Terry Tiffee

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**Terry Tiffee**
Born: April 21, 1979 (1979-04-21) (age 29)
Los Angeles Dodgers — No. --
Third base
Bats: Switch	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
September 1, 2004 for the Minnesota Twins
Selected MLB statistics (through May 26, 2008)
Batting average	.228
Home runs	5
Runs batted in	29
Teams
Minnesota Twins (2004-2006) Los Angeles Dodgers (2008)

Terry Ronald Tiffee (born April 21, 1979 in North Little Rock, Arkansas) is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is a switch-hitter who throws right-handed.

Tiffee graduated from Sylvan Hills High School in 1997 and Pratt Junior College (Kansas) in 1999. After his time at Pratt, Tiffee signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Louisiana State University, but chose instead to sign with the Minnesota Twins (scout Gregg Miller) when he was acquired in the 26th round of the June 1999 free agent draft.

He met his wife, Kelli, in Liberal, Kansas where he was playing fall league. They have a one-year-old daughter and welcomed twin sons in July 2006.

Tiffee played with Rochester in the 2006 Governor's Cup International League Championship Series. Rochester lost a 2-game-to-1 lead and lost the series 3-2.

After playing parts of three seasons in the majors for the Twins from 2004-2006, he signed a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles on January 5, 2007. On November 29, 2007, Tiffee signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers and was assigned to play for the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s.

On May 25, 2008, Tiffee's contract was purchased by the Dodgers, and he was added to the active roster. He singled in his first at bat for the Dodgers as a pinch hitter that same day. He was designated for assignment on June 7, to make room for the recently acquired Ángel Berroa. He cleared waivers and was optioned back to Las Vegas.