Scott Eyre
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| Chicago Cubs — No. 47 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
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| August 1st, 1997 for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2006) |
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| Record | 19-28 |
| ERA | 4.39 |
| Strikeouts | 438 |
| Former teams | |
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Scott Alan Eyre (born May 30, 1972) is a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. On November 18, 2005 Eyre signed a 3-year contract with the Chicago Cubs. Eyre, who was born in Inglewood, California, graduated from Southern Idaho Junior College and was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 9th round in 1991. In 1994, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox and made his major league debut in Chicago on August 1, 1997. Eyre was traded in 2000 to the Toronto Blue Jays. Eyre was selected off waivers from the Blue Jays by the Giants in 2002. He spent the next several seasons as an effective reliever for the San Francisco Giants. He is also known to suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and is very involved with causes related to ADHD. Although, Scott Eyre started taking medicine for ADHD and after he did, he noticed a change in how he plays baseball. He actually got better at both pitching and batting.
Scott's brother, Willie, is also a pitcher in the major leagues, currently pitching for the Texas Rangers.
[edit] External links
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
- Scott Eyre at ESPN.com
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