Marco Scutaro
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Scutaro during the 2012 San Francisco Giants World Champions Homecoming Parade
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| Shortstop / Second baseman | |||
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Born: October 30, 1975 San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 21, 2002, for the New York Mets | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 24, 2014, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .277 | ||
| Home runs | 77 | ||
| Runs batted in | 509 | ||
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Marcos Scutaro, better known as Marco Scutaro, (/ˈskuːtəroʊ/; born October 30, 1975) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball infielder. He bats and throws right-handed. Scutaro made his MLB debut with the New York Mets in 2002. Since then, he has also played for the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants. Scutaro was named the most valuable player of the 2012 National League Championship Series while with the Giants.
Scutaro was one of the primary subjects of the 2005 documentary "A Player to be Named Later."
Scutaro was born in San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela. He is of Italian descent. He began playing baseball at age six.
Scutaro originally signed with the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent on July 26, 1994. As a teenager, Scutaro considered fellow Venezuelan Omar Vizquel his favorite player and would often watch Vizquel at spring training.
Scutaro was traded by the Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers on August 30, 2000, as the "player to be named later" in a trade that had sent Kane Davis, Paul Rigdon and Richie Sexson to the Brewers for Jason Bere, Bob Wickman and Steve Woodard on July 28. Scutaro was in the 2005 documentary film "A Player To Be Named Later" which followed various players from Indianapolis Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, for one season. He was waived at the start of the 2002 season by the Brewers who needed to make room for Nelson Figueroa on its roster.
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