Lewis Everett Scott, nicknamed "Deacon", was an American professional baseball player.
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Lewis Everett Scott, nicknamed "Deacon", was an American professional baseball player.
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Everett Scott was posthumously inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame and Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.
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Everett Scott attended Bluffton High School, where he played for the school's baseball and basketball teams.
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Everett Scott married his high school sweetheart, Gladys Watt, in 1912.
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Everett Scott moved to the Fairmont Champions of the Class D Pennsylvania–West Virginia League for the remainder of the 1909 season.
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Everett Scott began the 1910 season with Fairmont, and completed the season with Kokomo.
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Everett Scott joined the Youngstown Steelmen of the Class C Ohio–Pennsylvania League in 1911, and remained with them in 1912, when they played in the Class B Central League.
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Everett Scott remained with the Red Sox, signing a contract for $2,500 for the 1914 season.
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Everett Scott had two hits in 16 at bats, and Wilbert Robinson of the Robins nicknamed Everett Scott "Trolley Wire" due to his accurate throws.
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Everett Scott led AL shortstops in fielding percentage for the fourth consecutive season in 1919, and batted.
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Everett Scott broke George Pinkney's MLB consecutive games played streak of 577 on April 26,1920.
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Everett Scott had 62 runs batted in on the season, and stated that it was his goal to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
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Everett Scott entered the 1923 season 14 games shy of his goal of 1,000 consecutive games played, but sprained his ankle during spring training.
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Everett Scott played on Opening Day at the newly opened Yankee Stadium, recording the first assist in the stadium's history.
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Everett Scott broke Perry Lipe's professional baseball record for consecutive games played of 1,127 on September 14,1923.
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Everett Scott signed with the Baltimore Orioles of the International League for the 1927 season, receiving his unconditionally release on August 4.
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Everett Scott played with the Reading Keystones of the International League in 1928, batting.
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Everett Scott returned to the Keystones in 1929, but received his release in July 1929 after 62 games, due to the team's disappointing play.
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Everett Scott was an avid bowler, and he competed in ten-pin bowling events sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress.
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Everett Scott bowled against professional Hank Marino in 1931, though he lost.
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Everett Scott wrote a children's book, called Third Base Thatcher, that was published in 1928.
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Everett Scott attended the game at Sportsman's Park as a special guest of the Browns.
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Everett Scott died in Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana at age 67.
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Everett Scott was posthumously inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2008.
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