Scott was drafted in the 5th round by the Kansas City Royals out of Dunedin High School, where his number "11" was retired, but elected to attend college to pursue his education and college baseball career.[1]
Hemond played collegiate baseball for the University of South Florida where his number "11" was again retired. Hemond was a 2 time All-American, played on the highest ranked baseball team in USF history. In 1984, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL).[2] He returned to the league in 1986 with the Harwich Mariners. Hemond led the CCBL in batting in 1986 (.358), and was named league MVP. He was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2007.[3][4] In1985 Scott played for the USA Baseball Team.[5] In 1986 Hemond was "USF Male Athlete of the Year" and finalist for the "Golden Spikes Award". According to Jim Louk, voice of the USF Athletics, as a junior catcher, Scott was rated the sixth best prospect in all of college baseball by one pre-season publication.[6]
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In 1986, Hemond was drafted in the 1st round (12th pick) by the Oakland Athletics, where he played 7 seasons in the Major League as a utility player, playing every position at the MLB level except shortstop and pitcher.[1]
scott, hemond, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, tal. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Scott Hemond news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Scott Mathew Hemond born November 18 1965 is an American former professional baseball catcher He played in Major League Baseball MLB from 1989 1995 for the Oakland Athletics Chicago White Sox and St Louis Cardinals Scott HemondCatcherBorn 1965 11 18 November 18 1965 age 58 Taunton Massachusetts U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 9 1989 for the Oakland AthleticsLast MLB appearanceSeptember 29 1995 for the St Louis CardinalsMLB statisticsBatting average 217Home runs12Runs batted in58TeamsOakland Athletics 1989 1992 Chicago White Sox 1992 Oakland Athletics 1993 1994 St Louis Cardinals 1995 Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 References 4 External linksAmateur career editScott was drafted in the 5th round by the Kansas City Royals out of Dunedin High School where his number 11 was retired but elected to attend college to pursue his education and college baseball career 1 Hemond played collegiate baseball for the University of South Florida where his number 11 was again retired Hemond was a 2 time All American played on the highest ranked baseball team in USF history In 1984 he played collegiate summer baseball for the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League CCBL 2 He returned to the league in 1986 with the Harwich Mariners Hemond led the CCBL in batting in 1986 358 and was named league MVP He was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2007 3 4 In1985 Scott played for the USA Baseball Team 5 In 1986 Hemond was USF Male Athlete of the Year and finalist for the Golden Spikes Award According to Jim Louk voice of the USF Athletics as a junior catcher Scott was rated the sixth best prospect in all of college baseball by one pre season publication 6 Professional career editIn 1986 Hemond was drafted in the 1st round 12th pick by the Oakland Athletics where he played 7 seasons in the Major League as a utility player playing every position at the MLB level except shortstop and pitcher 1 References edit a b Scott Hemond Stats Baseball Reference com Retrieved 2020 09 20 Mets vs Wareham Yarmouth Register Yarmouth MA July 19 1984 p 31 CCBL Hall of Fame Announced capecodbaseball org Retrieved September 1 2019 Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League PDF capecodbaseball org Retrieved January 9 2020 MLB USA Team Roster 1985 PDF Letters from Louk Go For Broke 1986 Baseball USF Athletics Retrieved 2020 09 20 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a United States baseball catcher born in the 1960s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scott Hemond amp oldid 1215206453, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
