Career
He debuted on September 1, 1992 against the Montreal Expos and gave up 3 earned runs in 4 innings. He had been drafted by the Reds in the 6th round of the 1989 amateur draft after playing in primary at Oklahoma State. During 1996 Tim pitched in 9 games for the Reds before being taken off the waiver wire by Kansas City and pitching in games for them.
The Reds then took him from the Royals off the waiver wire and he pitched another game for Cincinnati that year.
The 1996 transactions dealing him back and forth were:
May 10, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Kansas City Royals from the Cincinnati Reds. July 8, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Kansas City Royals.
July 12, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Kansas City Royals from the Cincinnati Reds. August 15, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Kansas City Royals.