| Ozzie Timmons | |
| Position: | Outfielder / Hitting coach |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | April 26 |
| Debutyear: | 1995 |
| Debutteam: | Chicago Cubs |
| Debut2league: | NPB |
| Debut2date: | March 30 |
| Debut2year: | 2001 |
| Debut2team: | Chunichi Dragons |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | October 1 |
| Finalyear: | 2000 |
| Finalteam: | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Final2league: | NPB |
| Final2date: | September 8 |
| Final2year: | 2001 |
| Final2team: | Chunichi Dragons |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .235 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 20 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 60 |
| Stat2league: | NPB |
| Stat21label: | Batting average |
| Stat21value: | .228 |
| Stat22label: | Home runs |
| Stat22value: | 12 |
| Stat23label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat23value: | 45 |
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Osborne Llewellyn Timmons (born September 18, 1970), is an American former professional baseball outfielder and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from through for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball in for the Chunichi Dragons.
Timmons attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Florida, and the University of Tampa, where he played college baseball for the Tampa Spartans. In 1990, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1] He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the fifth round of the 1991 MLB draft.[2]
Timmons made his MLB debut with the Cubs on April 26, 1995. The Cubs traded Timmons and Jay Peterson to the Cincinnati Reds for Curt Lyons on March 31, 1997. He signed with the Seattle Mariners for the 1999 season, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for the 2000 season, and was purchased by the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League for the 2001 season.[2]
He served as the hitting coach for the Tampa Bay Rays‘ Triple-A affiliate Durham Bulls, prior to being promoted to the parent-club Rays, as their first base coach, for the season.[3]
After the 2021 season, the Milwaukee Brewers hired Timmons and Connor Dawson as their hitting coaches.[4] On October 21, 2024, Brewers executive Matt Arnold stated that Timmons would not return for the 2025 season.[5] [6]