Steven Wayne Scarsone (born April 11, 1966) is an American former professional baseball

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and former

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. He serves on the

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' Player Development staff as travelling minor league instructor. He played all or parts of seven seasons in

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(MLB) between 1992 and 1999 for the

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, and

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Playing career

Scarsone attended Canyon High School in his native Anaheim. He went on to attend Rancho Santiago College in

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. He was drafted by the

in the 2nd round of the 1986 MLB January Draft. His professional career began that year with the Class A (Short Season)

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. In 1987, he played for the Class A

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. His 1988 season was spent with the Class A

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. In 1989, Scarsone was promoted to the Double-A

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. He split the 1990 season between Clearwater and Reading. He played part of the 1991 season at Reading, but played the majority with the Triple-A

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. He began the 1992 season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, but was called up to the Phillies where he made his major league debut on May 15. He recorded his first big league hit in the game against the

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. He played in seven games before returning to Triple-A. Scarsone was traded to the

for

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on August 11, 1992. He played 11 games with Baltimore, but also played with their Triple-A

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. On March 20, 1993, he was traded to the

for Mark Leonard. Scarsone played for both San Francisco and their Triple-A

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that year. He spent the entire 1994 to 1996 seasons with San Francisco. In 1995, he had a .266

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with 11

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s in 80 games played. Scarsone was promoted to starting early in the 1996 season but struggled at the plate; the Giants released him after the season ended. He signed as a free agent with the

in 1997. He appeared in five games with the major league team, but also played with the Triple-A

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. He was released on May 17, and signed a minor league contract with the

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on May 20. He played the rest of the campaign with the Triple-A Las Vegas Stars. He was granted free agency after the season, and signed with the

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for 1998, playing the entire year with the Triple-A

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. In 1999, Scarsone signed as a free agent with the

. He played 18 games with the Triple-A Omaha Golden Spikes and 46 with Kansas City, including his final major league game on September 8, 1999. In total, Scarsone appeared in 350 major league games, making 148 appearances at

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, 86 at

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, 36 at

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, and 19 at short stop.

Managerial career

After retiring from playing, Scarsone became manager of the

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' Class A affiliate, the

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of the

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, in 2001. He was promoted to their Class A-Advanced

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of the

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in 2002. In 2009, he began managing in the

organization. Scarsone led the Class A

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to win the Midwest League's first-half title. His 2010

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(Class A-Advanced California League) captured the second-half title. Both the Cougars and Ports lost in their league's quarterfinals. Scarsone managed the Double-A

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in 2011 and 2012. With the Triple-A

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, Scarsone's teams missed the playoffs by only two game in both 2013 and 2014. From 2015 to 2016, he managed the Triple-A

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, who became the Athletics' Triple-A farm club in 2015. Scarsone led the 2016 Sounds to win the American Southern Division title, and he won the PCL Manager of the Year Award. From 2017, he will serve on the A's Player Development staff as traveling minor league instructor.

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