Louis Scoffic (May 20, 1913 – August 28, 1997) was an American

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player who appeared in four

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as a

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and

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for the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicknamed "Weaser", he threw and batted right-handed, stood tall, and weighed ."Lou Scoffic Statistics and History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 22, 2011 Born in Herrin, Illinois, Scoffic played 12 seasons of pro ball (1933 through 1944), all of them in the Cardinal organization. He also managed in the Redbird

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during all or parts of the 1940 and 1942

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seasons. His

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"cup of coffee" occurred during April 1936. In his debut, on the 16th, he was the Cardinals' starting right fielder at Sportsman's Park in their third game of the campaign. Facing left-hander

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of the

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, Scoffic had two

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in four at bats, as the Cardinals fell, 5–3. Six days later, Scoffic went

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for three, with a

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and two

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, as St. Louis' starting right fielder against the

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; it was another losing effort, however, as the Cardinals fell, 7–6.Retrosheet box score (22 April 1936): "Cincinnati Reds 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6"
/ref> After those two games, Scoffic never had another

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in the majors; in his final two games, he was a pinch runner (scoring two runs) and

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. Lou Scoffic died at age 84 in his home town of Herrin in August 1997.

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