Everett Scott Baseball player

Lewis Everett Scott (November 19, 1892 – November 2, 1960), nicknamed "Deacon", was an American professional baseball player. A shortstop, Scott played in Major League Baseball for 12 seasons as a member of the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds, from 1914 through 1926. Scott batted and threw right-handed.Scott served as captain of both the Red Sox and Yankees, who have become fierce rivals. He compiled a lifetime batting average of .249, hitting 20 home runs with 551 RBI in 1,654 games. He led American League shortstops in fielding percentage seven straight seasons (1916–22) and appeared in 1,307 consecutive games from June 20, 1916, through May 6, 1925, setting a record later broken by Lou Gehrig. As of 2015 it is still the third-longest streak in history.After retiring from baseball, Scott became a successful professional bowler. He died in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the age of 67. He was posthumously inducted into the Indiana Sports Hall of Fame and Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.

Personal facts

Everett Scott
Birth dateNovember 19, 1892
Birth place
Bluffton Indiana
Date of deathNovember 02, 1960
Place of death
Fort Wayne Indiana

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Baseball player

Career startApril 14, 1914
Career endJuly 27, 1926
batting sideRight
former teams
Boston Red Sox
Cincinnati Reds
position
Shortstop
teams
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Minnesota Twins
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

Everett Scott on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LkJCAAAAIBAJ&sjid=waoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6835,4301228
  2. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/S/Scott_Everett.stm