George Scott

First Base

1966—1979

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#52

Player Detail

George Charles
GIVEN NAME
Scott
SURNAME
March 23, 1944, in Greenville, MS
BORN
July 28, 2013, in Greenville, MS, USA
DIED
1966—1979
Playing Career
Played from 22-35
PLAYING AGE
Boston Red Sox
Milwaukee Brewers
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Boston Red Sox
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Boomer
NICKNAME
5
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 200
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 12, 1966
Major League Debut
September 27, 1979
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS George Scott?

The Boomer; home run champ and inventor of the term “tater” for the longball.
An aggressive baserunner, Scott once joked that he wore a necklace composed of “second baseman’s teeth.”
  • George Scott Scouting Report

60

HITTING

70

POWER

30

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2034
1992
271
1051
.268
3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
33.3
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.767
.762
101.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.268
.333
.435

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

John Mayberry
Dick Allen
Bob Watson
John Mayberry

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.288
.353
.477

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Darrel Porter
Bob Watson
Frank White
Robin Yount
Graig Nettles
Carl Yastrzemski
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Luis Tiant
Catfish Hunter
Dick Williams

George Scott Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Scott
539
145
69
22
4
20
76
51
103
5
234
199
.268
.333
.435
767
AVG 1B
528
140
69
23
3
18
60
79
5
222
203
.264
.341
.421
.762

George Scott Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
52
61
51
50
50
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
54
47
49
54
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

George Scott PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
36.4
30.2
22.5
16.0
2.89
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = George Scott
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
216.5
145.0
105.3
70.9
17.2
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = George Scott
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B