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Mike Scott
Born: 1955

RHP 1979-91 Mets, Astros
  • Led League in w 89
  • Led League in era 86
  • Led League in k 86
  • All-Star in 1986-87, 89

IPW-LERA
Career 2068.2124-1083.54
League CS 182-00.50

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After compiling a nondescript 14-27 record with the New York Mets, Mike Scott went to Houston for Danny Heep and became a star. Scott learned to throw the split-finger fastball from Roger Craig, then led the Astros past Craig's Giants and Cincinnati to win the 1986 NL Western Division pennant. Scott won the pennant clincher by pitching a no-hitter against the Giants. He became the second righthander in NL history and 11th pitcher overall to reach 300 strikeouts (306) and won the Cy Young Award. He was the Most Valuable Player of the Championship Series with a part of complete-game victories, including a LCS-record 14 strikeouts in the first game, the first 1-0 decision in NLCS history. In 1987 Scott and Nolan Ryan became the first teammates since Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale to finish first and second in the NL strikeout race. His won-loss record suffered in 1987, possibly due to increasing complaints that Scott was scuffing the baseball. When Craig had taught him the split-finger, he had warned Scott that accusations would result; Craig was among the first to charge Scott with chicanery. (ME)


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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
» February 17, 1976: Mike Scott of Pepperdine pitches a 3–0 perfect game against California Lutheran University. He will be selected in the 2nd round of the June draft.

» August 14, 1981: Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off Mike Scott as Philadelphia beats the Mets 8–4.

» September 25, 1986: Houston's Mike Scott pitches a 2–0 no-hitter against the Giants at the Astrodome, clinching the National League West title for the Astros. It is the first time a pennant has ever been decided by a no-hitter, and the 3rd consecutive game in which Astros pitchers have allowed two hits or less.

» October 2, 1986: Mike Scott strikes out eight Giants in a 2–1 Astros victory to run his season total to 306, joining Sandy Koufax and J.R. Richard as the only National League pitchers to fan 300 batters in one season. Scott loses his bid for a 2nd consecutive no-hitter when Will Clark doubles in the 7th inning.

» October 8, 1986: Houston takes a 1–0 lead over the Mets in the NLCS as Mike Scott ties the NLCS record with 14 strikeouts. Glenn Davis' 2nd-inning solo home run off Dwight Gooden is the game's only run.

» October 12, 1986: Mike Scott baffles the Mets for a 2nd time, yielding only three hits in a 3–1 Astros victory.

» November 11, 1986: Houston's Mike Scott (18-10) beats Fernando Valenzuela (21-11) for the National League Cy Young Award, garnering 15 first-place votes to Valenzuela's 9.

» June 12, 1988: Houston's Mike Scott is one out away from his 2nd career no-hitter when Ken Oberkfell singles, and Scott settles for a 5–0 one-hitter against the Braves.

» September 14, 1989: Houston's Mike Scott (20-8) becomes a 20-game winner for the first time by beating the Dodgers, 11–3. He is the first ML pitcher to reach that plateau this season.

» September 16, 1997: In Philadelphia, Curt Schilling retires the first 22 Mets batters to lead the Phils to a 3–2 win. He also passes the 300-strikeout mark when he strikes out Edgardo Alfonzo in the 4th inning, just the 13th pitcher to reach it and the first in the National League since Mike Scott in 1986. Pinch-hitter Luis Lopez breaks up Schilling's bid for a no hitter with a one-out, single to center in the eighth.