Tim Cullen
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Timothy Leo Cullen
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
- School Santa Clara University
- Debut August 8, 1966
- Final Game October 1, 1972
- Born February 16, 1942 in San Francisco, CA USA
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[edit] Biographical Information
Infielder Tim Cullen played seven years in the majors, mostly with the Washington Senators.
Born in San Francisco, CA, he went to both high school and college not far from his birthplace. He was at Santa Clara University at the same time as John Boccabella, Nelson Briles and Ernie Fazio, among others.
Tim spent 1964-66 in the high minors at Seattle and Hawaii. At Seattle he was a teammate of Jim Lonborg, Rico Petrocelli and Earl Averill, Jr.. At Hawaii he was a teammate of Dick Allen's brother Hank Allen.
Cullen came up in August 1966 with the Senators and then got over 400 at-bats for Senators' manager Gil Hodges in 1967. On August 18, 1967, Tim hit a three-run HR in the bottom of the 9th to win a game for the Senators against Kansas City. In February 1968 he was traded to the 1968 White Sox but then traded back to the Senators in early August 1968, this time to play under manager Jim Lemon.
Under manager Ted Williams in 1969-71, Tim was at first a frequently-used back-up infielder and then a regular.
He finished out his major league career as a back-up on the 1972 Athletics, also playing part of the season at Iowa, and his last appearance was in post-season play that year with the A's.
As of 2002, he was vice president of special projects for the Fresno Grizzlies.
[edit] Notable Achievements
- 1967 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
- Won a World Series with the Oakland Athletics in 1972 (he did not play in the World Series)
[edit] Further Reading
- Thomas Boswell: "All of Us Bear the Marks of the Lash", in How Life Imitates the World Series, Penguin Books, New York, 1982, pp. 110-111.
