Tim Stoddard is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on January 24, 1953 in East Chicago, Indiana, United States. Timothy Paul Stoddard (born January 24 1953) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Stoddard is one of two players to play in both an World Series and a Final Four of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship alongside the fellow East Chicago Washington High School alumni Kenny Lofton.
Stoddard first made it to the majors by playing in the year 1975. He was let go to the White Sox organization in March 1977, and then later signed with his team, the Baltimore Orioles.
A right-handed pitcher, Stoddard pitched for the Chicago White Sox (1975), Baltimore Orioles (1978–83), Chicago Cubs (1984), San Diego Padres (1985–86), New York Yankees (1986–88) and Cleveland Indians (1989). Currently, he is the pitching coach for the baseball team at North Central College.
After a second brief majors call up in 1978, Stoddard made a Major League Roster for good in 1979 with the Baltimore Orioles; that year, he pitched in 29 games, winning three and saving three others, with a 1.71 earned run average in 58 innings pitched. The 1979 Orioles won the American League pennant, before losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series, after leading three games to one. In Game Four, Stoddard was the winning pitcher and drove in a run with an eighth-inning single, becoming the first player to drive in a World Series run in his very first at-bat. (At the time, the World Series only used the designated hitter in even-number years.)
In the sport of basketball, Stoddard was an active forward on the Wolfpack’s 1973-74 NCAA Basketball Champions under Coach Sloan the team, and was a teammate with Basketball Hall of Famer David Thompson. The Wolfpack were 30-1 during the season, with only one loss coming against coach Bill Walton’s UCLA Bruins. The Wolfpack got revenge at the NCAA Tournament and defeated UCLA in the Final Four, ending UCLA’s seven-year reign to be National Champions. Stoddard scored 9 score and grabbed 9rebounds during the double overtime final, which was a 80-77 victory. Stoddard scored 8 points and 7 rebounds during the 76-64 win of the Championship Game vs. Marquette University. For his college basketball career, Stoddard averaged 6.3 points and 4.9 rebound per game and had 5.6 scores and 4.8 rebounding during the championship season.
