Scott Brosius
| Scott Brosius | |||
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| Seattle Mariners – No. 29 | |||
| Third baseman / Assistant Coach | |||
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Born: August 15, 1966 Hillsboro, Oregon |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 7, 1991, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 6, 2001, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .257 | ||
| Home runs | 141 | ||
| Runs batted in | 531 | ||
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Scott David Brosius (born August 15, 1966) is a retired American Major League Baseball third baseman for the Oakland Athletics (1991–1997) and the New York Yankees (1998–2001). In 2015 Brosius resigned as the head baseball coach at Linfield College, his alma mater. On December 4, 2015, the Seattle Mariners announced that Brosius would be the new hitting coach for their AAA affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers.
Brosius grew up in Milwaukie, Oregon, where he attended Rex Putnam High School before going to Linfield College. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft and signed on June 9, 1987.
Brosius became one of the few players to hit a home run in his first major league game, on August 7, 1991. Brosius was the A's starting third baseman through the mid-1990s, although he played almost 300 games in his Oakland career at other positions, primarily in the outfield. In 1996, he batted .304 with 22 home runs, his best year with Oakland; however, his performance declined in 1997 when he finished last in the majors (of those who qualified for the batting title) in batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging average. He was traded to the Yankees after the season for Kenny Rogers, who had struggled mightily in New York.
In his first year in the Bronx, he batted .300 with 19 home runs and 98 RBIs. That season, he was selected to his only career All-Star Game. He hit .471 with two homers and six runs batted in the 1998 World Series, and was named the Most Valuable Player. He hit 2 home runs in Game 3 of the World Series, including one off of Padres closer Trevor Hoffman to give the Yankees a 3-0 Series lead.
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