What years did Mike Timlin play?

Mike Timlin played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2008.

Was Mike Timlin a pitcher?

Yes. Mike Timlin pitched in the major leagues, recording 75 wins and 872 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Mike Timlin hit?

Mike Timlin hit 0 career home runs.

What was Mike Timlin's career batting average?

Mike Timlin batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 7 at bats.

What was Mike Timlin's career ERA?

Mike Timlin finished with a 3.63 career ERA, going 75-73 with 872 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Mike Timlin have?

Mike Timlin recorded 872 career strikeouts.

Mike Timlin

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1991-2008)

Mike Timlin was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2008 for 6 teams, including the Toronto Blue Jays, a span of 18 seasons. Across 1,058 career appearances, he went 75-73 with a 3.63 ERA, 872 strikeouts, and 141 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 13282.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 8, 2026

W–L 75–73

ERA 3.63

WHIP 1.28

SO 872

Pitcher PIV 13282.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 205 lb
Born: 3/10/1966 in Midland, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1991-04-08
Last Game: 2008-09-28

Full name: Michael August Timlin

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Career Pitching Statistics

Mike Timlin — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
75	73	1,058	4	0	0	141	1204.3	1,168	486	118	377	872	3.63	13282.8

Career ERA 3.63 vs. league average 4.39 across their career seasons — 17.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Mike Timlin Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1991	TOR	AL	11	6	63	3	3	108.3	94	38	50	85	3.16	3.91 (+19%)	1363.4
1992	TOR	AL	0	2	26	0	1	43.7	45	20	20	35	4.12	3.75 (-10%)	1236.5
1993	TOR	AL	4	2	54	0	1	55.7	63	29	27	49	4.69	4.19 (-12%)	-251.8
1994	TOR	AL	0	1	34	0	2	40.0	41	23	20	38	5.17	4.51 (-15%)	5.7
1995	TOR	AL	4	3	31	0	5	42.0	38	10	17	36	2.14	4.45 (+52%)	1477.8
1996	TOR	AL	1	6	59	0	31	56.7	47	23	18	52	3.65	4.61 (+21%)	1860.5
1997	TOR	AL	3	2	38	0	9	47.0	41	15	15	36	2.87	4.39 (+35%)	155.8
1997	SEA	AL	3	2	26	0	1	25.7	28	11	5	9	3.86	4.39 (+12%)	247.8
1998	SEA	AL	3	3	70	0	19	79.3	78	26	16	60	2.95	4.43 (+33%)	2554.5
1999	BAL	AL	3	9	62	0	27	63.0	51	25	23	50	3.57	4.71 (+24%)	-45.2
2000	BAL	AL	2	3	37	0	11	35.0	37	19	15	26	4.89	4.77 (-2%)	-494.0
2000	SLN	NL	3	1	25	0	1	29.7	30	11	20	26	3.34	4.77 (+30%)	214.2
2001	SLN	NL	4	5	67	0	3	72.7	78	33	19	47	4.09	4.42 (+7%)	1254.4
2002	SLN	NL	1	3	42	1	0	61.0	48	17	7	35	2.51	4.28 (+41%)	7.0
2002	PHI	NL	3	3	30	0	0	35.7	27	15	7	15	3.79	4.28 (+12%)	-626.6
2003	BOS	AL	6	4	72	0	2	83.7	77	33	9	65	3.55	4.40 (+19%)	1588.7
2004	BOS	AL	5	4	76	0	1	76.3	75	35	19	56	4.13	4.46 (+8%)	1118.3
2005	BOS	AL	7	3	81	0	13	80.3	86	20	20	59	2.24	4.29 (+48%)	3255.4
2006	BOS	AL	6	6	68	0	9	64.0	78	31	16	30	4.36	4.53 (+4%)	84.2
2007	BOS	AL	2	1	50	0	1	55.3	46	21	14	31	3.42	4.47 (+24%)	-293.7
2008	BOS	AL	4	4	47	0	1	49.3	60	31	20	32	5.66	4.32 (-31%)	-1430.1
Career · 21 seasons			75	73	1,058	4	141	1,204.1	1,168	486	377	872	3.63	—	13,283

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Mike Timlin — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,059	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .419 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .753 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Mike Timlin Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1991	TOR	AL	63	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	TOR	AL	26	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	TOR	AL	54	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	TOR	AL	34	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	TOR	AL	31	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	TOR	AL	59	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	TOR	AL	38	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	SEA	AL	26	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	SEA	AL	70	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	BAL	AL	62	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	BAL	AL	37	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	SLN	NL	25	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	SLN	NL	68	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	SLN	NL	42	6	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	PHI	NL	30	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	BOS	AL	72	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	BOS	AL	76	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	BOS	AL	81	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	BOS	AL	68	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	BOS	AL	50	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	BOS	AL	47	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 21 seasons			1,059	7	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Mike Timlin — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Mike Timlin — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2008	ALCS	BOS	2	.000
2007	ALCS	BOS	3	.000
2007	WS	BOS	3	.000
2005	ALDS1	BOS	1	.000
2004	ALCS	BOS	5	.000
2004	ALDS1	BOS	3	.000
2004	WS	BOS	3	.000
2003	ALCS	BOS	5	.000
2003	ALDS2	BOS	3	.000
2001	NLDS2	SLN	1	.000
2000	NLCS	SLN	3	.000
2000	NLDS1	SLN	2	.000
1997	ALDS2	SEA	1	.000
1993	ALCS	TOR	1	.000
1993	WS	TOR	2	.000
1992	ALCS	TOR	2	.000
1992	WS	TOR	2	.000
1991	ALCS	TOR	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Mike Timlin — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	3	46	0	1	50.7	46	24	19	41	4.26

