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Mike Scott
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 234 of 1218 players
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Michael Warren Scott
Born: April 26, 1955 at Santa Monica, Cal.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.03 Weight: 215

Mike Scott was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on September 20, 2019, July 14, 2020, and October 30, 2022.

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First Mets game: April 18, 1979
Last Mets game: September 17, 1982

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David Williams
I can remember in '86 when he faced the Mets. I don't want say I didn't have faith Mets fans, but if the Mets had lost game 6 they would've lost game 7. Scott was the only obstacle the Mets couldn't solve. There wasn't a team alive on this planet that could solve him at that time. Not even the HEAVY bats of Carter, Hernandez, Strawberry or Knight. The Mets would've had to pitch a shut-out to win that game. They scored only 1 run in 18 innings against him.

Mr. Sparkle
I was so happy the day they traded him and picked up Danny Heep. Mike was such a lousy pitcher for the Mets I would have taken anything for him. And then bam! He turns into an awesome pitcher. It took me a few years to admit he was any good when he was with the Astros. I'm still amazed he was so bad for us and so good for them. Thank God we won game 6.

Mike
July 29, 2001
I just laughed loudly reading what Happy Recap wrote about his look. Must've been around 1980, and I'm 12 years old. Mike Scott is being absolutely destroyed out there, and I'm thinking: I feel so bad for this guy, he is freaked out and what will become of him? What becomes of traumatic stress victims after they leave baseball at 24. I was actually worried about him. Who knew?

3rd Base
August 4, 2002
It seems like that fresh Texas air made Mike Scott the sensation of the 80's ... I guess the NY smog clouded his thinking on the mound. Hey, I'm a NY'er, but I just think the mid-west made him the pitcher that made us realize that he's now recognized as one of the past greats!

Jonathan Stern
April 27, 2005
I am in the process of developing a theory about cheaters and the Baseball God (who I do believe in). They may enjoy long and successful careers. They may even make it into the Hall of Fame. But the Baseball God does not allow them to win World Championships. Look at Gaylord Perry, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire after 1994, Amos Otis, etc. The list probably runs longer. I'll have to do the research in order to test my theory. After all, what is time for if not to waste?

If my theory is correct, the 1986 Mets need not have worried so much about Mike Scott. He cheated. Well enough to win the Cy Young. Well enough to be an Astros ace for a few years. Well enough to have a day held at the Astrodome in his honor on the occasion of his retirement. Well enough to be able to devote the bulk of his retirement years to playing golf. And well enough, of course, to win the 1986 NLCS MVP despite pitching for the losers.

He cheated. Cheaters never win. At least not the World Series, if, again, my theory about the Baseball God is correct.

feat fan
March 8, 2006
When GM Frank Casshen traded reserve Danny Heep for a 27-year-old struggling Met starter named Mike Scott, certainly nobody took much notice of the trade. After all, the Astros sported a strong rotation in which Scott was likely pegged as the #5 starter. Heep's career soon foundered in New York and Scott posted a nice 10-6 record in 1983 and followed up with a poor 5-11 showing in 1984.

After his 1984 campaign, Scott met with Roger Craig in the off-season and was taught how to throw a split- finger fastball. After starting the 1985 season with a 5-4 record, Scott mastered his new pitch and won 13 of 15 games to finish the season with an impressive 18-8 record and a 3.29 ERA. But that was just an appetizer for better things to come. In the following year, Scott took his nasty splitter to a new level and finished with an 18-10 record. But that record understates his dominance over the league. Scott led the NL with a 2.22 ERA, 275 IP, 306 K, and lots of other ancillary stats like strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.25), hits/game (5.95) and shutouts (5). Scott pitched well in the All-Star game, but the high point of his season came on September 25, when he no-hit the Giants while simultaneously clinching the division title for the team

After a disappointing 1990 season and only two starts in 1991, Scott was faced with a difficult decision: surgery or retirement. Rather than face over a year of rehabilitation, Scott chose to hang up his spikes.

This ranks as one of those really stupid trades that the AMAZINS have pulled off.

david
October 9, 2008
Interesting comments on Scottie being a cheater after developing a new pitch taught to him by Roger Craig. He went on to have a great career. Too bad the Mets never hired better coaches or scouts. Teammate of mine. Never would I ever think of him but as a competitor who worked hard to try to get the most out of his talent. Too bad some people always want to look at the negative side of life. One thing about sports you never know how somebody's career will turn out. The gentleman that called him a cheater probably never met him or played with or would say it to his face. Sad.

Randall Plant
June 16, 2010
I think I helped a bit in his pitching. I was one of his roommates at Pepperdine University in his first year there. I kept a few rattlesnakes in our dorm room in a green box in the closet. Mike didn't like being in the room too much and I think it forced him to spend more time on the mound. ha!ha!ha!

david lozano
October 4, 2015
I was teammate of Mike's on the Jackson Mets in 1977. He was one of the quietest and fierce competitors I ever played. When he developed a fork ball with Roger Craig, who helped a lot of pitchers. What a travesty it would have been had he not gotten the MVP in the NLCS. The Mets had to win Game Six because they knew that they would not be able to beat Mike Scott in Game 7. Wake up. Quit being sore winners.








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