Pat Scanlon (third baseman)

{{for|the 1884 baseball player of the same name|Pat Scanlon (outfielder)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Pat Scanlon

|position=Third baseman

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1952|9|23}}

|birth_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 27

|debutyear=1974

|debutteam=Montreal Expos

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 2

|finalyear=1977

|finalteam=San Diego Padres

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.187

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=4

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=28

|teams=

Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1974}}–{{mlby|1976}})
San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1977}})

}}

James Patrick Scanlon (born September 23, 1952), also known as Pat Scanlon, is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, from {{Baseball year|1974}} until {{Baseball year|1977}}, for the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres.{{Cite web |title=Pat Scanlon Stats, Height, Weight, Research & History |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=scanlpa02 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Baseball Almanac}}

Career

Scanlon was originally drafted by the Expos in 1970 after excelling as a three sport athlete at Benilde High School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. He was traded with Tony Scott and Steve Dunning from the Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Greif, Sam Mejías and Ángel Torres on November 8, 1976. All three players coming to St. Louis had spent the 1976 season with the Denver Bears which were led by recently-hired Cardinals manager Vern Rapp. Scanlon batted .308 with 18 home runs and 75 runs batted in (RBI) during that campaign.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lXMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QWcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6595,3828998&dq=baseball+tony-scott&hl=en|title=6-Player baseball trade completed by Cards, Expos|date=9 November 1976|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|agency=Associated Press|page=2C|accessdate=8 June 2010}}

After starting the 1977 season in the minor leagues, Scanlon was traded for a second time within a seven-month span, along with John D'Acquisto from the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Butch Metzger on May 17, 1977.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qDAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4-UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4329,2574883&dq=john+d-acquisto+butch+metzger&hl=en "Cards swap for Metzger," The Associated Press (AP), Wednesday, May 18, 1977.] Retrieved January 21, 2023. He returned to the Expos organization in 1978-79, then finished his playing career in the Chicago White Sox farm system in the 1980s.

In 2013, Scanlon was inducted into the first ever class of the Benilde-St. Margaret's Athletic Hall of Fame.{{Cite news |date=2017-07-18 |title=Awards & Recognition |url=https://www.bsmschool.org/athletics/awards-recognition |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001214002/https://www.bsmschool.org/athletics/awards-recognition |archive-date=2017-10-01 |access-date=2017-10-01 |work=Benilde-St. Margaret's School}}

Personal life

Scanlon is currently an insurance agent for Farmer's Insurance in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.{{Cite web|url=https://agents.farmers.com/mn/eden-prairie/j-scanlon|title=J Scanlon - Farmers Insurance Agent in Eden Prairie, MN|website=agents.farmers.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-01}} He currently resides in Richfield, Minnesota with his wife Carole. Scanlon and his wife have five children, Jessica, James, Patrick, Sallie, and Joe. He and his youngest son, Joe, are currently business partners operating sports and recreation company, Gear Up Sports, which specializes in physical education equipment and school athletic gear.{{Cite web |title=About Gear Up Sports |url=https://www.gearupsporting.com/pages/about-us |access-date=2017-10-01 |website=Gear Up Sports |language=en}}