15 Facts About Scott Hatteberg

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Scott Allen Hatteberg was born on December 14,1969 and is an American former professional first baseman and catcher.

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2.

Scott Hatteberg played Little League in his native Salem, Oregon, and Canby, Oregon, and Pony League and American Legion baseball in Yakima, Washington.

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3.

Scott Hatteberg graduated from Eisenhower High School in Yakima in 1988.

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4.

Scott Hatteberg was MVP of the baseball team and lettered in football.

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5.

Scott Hatteberg attended Washington State University from 1989 through 1991 for the Washington State Cougars baseball team in the Pacific-10 Conference.

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6.

Scott Hatteberg was captain and MVP in 1991 and as a catcher he formed a battery with future major leaguers John Olerud and Aaron Sele.

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7.

Scott Hatteberg played collegiate summer baseball in the Alaska Baseball League in 1989 and 1990.

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8.

Scott Hatteberg was a member of the United States national baseball team.

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9.

Scott Hatteberg was the third player selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 1991 June draft, a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds as compensation from Kansas City Royals for the signing of Type A free agent Mike Boddicker.

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10.

Career highlight for Scott Hatteberg was as a member of the Oakland A's on September 4,2002.

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11.

Scott Hatteberg was originally expected to give them flexibility at first base, backing up Adam Dunn.

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12.

Scott Hatteberg went 3-for-5 in this game, increasing his batting average to.

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13.

Pinch-hitting was relatively new to Scott Hatteberg, who admitted that it was a role he was not particularly comfortable in even though he had hit his historic September 4,2002 20-game winning-streak clinching walk-off homer for Oakland as a pinch-hitter.

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14.

Scott Hatteberg serves as a Special Assistant to Baseball Operations for the Oakland Athletics.

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15.

Scott Hatteberg is a self-taught guitar player and avid fly fisherman.

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