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At the start of his rookie year, Scott was hailed in the Chicago press as "an Ed Walsh, Mordecai Brown and Cy Young combined." Scott relied on a spitter and a fadeaway (screwball). In 1913 the 235-lb Scott won 20 games while leading the AL with 38 starts and 20 losses. He finally found consistency in 1915, with a 24-11, 2.03 record that included a 7-0 mark against the weak Athletics. One of his wins over Philadelphia was a 5-0 gem played on August 29 in just 68 minutes. The streaky Scott threw two career one-hitters, and a no-hitter against Washington on May 14, 1914, which he lost in the 10th inning. Finished in 1917, he became a minor league umpire after serving in France during WWI. Published reports in the 1920s say that he formed a religious cult outside of Los Angeles. (RL)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » April 25, 1909: Great Scott! White Sox rookie Jim Scott debuts with a 1-0 win over the Browns. » September 22, 1911: Jim Scott and Frank Lange apply whitewashes to the Browns as the White Sox win, 5–0 and 1–0. » April 20, 1912: In St. Louis, the Browns George Baumgardner and White Sox hurler James Scott battle to a 15-inning scoreless tie. » May 14, 1914: The White Sox's Jim Scott pitches a no-hitter for nine innings, then loses to Washington 1–0 in the 10th. The first hit is by Chick Gandil, who scores on Howard Shanks' single. It is the first of a record three no-hitters that White Sox rookie C Ray Schalk will catch in his 17 years with the team. » May 28, 1916: It's shutout day in the AL: Carl Mays submarines the Yankees, 3–0, for the visiting Red Sox., and the White Sox take two from the Indians, both by 2–0 scores. The winning pitchers are Jim Scott and Red Faber. » September 11, 1917: White Sox pitcher James Scott is admitted to the reserve officer's training camp at the Presidio in San Francisco. Death Valley Jim was 6–7 this year, his final season.