Scott Cary
Major League Baseball player
Scott Russell Cary (April 11, 1923 – February 28, 2011), Nicknamed "Red", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Washington Senators in 1947. He went 3–1 with a 5.93 earned run average in 23 games as a pitcher, starting 3 games.
Personal
Cary was one of 10 children born to John and Ruby (Riehm) Cary. He was the ace for City Light in 1943, a semipro baseball team in Fort Wayne that also included future Major League Baseball pitchers Harley Hisner and Ned Garver.
On January 19, 1946, he married Mary Hurley in Sturgis; they raised six children on a farm in East Gilead.
He was inducted into the Fort Wayne Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977. He was a baseball coach for the Bronson Little League and the Babe Ruth Baseball programs.
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