Scott Houston McGregor (born January 18, 1954) is an American former professional

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player and

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. He played his entire career in

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as a left-handed

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for the

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from to . McGregor was an integral member of the Orioles team that won the

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, pitching a complete game

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to clinch the series victory. Known for constantly changing the speeds of his pitches, McGregor was a 20-game winner in and was named an American League (AL) All-Star in

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. After his playing career, he became a

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before returning to serve a major league coach. He was most recently the pitching coach for the

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. In 1990, McGregor was inducted into the

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Born and raised in

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, McGregor played baseball at

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with

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member

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, who was a year ahead. He was the 14th overall selection in the first round of the

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by the

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. McGregor was acquired along with

Rick Dempsey John Rikard Dempsey (born September 13, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player.Tippy Martinez Felix Anthony "Tippy" Martinez (born May 31, 1950), is an American retired professional baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1974 and 1988, primarily as a relief pitcher. The majority of his ca ...

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and

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by the

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from the Yankees for

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, Grant Jackson and

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at the

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on June 15, 1976. He, Dempsey and Martinez became part of a nucleus that kept the Orioles as perennial contender for the next decade. He was selected to the American League All-Star team in

. He won 20 games in

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. "The kid can pitch, that's all I can say," praised Hall of Fame manager

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after McGregor threw a shutout on June 24 of that year. McGregor was solid in two postseasons with the Orioles in

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and

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. McGregor sent the Orioles to the World Series by clinching the

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with a Game 4 shutout of the

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. He pitched a complete-game victory in Pittsburgh in Game 3 of the

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. Despite taking the loss in Game 7, McGregor yielded two runs in 8 innings to

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and the eventual champion

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. In the

postseason, McGregor allowed only two runs in the openers of the

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and

, but lost both games by scores of 2–1 to the

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and

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, respectively. However, in Game 5, he shut out the Phillies in a complete game to end the series, four games to one. He remained a starting pitcher on the Orioles for the next five seasons, and made his final appearance on April 27,

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. McGregor was a better than average fielding pitcher in his major league career. In 356 pitching appearances covering 2,140.2 innings, he committed only nine errors in 445

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for a .980

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, which was 24 points higher than the league average at his position. After his baseball career ended, McGregor worked as a youth pastor and for five years headed a church in

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. In 2002, McGregor returned to baseball as a pitching coach in Class A ball, and began working his way up. He was named interim Orioles bullpen coach in late

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replacing Bill Castro, who was promoted to pitching coach. He did not return in 2014.

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