American baseball player
Baseball player
Scott Houston McGregor
(born January 18, 1954) is an American former professional
baseball
player and
coach
, who played his entire career in
Major League Baseball
as a left-handed
pitcher
for the
Baltimore Orioles
from
1976
to
1988
.
McGregor was an integral member of the
1983 World Series
Champion Baltimore Orioles team, pitching a complete game
shutout
to clinch the series victory.
[1]
Known for constantly changing speeds of his pitches, McGregor was a 20-game winner in
1980
and was named an American League (AL)
All-Star
in
1981
.
[1]
After his playing career, he became a
youth pastor
before returning to serve as a major league coach.
[1]
He was most recently the pitching coach for the
Baltimore Orioles
.
[
citation needed
]
In 1990, McGregor was inducted into the
Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame
.
[2]
[3]
Baseball career
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Born and raised in
Southern California
, McGregor played baseball at
El Segundo High School
with
Baseball Hall of Fame
member
George Brett
, who was a year ahead.
[4]
He was 51–5 with a 0.39
earned run average
(ERA) with the Eagles.
[5]
He was the 14th overall selection in the first round of the
1972 Major League Baseball draft
by the
New York Yankees
.
McGregor was acquired along with
Rick Dempsey
,
Tippy Martinez
,
Rudy May
and
Dave Pagan
by the
Orioles
from the Yankees for
Ken Holtzman
,
Doyle Alexander
,
Elrod Hendricks
,
Grant Jackson
and
Jimmy Freeman
at the
trade deadline
on June 15, 1976. He, Dempsey and Martinez became part of a nucleus which kept the Orioles as perennial contenders for the next decade.
[6]
He was selected to the American League
All-Star
team in
1981
. He won 20 games in
1980
. "The kid can pitch, that's all I can say," praised Hall of Fame manager
Earl Weaver
after McGregor threw a shutout on June 24 of that year.
[7]
McGregor was solid
[
clarification needed
]
in two postseasons with the Orioles in
1979
and
1983
. McGregor sent the Orioles to the World Series by clinching the
1979 ALCS
with a Game 4 shutout of the
California Angels
. He pitched a complete-game victory in Pittsburgh in Game 3 of the
World Series
. Despite taking the loss in Game 7, McGregor yielded two runs in 8 innings to
Willie Stargell
and the eventual champion
Pirates
.
[
citation needed
]
In the
1983
postseason, McGregor allowed only two runs in the openers of the
ALCS
and
World Series
, but lost both games by scores of 2?1 to the
White Sox
and
Phillies
, 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,
1988
.
[
citation needed
]
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
total chances
for a .980
fielding percentage
, which was 24 points higher than the league average at his position.
[8]
After his baseball career ended, McGregor worked as a youth pastor and for five years headed a church in
Towson, Maryland
.
[9]
In 2002, McGregor returned to baseball as a pitching coach in Class A ball, and began working his way up.
[9]
He was named interim Orioles bullpen coach on August 16,
2013
, succeeding
Bill Castro
who was promoted to pitching coach after
Rick Adair
took a leave of absence for personal reasons.
[10]
He did not return in 2014.
[
citation needed
]
See also
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Sources
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]
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a
b
c
Allen, Malcolm.
"Scott McGregor"
.
Society of American Baseball Research
. Retrieved
November 9,
2022
.
- ^
"Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame at MLB.com"
.
mlb.com
. Retrieved
9 November
2022
.
- ^
"The 40 Greatest Orioles of All-Time - No. 26 - Scott McGregor"
.
CamdenChat.com
. February 27, 2006
. Retrieved
September 18,
2017
.
- ^
Garrity, John (August 17, 1981).
"Love and Hate in El Segundo: Jack Brett & his sons"
.
Sports Illustrated
. p. 52.
- ^
Denlinger, Ken. "Jackpot,"
The Washington Post
, Wednesday, September 5, 1979.
Retrieved October 9, 2023.
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Chass, Murray. "Players Swap Memories of Yankees-Orioles 10-Player Trade",
The New York Times
, Sunday, June 15, 1986.
Retrieved December 24, 2022.
- ^
Lowitt, Bruce (June 25, 1980).
"Orioles Edge Blue Jays, 1-0"
.
The Times-News
. Retrieved
January 9,
2020
.
- ^
"Scott McGregor statistics and history"
.
Baseball Reference.com
. Retrieved
January 21,
2021
.
- ^
a
b
Leavy, Jane (July 29, 1988).
"SCOTT MCGREGOR AND THE PULPIT PITCH"
.
washingtonpost.com
. Retrieved
September 18,
2017
.
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Ginsburg, David. "Orioles pitching coach Adair on leave of absence,"
The Associated Press
, Friday, August 16, 2013.
Retrieved October 9, 2023.
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