Tim Scott Jorgensen (born November 30, 1972) is an American former

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player and high school baseball coach. As a

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player for the

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, Jorgensen set

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all-time records for most

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s in a single season and for most career home runs. He played professional baseball until 1999 and was later inducted into the

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Career

College baseball

After graduating from Luxemburg-Casco High School, Tim Jorgensen enrolled at the

, where he played

for the Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans of the

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. Jorgensen played

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. In 1994, his junior year, he was named the Division III player of the year by the

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, and he was named a Division III

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n. UW-Oshkosh won the 1994 Division III national championship. In 1994, he played collegiate summer baseball with the

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of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The

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drafted Jorgensen in the 28th round of the

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. After considering San Diego's offer, Jorgensen opted to return to Wisconsin–Oshkosh for his senior season. In his senior season, Jorgensen set the Division III record for

s in a season, with 39. He also set the career home run record with 70, surpassing the 58 of

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. Jorgensen's 1995 campaign also set Division III single-season records in grand slams (6),

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(121), slugging percentage (1.275) and

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(218).

Professional baseball

Jorgensen was an eighth-round selection by the

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in the

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. He played three seasons of minor league baseball before sustaining an injury in 1998. He finished his professional baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in 1999.

Personal

In 2012, Jorgensen became the first player from the

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(WIAC) elected to the

. He was inducted with a class that included

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and

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. Jorgensen works for

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in Green Bay. He served as baseball coach for Ashwaubenon High School in

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for four seasons. His older brother, Terry Jorgensen, also attended UW-Oshkosh and then played in Major League Baseball.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jorgensen, Tim 1972 births Living people People from Kewaunee, Wisconsin Baseball players from Wisconsin Baseball shortstops Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans baseball players Falmouth Commodores players Watertown Indians players Kinston Indians players Altoona Curve players National College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees