Scott was selected out of
Newburgh Free Academy by the
New York Yankees in the 17th round (328th overall) of the
1965 Major League Baseball draft. He was the first
high school baseball player drafted out of the Mid-Hudson region of the
Hudson Valley by any MLB club. He was traded to the
Chicago White Sox for
Pete Ward on December 18, 1969. He also spent nine seasons in the
Minor leagues, mostly for the
Rochester Red Wings of the
International League. In 1971, he collected a 9–1 record with nine
saves and a 3.38
earned run average in 54 games for manager
Joe Altobelli's pennant-winning and
Governors' Cup winning-team. He had an even better season for Rochester in 1974, when he was 8–2 with 17 saves and a 0.99 ERA in 57 games. In his nine-year minors career, he posted a 60–32 record with 46 saves and a 3.20 ERA in 297 pitching appearances. He was elected to the Red Wings Hall of Fame in 1998, along with
Allie Clark, Frank Horton and Al Weber. He spent a year in the
United States Army in 1967 where he played baseball at
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. ==Personal life==