Tim Teufel
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Teufel as the New York Mets third base coach
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| Second baseman | |||
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Born: July 7, 1958 Greenwich, Connecticut |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 3, 1983, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
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| September 28, 1993, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .254 | ||
| Home runs | 86 | ||
| Runs batted in | 379 | ||
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Timothy Shawn Teufel (born July 7, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He is the current New York Mets minor league instructor and club ambassador. Teufel was a member of the 1986 World Series champion New York Mets. Throughout his career, Teufel was also known for his batting stance, the "Teufel shuffle", in which he wiggled his buttocks back and forth before the pitcher's delivery.
Teufel attended St. Mary's High School in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Clemson University in South Carolina. At age 19, he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the sixteenth round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign. Teufel was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the secondary phase of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft, but again did not sign. In the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft, Teufel was drafted in the second round and signed with the Minnesota Twins.
Teufel spent all of 1980 and 1981 with the Double-A Orlando Twins. He raised his average to .282 in 1982 earning a mid-season promotion to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens. In 1983, Teufel lit up the International League with a .323 batting average, 1.022 OPS, 27 home runs and 100 runs batted in resulting in a September call-up to the major leagues. He made his major league debut on September 3 in 13-0 drubbing at the hands of Scott McGregor and the Baltimore Orioles.
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