Russ Scarritt

{{Short description|American baseball player (1903–1994)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Russ Scarritt

|position=Left fielder

|image=Russ Scarritt.jpeg

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1903|1|14|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Pensacola, Florida, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1994|12|4|1903|1|14}}

|death_place=Pensacola, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 18

|debutyear=1929

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 25

|finalyear=1932

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.285

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=120

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox (1929–1931)
• Philadelphia Phillies (1932)

}}

Stephen Russell Mallory Scarritt (January 14, 1903 – December 4, 1994) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from {{By|1929}} through {{By|1932}} for the Boston Red Sox (1929–1931) and Philadelphia Phillies (1933). Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=10}}, 165 lb, Scarritt batted left-handed and threw right-handed. A native of Pensacola, Florida, he attended University of Florida.

In a four-season career, Scarritt was a .285 hitter (296-for-1037) with three home runs and 120 RBI in 285 games, including

119 runs, 44 doubles, 25 triples and a 17 stolen bases. In 265 outfield appeared, he collected a .956 fielding percentage (28 errors in 631 chances).

Scarritt died at the age of 91 in his home town of Pensacola, Florida.