Jack Scott
[edit] Biography
Born on April 18, 1892 in Ridgeway, North Carolina, Jack Scott (John William Scott) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 12 year career. Scott broke into the bigs on September 6, 1916 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.13 ERA in 103.2 innings pitched in 1919, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Jack Scott's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1921, when he posted a 3.70 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 83 batters. However, others believe that it was 1925, when he posted a 3.15 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 87 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1916
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.80
| 4
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1917
| BOS
| N
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 1.82
| 21
| 12
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 39.2
| 36
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1919
| BOS
| N
| 19
| 12
| 6
| 6
| 3.13
| 44
| 47
| 36
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 103.2
| 109
| 3
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1920
| BOS
| N
| 44
| 33
| 10
| 21
| 3.53
| 94
| 148
| 114
| 22
| 3
| 1
| 291
| 308
| 6
| 85
| 0
| 9
| 13
|
| 1921
| BOS
| N
| 47
| 28
| 15
| 13
| 3.70
| 83
| 108
| 96
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 233.2
| 258
| 9
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| 1922
| NY
| N
| 17
| 10
| 8
| 2
| 4.41
| 37
| 42
| 39
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 79.2
| 83
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1922
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| TOT
| N
| 18
| 10
| 8
| 2
| 4.46
| 37
| 43
| 40
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 80.2
| 85
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1923
| NY
| N
| 40
| 24
| 16
| 7
| 3.89
| 79
| 104
| 95
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 220
| 223
| 15
| 65
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| 36
| 28
| 14
| 15
| 3.15
| 87
| 98
| 84
| 18
| 2
| 3
| 239.2
| 251
| 10
| 55
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| 50
| 22
| 13
| 15
| 4.34
| 82
| 118
| 109
| 13
| 0
| 5
| 226
| 242
| 13
| 53
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1927
| PHI
| N
| 48
| 25
| 9
| 21
| 5.09
| 69
| 154
| 132
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 233.1
| 304
| 15
| 69
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| 16
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 3.58
| 17
| 22
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 50.1
| 59
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1929
| NY
| N
| 30
| 6
| 7
| 6
| 3.53
| 40
| 44
| 36
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 91.2
| 89
| 12
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 356
| 194
| 103
| 109
| 3.85
| 657
| 904
| 776
| 115
| 11
| 19
| 1814.2
| 1969
| 94
| 493
| 0
| 25
| 43
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1916
| PIT
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| BOS
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1919
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1919
| BOS
| N
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1920
| BOS
| N
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 65
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .924
|
| 1921
| BOS
| N
| P
| 47
| 28
| 233.1
| 4
| 56
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1922
| NY
| N
| P
| 17
| 10
| 80.2
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 2
| .933
|
| 1922
| CIN
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1922
| TOT
| N
| P
| 18
| 10
| 81.2
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 2
| .933
|
| 1923
| NY
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 43
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 63
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| P
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 49
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1927
| PHI
| N
| P
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 51
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1929
| NY
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 356
| 38
| 315
| 62
| 399
| 21
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 2
| .956
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1916
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| BOS
| N
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| BOS
| N
| 24
| 40
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 4
| .175
| .195
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| BOS
| N
| 44
| 99
| 5
| 21
| 0
| 4
| .212
| .250
| .242
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| BOS
| N
| 51
| 88
| 14
| 30
| 1
| 12
| .341
| .376
| .455
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| NY
| N
| 17
| 30
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .267
| .290
| .267
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| TOT
| N
| 18
| 31
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .258
| .281
| .258
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| NY
| N
| 40
| 79
| 12
| 25
| 1
| 10
| .316
| .349
| .405
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| 41
| 87
| 7
| 21
| 1
| 6
| .241
| .313
| .345
| 4
| 1
| 8
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| 51
| 83
| 8
| 28
| 1
| 13
| .337
| .368
| .470
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| PHI
| N
| 83
| 114
| 6
| 33
| 1
| 17
| .289
| .347
| .368
| 6
| 0
| 9
| 9
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| 16
| 15
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .267
| .313
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| NY
| N
| 30
| 26
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .308
| .379
| .423
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 408
| 680
| 67
| 187
| 5
| 73
| .275
| .319
| .354
| 31
| 4
| 39
| 76
| 5
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Boston Braves to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Rube Marquard and Larry Kopf (February 18, 1922).
- Signed by New York Giants (August 4, 1922).
- Traded by New York Giants with Fresco Thompson to Philadelphia Phillies as part of 3-team trade in which Philadelphia Phillies sent George Harper to New York Giants; Philadelphia Phillies sent Butch Henline to Brooklyn Robins; and Brooklyn Robins sent Burleigh Grimes to New York Giants (January 9, 1927).
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