Playoff Pitching by Year

Mike Timlin — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2008	ALCS	BOS	1	2	0	2.7	2	3	4	0	10.12
2007	ALCS	BOS	0	3	0	3.3	1	0	0	3	0.00
2007	WS	BOS	0	3	0	2.3	2	2	0	4	7.71
2005	ALDS1	BOS	0	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	1	9.00
2004	ALCS	BOS	0	5	0	5.7	10	3	5	2	4.76
2004	ALDS1	BOS	0	3	0	3.0	3	3	1	5	9.00
2004	WS	BOS	0	3	0	3.0	2	2	1	0	6.00
2003	ALCS	BOS	0	5	0	5.3	1	0	2	6	0.00
2003	ALDS2	BOS	0	3	0	4.3	0	0	0	5	0.00
2001	NLDS2	SLN	0	1	0	1.3	1	0	0	0	0.00
2000	NLCS	SLN	1	3	0	3.3	1	0	2	0	0.00
2000	NLDS1	SLN	0	2	0	1.7	5	2	1	2	10.80
1997	ALDS2	SEA	0	1	0	0.7	3	4	1	1	54.00
1993	ALCS	TOR	0	1	0	2.3	3	1	0	2	3.86
1993	WS	TOR	0	2	0	2.3	2	0	0	4	0.00
1992	ALCS	TOR	0	2	0	1.3	4	1	0	1	6.75
1992	WS	TOR	0	2	1	1.3	0	0	0	0	0.00
1991	ALCS	TOR	1	4	0	5.7	5	2	2	5	3.18

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Mike Timlin — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	547	4	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	512	3	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Mike Timlin — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	546	629.2	579	213	178	463	3.04
Away	512	574.2	589	273	199	409	4.28

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Mike Timlin — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2008-09-28	BOS	NYY	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2008-09-26	BOS	NYY	—	1.2	3	1	1	0	3	1
2008-09-24	BOS	CLE	—	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0
2008-09-15	BOS	TBR	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2008-09-10	BOS	TBR	L	0.2	3	3	3	1	1	1
2008-09-06	BOS	TEX	—	2.0	5	4	4	0	2	1
2008-08-29	BOS	CHW	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2008-08-27	BOS	NYY	—	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1
2008-08-23	BOS	TOR	—	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0
2008-08-20	BOS	BAL	—	2.0	1	1	1	3	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mike Timlin — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	1058	4	101	188	14	14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mike Timlin — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1991	TOR	P	63	3	9	17	2	0
1992	TOR	P	26	0	2	5	0	1
1993	TOR	P	54	0	7	10	1	1
1994	TOR	P	34	0	4	5	0	0
1995	TOR	P	31	0	1	9	0	1
1996	TOR	P	59	0	4	6	0	0
1997	TOR	P	38	0	5	8	0	2
1997	SEA	P	26	0	3	5	1	0
1998	SEA	P	70	0	10	13	0	1
1999	BAL	P	62	0	5	8	3	1
2000	BAL	P	37	0	1	10	0	1
2000	SLN	P	25	0	1	5	0	0
2001	SLN	P	67	0	6	14	1	2
2002	SLN	P	42	1	7	11	1	2
2002	PHI	P	30	0	2	4	0	0
2003	BOS	P	72	0	8	15	2	0
2004	BOS	P	76	0	9	6	0	0
2005	BOS	P	81	0	6	12	1	0
2006	BOS	P	68	0	6	7	0	1
2007	BOS	P	50	0	4	9	2	1
2008	BOS	P	47	0	1	9	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Mike Timlin Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1059

Awards & Honors

Mike Timlin — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2007	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

Salary History

Mike Timlin — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2008	BOS	AL	$3,000,000
2007	BOS	AL	$2,800,000
2006	BOS	AL	$3,023,894
2005	BOS	AL	$2,750,000
2004	BOS	AL	$2,500,000
2003	BOS	AL	$1,850,000
2002	SLN	NL	$5,250,000
2001	SLN	NL	$4,250,000
2000	BAL	AL	$4,250,000
1999	BAL	AL	$2,250,000
1998	SEA	AL	$3,025,000
1997	TOR	AL	$1,300,000
1996	TOR	AL	$635,000
1995	TOR	AL	$500,000
1994	TOR	AL	$510,000
1993	TOR	AL	$262,000
1992	TOR	AL	$222,000
1991	TOR	AL	$100,000
Total Career Earnings			$38,477,894

College History

Mike Timlin — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Southwestern University	Georgetown	TX	1985, 1986, 1987

Award Voting History

Mike Timlin — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1991	Rookie of the Year	AL	6th	2.0	140	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Mike Timlin

What years did Mike Timlin play?: Mike Timlin played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2008.
Was Mike Timlin a pitcher?: Yes. Mike Timlin pitched in the major leagues, recording 75 wins and 872 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Mike Timlin hit?: Mike Timlin hit 0 career home runs.
What was Mike Timlin's career batting average?: Mike Timlin batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 7 at bats.
What was Mike Timlin's career ERA?: Mike Timlin finished with a 3.63 career ERA, going 75-73 with 872 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Mike Timlin have?: Mike Timlin recorded 872 career strikeouts.