Pete Scott

{{Short description|American baseball player (1897–1953)}}

{{other people|Pete Scott|Peter Scott (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Pete Scott

|image=PeteScottGoudeycard.jpg

|width=200

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1897|12|21}}

|birth_place=Woodland, California

|death_date={{death date and age|1953|5|3|1897|12|21}}

|death_place=Daly City, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 13

|debutyear=1926

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 27

|finalyear=1928

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.303

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=8

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=88

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1926}}–{{mlby|1927}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1928}})

}}

Floyd John "Pete" Scott (December 21, 1897 – May 3, 1953) was a Major League Baseball player, who played outfielder for three seasons from 1926 - 1928.

He made his debut with the Chicago Cubs during the 1926 season. In the 1927 off-season, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates (along with Sparky Adams) for future Hall of Famer Hazen "Kiki" Cuyler.{{Cite web|title=Kiki Cuyler|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/cuyler-kiki|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Baseball Hall of Fame|language=en}}

In 208 games over three seasons, Scott posted a .303 batting average (158-for-522) with 95 runs, 41 doubles, 6 triples, 8 home runs, 88 RBIs, 59 bases on balls, .377 on-base percentage and .450 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .975 fielding percentage, playing primarily at right and left field.

On July 8, 1924, Pete Scott, along with Bill Skiff, was questioned during a coroner's inquest about a young woman who fell down a freight elevator shaft after visiting his room. At the time, both were players for the Kansas City Blues, a minor league team.K

Scott died on May 3, 1953, in Daly City, California.{{Cite web|last=admin|title=Pete Scott – Society for American Baseball Research|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/pete-scott/|access-date=2021-02-05|language=en-US}}