Mike Scott (baseball)
| Mike Scott | |||
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Born: April 26, 1955 Santa Monica, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 18, 1979, for the New York Mets | |||
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| April 13, 1991, for the Houston Astros | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 124–108 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.54 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,469 | ||
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Michael Warren "Mike" Scott (born April 26, 1955) is an American former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in 1986. Scott is part of a select group of pitchers that have thrown a no-hitter and struck out 300 batters in the same season.
Scott was drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft. He made his Major League debut with the Mets in 1979. The Mets traded Scott to the Astros for Danny Heep on December 11, 1982. By the end of the 1982 season, Scott had compiled a 14-27 major league record and was happy to be traded away from the Mets because his results there were not good. He pitched poorly. Scott continued to struggle in his first two seasons with the Astros, going 15-17.
The turning point in Scott's career came in 1985, when he became a student of legendary pitching coach Roger Craig. Craig taught Scott the split-finger fastball, a pitch he had made famous while coaching the pitchers of the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers. Scott became an 18-game winner in 1985 and was rewarded with a new three-year deal with the Astros, valued at around two million dollars.
Scott had his most successful season in 1986, when he posted an 18-10 record with a 2.22 ERA, striking out a league-leading 306 batters. In addition, on September 25 of that season, he threw a 2-0 no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants at the Astrodome to clinch the National League West division title for the Astros. This game was voted one of the top-5 games played in the Astrodome after the Astros moved to Enron Field following the 1999 season. He led a strong starting rotation consisting of pitchers Bob Knepper, Nolan Ryan, and Jim Deshaies.
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