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Tim Blackwell
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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
[edit] Biographical Information
The switch-hitting Blackwell was a dependable major league backstop for parts of 10 major league seasons. His best season by far was 1980 when he hit .272 for the Chicago Cubs.
Blackwell was a coach for the Phoenix Firebirds in 1988. 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, former big league catcher Blackwell served as skipper of the Winston-Salem Warthogs in 2007.
