Victor Scott II
| Victor Scott II | |
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 Scott with the Cardinals in 2024 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 11 | |
| Center fielder | |
| Born: February 12, 2001 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| March 28, 2024, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Batting average | .206 |
| Home runs | 7 |
| Runs batted in | 47 |
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Victor Dwanyne Scott II (born February 12, 2001) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
Amateur career
[edit | edit source]Scott attended McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia,[1] and West Virginia University, where he played college baseball for the West Virginia Mountaineers.[2] In the summers of 2020 and 2021, he played summer league baseball for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders of the Northwoods League.[3] In 2022, he played with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[4]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Minor leagues
[edit | edit source]The St. Louis Cardinals selected Scott in the fifth round of the 2022 MLB draft.[5] The Cardinals assigned Scott to the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Single–A Florida State League in 2022.[6]
Scott began the 2023 season with the Peoria Chiefs of the High-A Midwest League[7] and was promoted to the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A Texas League in June.[8] Scott was chosen to represent the Cardinals at the 2023 All-Star Futures Game.[9] He also played for the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League.[10] After the season, Scott won one of the three Rawlings Gold Glove Awards given out to the best defensive players in the minor leagues.[11]
St. Louis Cardinals
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The Cardinals invited Scott to spring training in 2024 as a non-roster player.[12] After a shoulder injury to starting center fielder Dylan Carlson that put him on the injured list for a few weeks, Scott was the center fielder on Opening Day for the Cardinals.[13][14] Scott batted 5-for-65 (.085) for the Cardinals before they optioned him to the Memphis Redbirds of the Triple–A International League on April 21.[15] They recalled him on August 4.[16]
Scott made the Cardinals' Opening Day roster for the 2025 season.[17] In nearly every-day playing time in 2025, Scott emerged as a premier defensive center fielder and a phenomenal base stealer, stealing 34 bases and being nominated for the NL Gold Glove for center field.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Scott's parents, Victor and Mary, ran track. His father is a member of the Morris Brown College Hall of Fame.[5]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from MLB · ESPN · Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet
- West Virginia Mountaineers bio
- Living people
- 2001 births
- Baseball players from Atlanta
- Cotuit Kettleers players
- Fond du Lac Dock Spiders players
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- Memphis Redbirds players
- Palm Beach Cardinals players
- Peoria Chiefs players
- Scottsdale Scorpions players
- Springfield Cardinals (Missouri) players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- West Virginia Mountaineers baseball players
- 21st-century American sportsmen