{{short description|American baseball player (born 1948)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Gary Timberlake |image= |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1948|8|8}} |birth_place=Laconia, Indiana, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 18 |debutyear=1969 |debutteam=Seattle Pilots |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 24 |finalyear=1969 |finalteam=Seattle Pilots |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–0 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=7.50 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=4 |teams= * Seattle Pilots ({{mlby|1969}}) }} '''Gary Dale Timberlake''' (born August 9, 1948) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in two games for the 1969 Seattle Pilots of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m}} and {{convert|205|lb|kg}}, he threw left-handed and batted right-handed.
==Biography== Timberlake was born in Laconia, Indiana.<ref name=brm/> He attended Western Kentucky University.
The New York Yankees selected Timbelake in the second round (30th overall) of the 1966 MLB draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2nd Round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1966&draft_round=2&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round |access-date=February 28, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> His minor league baseball career spanned 1966 to 1975; he appeared in 177 games (103 starts) with a 45–40 win-loss record, four saves and a 4.08 ERA.<ref name=brm>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=timber001gar |title=Gary Timberlake Minor League Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>
In October 1968, Timberlake was selected by the Seattle Pilots from the Yankees as the 48th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.<ref name="retro">{{cite web |title=Gary Timberlake |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/T/Ptimbg101.htm |access-date=July 19, 2020 |website=Retrosheet}}</ref> His major league career lasted about one week, as he was the starting pitcher in two games, on June 18 and 24, 1969, for the Pilots against the Chicago White Sox.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/Ktimbg1010011969.htm |title=The 1969 SEA A Regular Season Pitching Log for Gary Timberlake |website=Retrosheet |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> Days later, he was called to military service;<ref>{{cite news |date=June 26, 1969 |title=Double play pitch key to Pilots 3-1 victory |page=4 |newspaper=Port Angeles Evening News |agency=Associated Press |location=Port Angeles, Washington |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55636051/double-play-pitch-key-to-pilots-3-1/ |access-date=July 19, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> aged 20, he was summoned to serve six months of active duty with his Army Reserve unit.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 26, 1969 |title=Pilots Get Both Good, Bad News |page=14 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |agency=Associated Press |location=Tucson, Arizona |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55636155/pilots-get-both-good-bad-news/ |access-date=July 19, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In his brief MLB career, Timberlake allowed 16 baserunners (via seven hits and nine walks) and five earned runs in six total innings pitched.<ref name=brm/> He recorded a 0–0 record with four strikeouts and a 7.50 earned run average (ERA).<ref name=":0" /> After the 1970 season, the Brewers traded Timberlake to the Oakland Athletics for Bill McNulty.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-10-24 |title=Baseball Transactions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/24/archives/baseball-transactions.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
After leaving baseball worked for a chemical company.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S06nCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA204 |title=Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014 |first=Pete |last=Cava |publisher=McFarland & Company |date=2015 |isbn=978-0786499014 |access-date=July 19, 2020 |via=Google Books}}</ref> As of 2006, he resided in Louisville, Kentucky.<ref>{{cite news |last=Reader |first=Bill |date=July 9, 2006 |title=Seattle Pilots ... Where are they now? |website=The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060709&slug=pilotsbios09 |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Baseballstats |br=t/timbega01 |brm=timber001gar |retro=T/Ptimbg101}}, or [http://seattlepilots.com/timbebio.html SeattlePilots.com]
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