Marcos Scutaro, better known as Marco Scutaro, is a Venezuelan former professional baseball infielder.
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24 Facts About Marco Scutaro
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Marco Scutaro was named the most valuable player of the 2012 National League Championship Series while with the Giants; he and the team then won the 2012 World Series over the Detroit Tigers.
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Marco Scutaro was one of the primary subjects of the 2005 documentary A Player to be Named Later.
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Marco Scutaro originally signed with the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent on July 26,1994.
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Marco Scutaro was in the 2005 documentary film A Player To Be Named Later, which followed players from Indianapolis Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, for one season.
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Marco Scutaro was waived at the start of the 2002 season by the Brewers, who needed to make room for Nelson Figueroa on its roster.
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Marco Scutaro was claimed off waivers by the New York Mets on April 5,2002.
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Marco Scutaro was selected to the International League squad for the Triple-A All-Star Game that summer.
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Marco Scutaro introduced himself to Mets manager Bobby Valentine that afternoon while the latter was eating lunch at the hotel in Cincinnati where the team was staying.
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Marco Scutaro was again selected off waivers, this time by the Oakland Athletics, on October 9,2003.
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Marco Scutaro landed a starting second baseman position after Mark Ellis had a season-ending shoulder injury during 2004 spring training.
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Marco Scutaro played multiple positions during his four seasons in Oakland, including second base, shortstop, third base, left field and right field.
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On November 18,2007, Marco Scutaro was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for minor league pitchers Kristian Bell and Graham Godfrey.
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Marco Scutaro was the starting shortstop for the Blue Jays in 2009, and had his best season to date, achieving career highs in almost every offensive category: 12 home runs, 60 runs batted in, 35 doubles, 235 total bases, 162 hits, 100 runs, 14 stolen bases, and 90 walks in 574 at-bats, all while playing slick defense all year.
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On July 27,2012, Marco Scutaro was traded, along with cash considerations, to the San Francisco Giants for infielder Charlie Culberson.
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Marco Scutaro was awarded the NLCS MVP after tying the NLCS record with 14 hits and batting.
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On October 28, in the tenth inning of Game 4 of the 2012 World Series, Marco Scutaro drove in Ryan Theriot for the winning run, as the Giants swept the Detroit Tigers.
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In 2013, Marco Scutaro was the starting second baseman, with Tony Abreu and Nick Noonan as his main backups.
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Marco Scutaro played his last game of 2013 on September 15, and was officially shut down on September 24.
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Marco Scutaro started the 2014 season on the disabled list with back problems.
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On December 19,2014, Marco Scutaro underwent back surgery that some reports indicated could end his career.
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Marco Scutaro continued to rehabilitate his injury with the Giants, not with the intention of playing, but "in hopes of maintaining a quality of life and be pain-free with his family, " according to the Giants.
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