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Jack Scott

Birthdate:

4/18/1892

Died:

11/30/1959

Height / Weight:

' " / 199 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Ridgeway, NC, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Informal three-quarter length portrait of baseball pitcher John Scott, of the National League's New York Giants, demonstrating a knuckleball grip on a baseball, sitting on the field at Weeghman Field (later renamed Wrigley Field), located at 1060 West Addison Street and bounded by West Waveland Avenue, North Seminary Avenue, North Clark Street, and North Sheffield Avenue in the Lake View community area of Chicago, Illinois. 1925 Photo SDN-065480, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

One of baseball’s original knuckleball pitchers, Jack Scott won over 100 major league games even though he started his career working for lousy teams. He led the league three times in games started, including 50 and 48 in 1926 and 1927. In the opening days of the 1922 season he was purchased by the New York Giants and worked with manager John McGraw, and from then on, Jack Scott compiled some very impressive winning numbers.

That season, 1922, he finished with an 8-2 record, then a 16-7 mark in 1923.

Jack Scott helped John McGraw’s Giants teams win back-to-back NL pennants in 1922 and 1923. In Game 3 of the 1922 World Series he pitched a four-hit, 3-0 complete game shutout against the Yankees, led by baseball legend Babe Ruth, as the Giants won the Series in 5 games. In the 1923 World Series, John Scott started and lost Game 4, pitching just one inning. He also relieved in Game 4 for two innings. The Yankees won the 1923 Series in 6 games. Note: in the 1923 Series Babe Ruth hit 3 home runs.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1916	PIT (NL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	6	6	1	3	0	4	1	0	0	10.80
1917	BSN (NL)	7	3	1	2	0	3	0	39.2	36	12	8	0	5	0	21	1	3	0	1.82
1919	BSN (NL)	19	12	6	6	1	7	0	103.2	109	47	36	3	39	0	44	1	1	0	3.13
1920	BSN (NL)	44	32	10	21	1	22	3	291.0	308	148	114	6	85	0	94	9	13	0	3.53
1921	BSN (NL)	47	29	15	13	3	16	2	233.2	258	108	96	9	57	0	83	0	7	1	3.70
1922	CIN (NL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9.00
1922	NYG (NL)	17	10	8	2	2	5	0	79.2	83	42	39	7	23	0	37	2	2	0	4.41
1923	NYG (NL)	40	25	16	7	1	9	3	220.0	223	104	95	15	65	0	79	2	4	0	3.89
1925	NYG (NL)	36	28	14	15	3	18	2	239.2	251	98	84	10	55	0	87	1	4	0	3.15
1926	NYG (NL)	50	22	13	15	5	13	0	226.0	242	118	109	13	53	0	82	2	3	0	4.34
1927	PHI (NL)	48	25	9	21	1	17	1	233.1	304	154	132	15	69	0	69	4	4	0	5.09
1928	NYG (NL)	16	3	4	1	1	3	0	50.1	59	22	20	3	11	0	17	1	2	0	3.58
1929	NYG (NL)	30	6	7	6	1	2	0	91.2	89	44	36	12	27	0	40	1	0	0	3.53
13 years		356	195	103	109	19	115	11	1814.2	1969	904	776	94	493	0	657	25	43	1	3.85

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1916	PIT (NL)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.333	SLG
1917	BSN (NL)	7	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	SLG
1919	BSN (NL)	24	40	4	7	1	0	0	4	1	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	.175	.195	SLG
1920	BSN (NL)	44	99	5	21	3	0	0	4	5	16	0	1	0	0	3	0	.212	.250	SLG
1921	BSN (NL)	51	88	14	30	5	1	1	12	5	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	.341	.376	SLG
1922	NYG (NL)	17	30	2	8	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.290	SLG
1922	CIN (NL)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1923	NYG (NL)	40	79	12	25	4	0	1	10	3	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	.316	.349	SLG
1925	NYG (NL)	41	87	7	21	4	1	1	6	8	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.313	SLG
1926	NYG (NL)	51	83	8	28	4	2	1	13	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.337	.368	SLG
1927	PHI (NL)	83	114	6	33	6	0	1	17	9	9	0	0	0	1	3	0	.289	.347	SLG
1928	NYG (NL)	16	15	3	4	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.313	SLG
1929	NYG (NL)	30	26	6	8	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.379	SLG
13 years		408	680	67	187	31	4	5	73	39	76	1	2	0	5	12	0	.275	.319	.SLG

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