Russ Scarritt

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Stephen Russell Mallory Scarritt (January 14, 1903 - December 4, 1994) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1929 through 1932 for the Boston Red Sox (1929-1931) and Philadelphia Phillies (1933). Listed at 5'10", 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 homeland of Pensacola, Florida.

[edit] Milestone

• In 1929 hit 17 triples, to set a still-standing record for a Red Sox rookie during a regular season.

[edit] External links

• Baseball Library
• Baseball Reference
• Retrosheet