Everett Scott

Everett Scott
Scott in 1915
Shortstop
Born: (1892-11-19)November 19, 1892 Bluffton, Indiana
Died: November 2, 1960(1960-11-02) (aged 67) Fort Wayne, Indiana
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 14, 1914, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
July 27, 1926, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Batting average	.249
Home runs	20
Runs batted in	551
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1914–1921) New York Yankees (1922–1925) Washington Senators (1925) Chicago White Sox (1926) Cincinnati Reds (1926)
Career highlights and awards
4× World Champion (1915, 1916, 1918, 1923) Led American League in fielding percentage 7 straight years (1916–22) Boston Red Sox captain New York Yankees captain Third longest streak of consecutive games played in MLB history (1,307)

Lewis Everett Scott (November 19, 1892 – November 2, 1960), nicknamed "Deacon", was an American professional baseball player. A shortstop, Scott played in Major League Baseball for 12 seasons as a member of the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds, from 1914 through 1926. Scott batted and threw right-handed.

Scott served as captain of both the Red Sox and Yankees, who have become fierce rivals. He compiled a lifetime batting average of .249, hitting 20 home runs with 551 runs batted in in 1,654 games. He led American League shortstops in fielding percentage seven straight seasons (1916–22) and appeared in 1,307 consecutive games from June 20, 1916, through May 6, 1925, setting a record later broken by Lou Gehrig. As of 2015^[update], it is still the third-longest streak in history.

After retiring from baseball, Scott became a successful professional bowler. He died in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at the age of 67. He was posthumously inducted into the Indiana Sports Hall of Fame and Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.

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