John Scott | |
Position: | Outfielder |
Birth Date: | August 28, 1913 |
Birth Place: | Magnolia, Arkansas |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Left |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1944 |
Debutteam: | Birmingham Black Barons |
Finalyear: | 1948 |
Finalteam: | Kansas City Monarchs |
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John Scott (August 28, 1913 - March 7, 1967) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1940s.
A native of Magnolia, Arkansas, Scott made his Negro leagues debut in 1944 for the Birmingham Black Barons.[1] He went on to play five seasons with the Kansas City Monarchs, where he was a teammate of Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson in 1945,[2] and represented Kansas City in the 1946 East–West All-Star Game.[3] Scott died in Los Angeles, California in 1967 at age 53.
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