Gary Scott (baseball)

Gary Thomas Scott (born August 22, 1968 in New Rochelle, New York), is a former Major League Baseball third baseman in 1991 and 1992. In each season, he was the Opening Day third baseman for the Chicago Cubs, but in each case he was back in the minor leagues within a few weeks. In 1991, he batted .165 until May 14, when the Cubs sent him down. On April 20, 1992 he was batting .103 when he managed to crack a grand slam at Wrigley Field. He was then sent down 3 games later. He was called up a few more times during that year but never reached the majors again.

Gary Scott
Third baseman
Born: (1968-08-22) August 22, 1968
New Rochelle, New York
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 9, 1991, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1992, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average.160
Home runs3
Runs batted in16
Teams

He bounced around the minor leagues until 1996 before retiring.

Scott played college baseball at Villanova, and was named to the All-Tournament team after the 1989 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament.[1] In 1987, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and returned to the league in 1988 to play for the Falmouth Commodores.[2]

Sources

  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 66. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  2. "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
2. Baseball Reference


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