Timothy Jay Mathews is a former professional baseball

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 pitcher

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. He played all or part of eight season in Major League Baseball

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, primarily as a relief pitcher

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, from 1995 to 2002.

Mathews was one of the players traded from the St. Louis Cardinals

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 at the 1997 trading deadline in exchange for Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire

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. From 2003 to 2006, Mathews pitched for the independent Bridgeport Bluefish

Bridgeport Bluefish

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 and had stints with the Los Angeles Dodgers

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 and Houston Astros

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 Triple-A clubs. In 2006, he was signed by the Pawtucket Red Sox

Pawtucket Red Sox

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 to close out ins professional career.

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