Luke Scott
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| Luke Scott | |
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| Baltimore Orioles — No. 30 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: June 25, 1978 De Leon Springs, Florida |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| April 5, 2005 for the Houston Astros | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2008) |
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| Games | 379 |
| Batting average | .266 |
| Home runs | 51 |
| Runs batted in | 170 |
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Luke Brandon Scott (born June 25, 1978 in De Leon Springs, Florida) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who currently plays for the Baltimore Orioles.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] College
He attended Oklahoma State University-Stillwater where he earned All-Big 12 Conference baseball honors. In the summer of 2000, he played for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He also played baseball at Indian River Community College. Luke spent a winter playing for a Venezuelan League where he earned the nickname "el monstruo de cuadrangular" which translates to "The Home Run Monster". He spent his first professional season in 2001 at home recovering from Tommy John surgery on his elbow joint.[1]
[edit] Major Leagues
[edit] Houston Astros
Scott became the first Astros' rookie to hit for the cycle, while also becoming possibly the first player in Major League Baseball history to accomplish a "reverse natural cycle" (home run, triple, double, and single, in that order) on July 28, 2006.[2] It is difficult to prove whether he was actually the first player to do so because the league only recognizes natural cycles as single, double, triple, home run. They do not consider the reverse order as a natural cycle. That feat also marked Scott's first career home run. After the completion of the 2007 season Scott headed to Venezuela to play another season in the Winter League.
[edit] Baltimore Orioles
Scott was traded to the Orioles as part of the trade for Miguel Tejada during the 2007-2008 off-season.[3]
Scott has a brother named Noah Scott who played for the Bay Area Toros, which is a Professional Baseball Club for Texas City, Texas. When Luke was traded to Baltimore, Noah left the Toros.
[edit] Trivia
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- Scott is fluent in Spanish, and he helped his best friend Willy Taveras learn English.
- Gives haircuts to his teammates.
- He and Taveras used to cook for their teammates while they were in the minor leagues to give them a break from fast food.
- Writes in a journal after every at-bat, taking notes about the pitcher and his pitches
- Is an outspoken Christian who points skyward every time he gets a hit. He also wears a cross under his jersey each game.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "FanBlog: Astros, October 12, 2006", chron.com
- ^ "Scott first Astros rookie to hit for cycle", mlb.com
- ^ "Tejada traded to Astros, Orioles to receive five players for former AL MVP", SI.com (2007-12-12). Retrieved on 12 December 2007.
[edit] External links
- Baseball Reference
- The Baseball Cube
- MLB updates
- The Daily Texan Online
- Houston Astros Official Site
