Scott Fletcher (baseball): Difference between revisions

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1958)}}

| birth_place = [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida]], U.S.

'''Scott Brian Fletcher''' (born July 30, 1958), is aan American former professional baseball player who played [[shortstop]] and [[Second baseman|second base]] in [[Major League Baseball]] from 1981 to 1995. Fletcher is related to [[Michael Barrett (baseball)|Michael Barrett]], who also played for the [[Chicago Cubs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ovguide.com/scott-fletcher-9202a8c04000641f8000000000e000f2 |title=Archived"Scott copyFletcher" Video &#124; Baseball Clips and Interviews |accessdate=2013-04-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722131950/http://www.ovguide.com/scott-fletcher-9202a8c04000641f8000000000e000f2 |archivedate=2015-07-22 }}</ref> Fletcher graduated from [[Wadsworth High School]] in [[Wadsworth, Ohio]], in 1976.

Fletcher was signed by the [[Chicago Cubs]] in the 1979 amateur draft and made his major league debut with the team in 1981. After two years in a limited role, the Cubs traded Fletcher to their intercity rival, the [[Chicago White Sox]] in 1983. With the emergence of [[Ozzie Guillén]] in 1985, Fletcher was traded to the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] at the end of the 1985 season. In {{mlby|1986}} he hit .300 (15th best in the [[American League]]) for the Rangers and was named the American League [[MLB Player of the Month|Player of the Month]] for July. In 1988, Fletcher became the first professional athlete in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to earn more than $1 million a year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rangers.scout.com/2/729837.html |title=Scout.com: Shaping the Rangers #6: The Sammy Sosa Trade |website=rangers.scout.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622012723/http://rangers.scout.com/2/729837.html |archive-date=2009-06-22}} </ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.si.com/vault/1988/12/19/119093/and-here-we-go-again-remember-when-rennie-stennett-left-got-rich-well-the-baseball-meetings-showed-the-crazy-days-are-back | work=CNN | title=And Here We Go Again | date=December 19, 1988}}</ref> After a slow start to the 1989 season, which saw him bat only .239 through 83 games, Fletcher was traded back to the [[Chicago White Sox]] at the trade deadline. Fletcher would split the remaining seasons of his career with the White Sox, [[Milwaukee Brewers]], [[Boston Red Sox]], and [[Detroit Tigers]]. He retired in 1995.<ref>{{cite webcn|urldate=https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Scott_Fletcher|title=ScottOctober Fletcher|work=baseball-reference2022}}</ref>

After retiring in 1995, Fletcher became the manager for the minor league [[Charleston RiverDogs]] in 1997. He later became an assistant coach at [[Emory University]] from 1999 to 2004. Fletcher became the Colorado Rockies' infield coordinator in 2009. He was hired as an assistant hitting coach to [[Greg Walker (baseball)|Greg Walker]] on October 21, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111021&content_id=25739766&vkey=news_atl&c_id=atl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024080057/http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111021&content_id=25739766&vkey=news_atl&c_id=atl|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2011|title=Braves tab Walker as new hitting coach|work=atlantabraves.com|date=21 October 2011}}</ref> Fletcher left the Braves at the end of the 2014 season.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bowman|first1=Mark|title=Gonzalez to remain Braves skipper; Porter hired to coach|url=http://m.braves.mlb.com/news/article/97433270/braves-manager-fredi-gonzalez-to-return-bo-porter-hired|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004212507/http://m.braves.mlb.com/news/article/97433270/braves-manager-fredi-gonzalez-to-return-bo-porter-hired|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 4, 2014|accessdate=October 3, 2014|work=MLB.com|date=October 3, 2014}}</ref> ScottFletcher is currently a minor league instructor for the Detroit Tigers.

[[Category:Baseball players from Okaloosa County, Florida]]