Scott Dean Boras was born on November 2,1952 and is an American sports agent, specializing in baseball.
19 Facts About Scott Boras
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Scott Boras is the founder, owner and president of the Boras Corporation, a sports agency based in Newport Beach, California, that represents roughly 175 professional baseball clients.
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Scott Boras was born in Sacramento and grew up in Elk Grove, California, the son of a dairy farmer.
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Scott Boras attended the University of the Pacific and made the baseball team as a walk on.
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Scott Boras was inducted into the Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995, and the baseball team's annual "Most Improved Player" award is named in his honor.
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Scott Boras received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of the Pacific in 1977.
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Scott Boras's start as an agent came representing Manny Trillo, a former major league shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies and other teams, and Bill Caudill, a former minor league teammate and closer for the Seattle Mariners, both of whom now work for Scott Boras.
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In 1983, Scott Boras negotiated one of the largest contracts in baseball history, $7.5 million for Caudill; and not long afterward Scott Boras left his law firm job to represent players full-time.
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Today, Scott Boras is the president and owner of the Scott Boras Corporation, a baseball-only sports agency.
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In 2014, the Scott Boras Corporation was named by Forbes magazine as the most valuable single-sport agency in the world.
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Scott Boras was the first baseball agent to negotiate contracts in excess of $50 million: Greg Maddux, five years, $57.5 million in 1997; $100 million Kevin Brown, seven years, $105 million in 1998; and $200 million Alex Rodriguez, 10 years, $252 million in 2000.
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Scott Boras has represented many of the elite players in each year's amateur draft and been a strong advocate for increasing player compensation.
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Scott Boras' first record-setting contract for a drafted player was $150,000 for Tim Belcher in 1983.
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In 2009, Scott Boras clients broke several draft records, led by Stephen Strasburg, who surpassed the $15 million barrier with the largest contract in draft history at that time with $15.1 million; Donavan Tate, who received the largest signing bonus ever given to a high school player at $6.25 million; and Jacob Turner, who received the largest signing bonus ever given to a high school pitcher at $4.7 million.
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The Scott Boras Corporation operates out of a $20 million, 23,000-square-foot, two-story, glass-and-steel building in Newport Beach, California.
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Scott Boras has scouts across the United States, Asia and Latin America.
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Scott Boras' specialty is the record-breaking contract, which he says is the most difficult to achieve because it then provides an "umbrella" from which other players can benefit.
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Scott Boras is well known for identifying sources of leverage for his clients and using them for the clients' advantage.
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Scott Boras has said his job is to represent his clients' interests, even if it means weathering public criticism.