Tim Costo

{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1969)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tim Costo

|position=Outfielder/First baseman

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1969|2|16}}

|birth_place=Melrose Park, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 18

|debutyear=1992

|debutteam= Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear=1993

|finalteam= Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.224

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=14

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1992}}–{{baseball year|1993}})

}}

Timothy Roger Costo (born February 16, 1969) is an American former Major League Baseball player. Mainly a career first baseman, Costo played for the Cincinnati Reds in {{baseball year|1992}} and {{baseball year|1993}}.

Costo was a first round draft pick (8th overall) in the 1990 Amateur Draft. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians. He had a nine-year minor League career, in the farm system for the Indians, the Cincinnati Reds, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Toronto Blue Jays. He was the first strikeout of Pedro Martinez’ Hall of Fame career.

In 2007, he was inducted into the Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-07 |title=Catching Up With Tim Costo |url=https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2020/05/07/catching-up-with-tim-costo/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=University of Iowa Athletics |language=en-US}}