a number of their farm teams since. In 2012, he was named third base coach for the Mets.

An anagram for Tim Teufel is futile met.

[edit] Notable Achievements

• 1983 MVP International League Toledo Mud Hens
• Won a World Series with the New York Mets in 1986

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