28 Facts About Scott Kingery

Scott Michael Kingery was born on April 29,1994 and is an American professional baseball utility player in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Scott Kingery originally committed to play college baseball for Central Arizona College but ultimately accepted an offer to play for the Arizona Wildcats baseball team as a preferred walk-on.

Scott Kingery played his first two seasons in the outfield before switching to second base as a junior in 2015; there, Kingery was named the Pac-12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award.

The Phillies told Scott Kingery, who had primarily played middle infield positions, that he was to be used as a utility player, and he spent the bulk of his rookie season at shortstop.

Scott Kingery's career suffered in 2020 due to lingering effects of the COVID-19 virus, and on June 7,2021, he was designated for assignment and outrighted to the minor leagues.

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Scott Kingery was born on April 29,1994, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Scott Kingery's father Tom was a corporate account manager for American Express, while his mother Patti taught preschool for a private school in the Phoenix area.

Scott Kingery just knew how to make plays and just did things that just separated him from everybody else.

Scott Kingery initially committed to play for Central Arizona College, but was told by a number of NCAA Division I schools that, should some of the players that they recruited decide to play professionally out of high school, there might be room for Kingery on the team.

Scott Kingery sent a number of emails to Division I coaches and eventually received an offer from the University of Arizona to play on the team as a recruited walk-on.

Arizona Wildcats baseball team had a number of shortstop options when Scott Kingery was a freshman, he was assigned to play in center field for his first two seasons of college play.

The summer after his sophomore year of college, Scott Kingery played for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, a wooden bat collegiate summer baseball league.

Scott Kingery was a finalist for the 2015 Golden Spikes Award, given to the best college baseball player in the US.

Scott Kingery signed with the Phillies on June 16,2015, for a signing bonus of $1,259,600.

Scott Kingery spent the majority of the season there, receiving midseason and post-season Florida State League All-Star honors and batting.

Towards the end of the season, Scott Kingery was promoted to the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils, where the physical toll of his first full season of professional baseball slowed his bat and his eye at the plate.

Scott Kingery received another spring training invitation prior to the 2018 MLB season.

Scott Kingery started at third base for the season opener against the Atlanta Braves and collected two hits in his major league debut.

Scott Kingery played 119 games at shortstop, 10 at third base, four at second base, and seven in the outfield.

When MLB suspended operations during 2020 spring training due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Scott Kingery returned to the Phoenix area and began to practice with a small group of friends.

Scott Kingery entered the summer training camp late and played with the team when the 2020 MLB season began on July 24, but recurrent back and shoulder pain, as well as lingering effects of the virus, continued to impact Kingery throughout early-season games.

Scott Kingery played in just 36 games of the pandemic-shortened season and saw his batting average fall to.

On June 7,2021, Scott Kingery was designated for assignment; at the time, he had only seen 19 at bats for the season.

Scott Kingery cleared waivers the next day, was outrighted from the 40-man roster, and was assigned to Lehigh Valley.

On July 18,2021, the Phillies announced that Scott Kingery had undergone shoulder surgery for a glenoid labrum injury and that he would miss the remainder of the 2021 season.

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Scott Kingery has continued to make adjustments to his stance and swinging extension throughout his major league career in response to an inconsistent plate production.

Primarily a second baseman throughout his college and minor league career, Scott Kingery became a utility player upon his promotion to the majors.

Scott Kingery transferred to Arizona as a sophomore and tried out for the baseball team as a walk-on, but was not selected.