Scott Baker (left-handed pitcher)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1970)}}

{{About|a pitcher from the 1990s|pitcher from the 2000s to 2010s|Scott Baker (right-handed pitcher)}}

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{{no footnotes|date=December 2014}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Scott Baker

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1970|5|18}}

|birth_place=San Jose, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 17

|debutyear=1995

|debutteam=Oakland Athletics

|debut2league = KBO

|debut2date=

|debut2year=1998

|debut2team=Samsung Lions

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 17

|finalyear=1995

|finalteam=Oakland Athletics

|final2league = KBO

|final2date=

|final2year=1998

|final2team=Samsung Lions

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=9.82

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=3

|stat2league = KBO

|stat21label=Win–loss record

|stat21value=15–7

|stat22label=Earned run average

|stat22value=4.13

|stat23label=Strikeouts

|stat23value=87

|teams=

}}

Scott Baker (born May 18, 1970) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played one game in Major League Baseball (MLB) and one season in the Korea Baseball Organization.

Career

A graduate of Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada, Baker played his only major league game for the Oakland Athletics on July 17, 1995. He played with the Akron Aeros in {{By|1997}}. In {{by|1998}}, he played for the KBO's Samsung Lions. He returned to play for the Mexican League's Guerreros de Oaxaca in {{by|2000}}, then played for various teams in the independent Western Baseball League until {{by|2002}}.