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Everett Scott
Nickname(s): Deacon
1892-1960
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SS 1914-26 Red Sox , Yankees, Senators, White Sox, Reds
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| Games | Average | HR | RBI |
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1654 | .249 | 20 | 549 | | World Series |
27 | .156 | 0 | 5 |
Scott led American League shortstops in fielding average for eight straight seasons
(1916-23) and played 1,307 consecutive games, a streak record that Lou Gehrig would
eventually demolish but that no other player ever matched. He took over in Boston
in 1914, as the Tris Speaker-Joe Wood era was ending, and went to the Yankees eight
years later as Roger Peckinpaugh's replacement. His iron-man effort was ended in
May 1925 by lame knees that reduced his efectiveness.
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