George Scott - Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame

George "Boomer" Scott

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

Baseball | Coaching

George Scott Mississippi Hall of Fame Inductee

George "Boomer" Scott Stats, Bio

Born: March 23, 1944

Hometown: Greenville, MS

Year Induction: 2007

High School Career

Coleman High School, Greenville, MS (1959-1962)

Three sport star; football, baseball, basketball
Signed by the Boston Red Sox for $10,000 (May 28, 1962)

Professional Career

Boston A Team, Olean, NY (1962-1965)

Boston AA Team, Pittsfield, MA, Eastern League (1965)

Won the Triple Crown (’65)

Boston Red Sox (1966-1971)

AL All-Star Team as Rookie with 27 HRs; played in every game (’66)
Member AL Championship Team (’67)
Gold Glove Recipient (1967-1968, 1971)

Milwaukee Brewers (1972-1976)

Gold Glove Recipient (1972-1976)
Led AL in HR’s (36) & RBI (109) (’75)
AL All-Star Team (’75)

Boston Red Sox (1977-1978)

AL All-Star Team (’77)
Losing team in famous one game AL playoff vs. New York on Bucky Dent HR (’78)

New York Yankees (1979)

Hit .318 in 16 games as late season acquisition

Kansas City Royals (1979)

Boston Red Sox (1979)

Retired as No. 12 on all-time Red Sox HR list (271)
Played more games than any other Red Sox first baseman (988)

2,034 games

Career batting average .268, 271 HR, 1,051 RBI,

9 Career Gold Glove Awards

3 AL All-Star Team Selections

Coaching Career

Player-Manager, Mexican League (1980-1984)

Manager, Mexico City Tigers, Mexican League (1982)

Manager, Las Mochas, Mexican League Winter Baseball

Led Mexican League teams to league titles

Managed in Dominican Republic, Venezuela, upstate New York

Massachusetts Mad Dogs, Northeast League (1996)

Led team to highest winning percentage (.718) in all of pro baseball

Managed 1st non-pitching female professional baseball player on a men’s team, Tammy Holmes

Head baseball coach, Roxbury Community College, Boston, MA

Manager, Rio Grande Valley White Wings, Texas-Louisiana League (’01)

Manager, Berkshire Black Blears, Northern League, PIttsfield, MA (’02)

Special Recognition

Featured Sports Illustrated “Where Are They Now?” section (July 2004)

During a period of racial tensions in Boston, Scott showed up without fanfare at a practice of Jamaica Plain HS, a mostly African american football team. One of the Jamaica players, Daryl Williams, had been shot and paralyzed while in a huddle in a game against Charlestown, a mostly white school. Although the team had been traumatized by the shooting, Scott Helped the squad through some difficult times just by having a Boston sports star show up. He attended practices and games the rest of the season.

Hall of Fame Memberships

Boston Red Sox (2006)

Did You Know?

Former Red Sox teammate Joe Foy gave Scott his nickname “Boomer” beacause, he said, Scott “really put a boom on that ball” after smacking a home run off Bob Gibson. Scott coined the word “tater” in reference to home runs.

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Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

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Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

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High School Career

Professional Career

Coaching Career

Special Recognition

Hall of Fame Memberships

Did You Know?

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