- Scott Lusader
Infobox MLB retired
name=Scott Lusader
position=Outfielder
bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1964|9|30
city-state|Chicago|Illinois
debutdate=September 1
debutyear=1987
debutteam=Detroit Tigers
finaldate=May 11
finalyear=1991
finalteam=New York Yankees
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.246
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=5
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=36
teams=
*Detroit Tigers (1987-1990)
*New York Yankees (1991)Scott Edward Lusader (born September 30, 1964 in
Chicago, Illinois ) is a formerMajor League Baseball player who played for theDetroit Tigers from by|1987-by|1990 and briefly for theNew York Yankees in by|1991. Lusader attended theUniversity of Florida before playing in the major leagues. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 6th round of the by|1985 amateur draft.As a rookie in 1987, Lusader hit .319 in 23 games with a .489 slugging percentage, three doubles, a triple, a home run, and eight RBIs. Lusader's average dropped to .063 in 16 games in by|1988. In by|1989, Lusader had career highs with 103 at bates, 15 runs, 26 hits, and four doubles. In 1990, he played in a career-high 45 games and had 16 RBIs.
On September 8, 1990, Lusader tied a major league record by committing three errors in the outfield in a single inning. Fighting the sun and a soggy turf, Lusader became the eight major league outfielder to accomplish the feat. It was the first in the American League since 1925. Lusader dropped a Carlos Martínez fly ball for his first error. The second error came when Lusader threw the ball to the wall behind home plate for another error. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DB143AF933A2575AC0A96F948260]
Lusader played in 11 games for the Yankees in 1991 before being released. He played in his last major league game on May 11, 1991.
External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lusadsc01.shtml Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DB143AF933A2575AC0A96F948260 NY Times article on Lusader's Three-Error Inning]
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