Rodney Darrell Scott (born October 16, 1953), nicknamed "Cool Breeze", is an American former

infielder An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field, between first base and third base. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns pla ...

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. Primarily used as a

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and

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, Scott also played

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and

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during his eight-year career. In 1980, Scott led the

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with 13

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, and was third in the National League with 63 stoles bases. He had 205 career stolen bases. Scott was involved in five trades during his career. Scott finished his career with the Expos, although he never played any games for them after they signed him as a free agent for the 1983 season.

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