James Robert Scott Sr. (June 22, 1930 – October 11, 2020) was an American
Negro league pitcher from 1946 to 1950.
A native of
Macon, Georgia
Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...
, Scott joined the
New York Black Yankees as a 16-year-old in 1946, and played four seasons with the team through 1950. He was selected by the
New York Mets in
MLB's special
2008 Negro leagues draft, and was honored by the
Atlanta Braves in a ceremony at
Turner Field in 2016. Scott was inducted into the
Macon Sports Hall of Fame in 2017, and died in Macon in 2020 at age 89.
References
External links
* Robert Scott a
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
1930 births
2020 deaths
New York Black Yankees players
Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Macon, Georgia
20th-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American people
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