Timothy Allan Harikkala (born July 15, 1971) is a former professional baseball

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. He is an alumnus of

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, where he played baseball for the

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under head coach Kevin Cooney.

Career

Drafted by the

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in the 34th round of the

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, Harikkala would make his Major League Baseball debut with Seattle on May 27, . Harikkala made his first

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in his only appearance in the majors in . He played for

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and

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in South Korea from 2005 to 2007. He would make 71 major league

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appearances before making his second major league start for the

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on August 12, . With 4,021 days passing between these two starts, Harikkala holds the MLB record for time elapsed between two starts. Harikkala was a member of the

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of the Atlantic League. Harikkala played in SM-league in Finland (Finnish Baseball and Softball Federation (FBSF)) during the 2010 season. Harikkala has spent time after his pro baseball career playing for the Hortonville Stars of the Dairyland League in Hortonville, WI In 2017, Harikkala was named Varsity Head Coach for the Appleton Xavier Hawks baseball team in Appleton, Wisconsin.

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