Darryl Scott
American baseball player
Darryl Nelson Scott (born August 6, 1968) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach who most recently served as an assistant pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played professionally for the California Angels and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama BayStars.
High school and college
Scott was born in Fresno, California, and took up pitching when he was nine. Scott attended high school at Yuba City High School in Yuba City, California and pitched for their baseball team. He was recruited out of high school by Loyola Marymount University. He pitched for three years for the Loyola Marymount Lions, and during the 1988 season set a school record for saves in a season when he got his 12th in a game against the University of Nevada-Reno. After the 1988 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. In 1990, his senior season, Scott struck out 90 batters, highest in the conference. Despite this, Scott was not selected in the 1990 Major League Baseball draft. However, he was signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent shortly after the draft on June 13, 1990.
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