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Timothy Robert Burton (born December 16, 1976) was a minor league baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization from 1999-2004.

Burton played high school football and baseball at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, FL from 1991-1995. In 1992 as a sophomore, he was part of Aquinas's state champion football team. Burton did not play football his junior year, but returned his senior year in 1994 to play defensive end for the Raiders. He was All-County (Broward) and received scholarship offers from the South Carolina Gamecocks, Arkansas Razorbacks, Colorado Buffaloes and Clemson Tigers. For the Raiders on the baseball team, Burton was a two time All-County (Broward), All-State (Florida) and All-America selection. In November of 1994, he signed a scholarship to play baseball at the University of Miami. After graduating, he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1995 MLB Player Draft (46th round), but decided to decline and attend the University of Miami.

While at the University of Miami in 1996, Burton started six games a freshman. That year, the Hurricanes took on the LSU Tigers in the championship game of the College World Series. LSU defeated the Hurricanes in the last inning on a game ending, Warren Morris homerun. After his freshman season, Burton transferred to Florida Atlantic University. At Florida Atlantic his junior year in 1998, Burton tore the ligament in his right elbow, while pitching against Stetson University. He would require the "Tommy John" surgery, which was performed by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, AL. He would return strong his senior year and was drafted again by the Seattle Mariners in the 1999 MLB Player Draft (15th round).

From 1999-2004, Burton was primarily a relief pitcher in the minor leagues for the Seattle Mariners. He finished his professional playing career in 2004 pitching for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League. In six years of professional baseball, Burton compiled a 12-13 record, 3.58 ERA, 191 innings, 189 hits, 131 strikeouts and 70 walks.

Career statistics and player information from http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=Tim-Burton Pdtrb (talk) 13:39, 5 September 2013 (UTC)