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High school and
college
Scott was born in Fresno, California, and took up
pitching when he was nine.[1]
Scott attended high school at
Yuba City High School in
Yuba City, California and pitched for their baseball team.[2]
He was recruited out of high school by
Loyola Marymount University.[1]
He pitched for three years for the
Loyola Marymount Lions, and during the 1988 season set a school
record for
saves in a season when he got his 12th in a game against the
University of Nevada-Reno.[3]
In 1990, his senior season, Scott struck out 90 batters, highest in the
conference.[4]
Despite this, Scott was not selected in the
1990 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]
However, he was signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent
shortly after the draft on June 13, 1990.[5]
Professional career
Scott played his first professional season with the
Boise Hawks of the
Northwest League. In 27 pitching appearances, he had an
earned run average (ERA) of 1.34, and won two games and lost one.[2]
He moved up the next season to the
Quad Cities Angels of the
Midwest League, where he pitched in 47 games, finishing the season
with an ERA of 1.55 and 19 saves.[2]
The following season he moved up to both the AA and AAA level minor
league teams of the Angels, the
Midland Angels and the
Edmonton Trappers, respectively. He played in 27 games for Midland
and again had an ERA under 2 (1.82) though with Edmonton he pitched in
31 games with a 5.20 ERA.[2]
After starting the 1993 season with the
Vancouver Canadians, the Angels' new AAA affiliate, he was promoted
to the Angels' roster, and made his major league debut on May 31, 1993.
Scott made his debut against the
Toronto Blue Jays, and pitched a shutout eighth inning in a 10-5
loss.[6]
After pitching in five more games in relief, he was at a hospital on
June 18 with his wife for the birth of their newborn son, and while at
the hospital, received a call from
Dan O'Brien, Sr. telling him that he was being sent back down to the
minors.[7]
After a couple months in Vancouver, Scott was called back up to the
majors in September.[6]
He pitched in ten more games that season, and notched his only major
league win on September 19 against the
Texas Rangers.[6]
He made his final major league appearance on October 1, 1993 against the
Oakland Athletics.
After being released by the Angels on November 16,
1993,[5]
he signed a contract with the
Yokohama BayStars that same month.[8]
After a year, he came back to the minor leagues, and played for the
Colorado Springs Sky Sox in the
Colorado Rockies farm system in 1995. In 59 games, he went 4–10 with
a 4.70 ERA.[2]
He spent the next two seasons with the
Buffalo Bisons of the
Cleveland Indians farm system, where he pitched 98 games in two
seasons and had an ERA below three.[2]
Scott played for three minor league teams in 1999, and then spent the
2000 season with the
Clearwater Phillies of the
Philadelphia Phillies farm system, where he played in four games, as
well as with three other farm teams. After pitching in 14 games with an
ERA over 10 for the
Tucson Sidewinders, the AAA affiliate of the
Arizona Diamondbacks, he retired.[2]
He is currently the
pitching coach for the
Tri-City Dust Devils, a minor league team for the Rockies. |
1987 Most Valuable Pitcher

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