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Scott, Richard (Dick) (1992)

Writer: Maine Baseball HOF
Maine Baseball HOF
Aug 9, 2019
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Scott, Richard (Dick) (92)

The Dick Scott we welcome to the Hall tonight will not be found in Will Anderson's superb Was Baseball Really invented in Maine? because he was born in Portsmouth, N.H. But he graduated from Traip Academy in Kittery and ranks as one of the top moundsmen to twirl in the Southern York County League.

And he went on to climb the ladder all the way to brief appearances with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs.


At Traip, where he lettered in four sports, Scott recorded some extraordinary stints. At one point in the 1953 season, he hurled five one-hitters In a row, averaging 17 K’s per game. And these were 7 inning games! In the Western Tournament, he struck out 21 In a 10-inning shutout against Cape Elizabeth - a game in which he drove in the only run.

After graduation in ‘53, Dick was signed to a Brooklyn Dodger contract, but the U.S. Army got first grabs.

The stellar left-hander had a distinguished pitching career working for Uncle Sam. In one game, he struck out 19 to establish a Panama Armed Forces League record - thereby gaining mention in the Sporting News. He was Selected to the Armed Forces All-star team.

Dick's pro career began in 1955 with the Class D Georgia club. In his first season in the Dodger system, he had 251 strikeouts in 216 innings and led Georgia-Florida League with a 2.13 ERA. With these credits, he made the All-Star team and was selected as Rookie pitcher of the year.


He continued to labor in the Dodger system until 1963.

in 1959, he pitched winter baseball in Nicaragua with an 8-2 mark.

He beat Venezuela in the Caribbean Series, 2-1. After toiling at Spokane in the Pacific Coast League (AAA), where he had teammates such as Jim Gentile, Maury Wills, Norm and Larry Sherry, all future Dodger stars, the 6’2”, 190 Ib. southpaw was called up to the parent L.A. Dodgers in 1963. he appeared in 9 games with no decisions.

Following the '63 season, he was traded to the Chicago Cubs for whom he pitched in three games, again with no record. Arm problems, which had plagued him earlier in his pro career, returned and he retired In 1964.

Dick now resides in Thomasville, Georgia with his wife of 35 years, Jonnnie.

The Scotts have three children and four grandchildren.







 
 
 

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Meet the 2026 Maine Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
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Portland Press Herald 4/10/2026
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/04/10/meet-the-2026-maine-baseball-hall-of-fame-inductees/?copylink=true

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Former St. Dominic and current Gray-New Gloucester coach Bob Blackman and Cony coach Don Plourde are among the 11 members of the newest class. Four coaches currently preparing for the upcoming high school baseball season are among the 11 inductees in the 2026 Maine Baseball Hall of Fame class.

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Gray-New Gloucester’s Bob Blackman, Brewer’s Dana Corey, Hampden Academy’s Jon Perry and Cony’s Don Plourde are all part of the class that will be inducted on Oct. 4 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland. Blackman coached St. Dominic High School to nine state championships in 22 seasons before the school closed at the end of the last school year. He was named the coach at Gray-New Gloucester in September. Corey hit .359 at the University of Maine in 1971. He played two seasons in the Chicago Cubs system and has been the head coach at Brewer for 18 seasons.

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Perry hit .381 at the University of Maine in 1981 and helped the Black Bears reach the College World Series. He has coached for the past 45 seasons at the high school, American Legion and collegiate levels. 

Plourde is in his 17th season as the coach at Cony High School and has been named the KVAC Coach of the Year five times. He has been coaching at various levels for more than 30 years. 

Others earning induction are: 

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• Al Cloutier, who has been involved in baseball in Augusta as a player, Cony High and American Legion coach, Babe Ruth League director and volunteer. 

• John Kolasinski, who was a college coach at for 37 years, first at Husson and later at Siena Heights University in Michigan. He is a five-time New England Coach of the Year winner.

• Mark Littlefield, a Portland High graduate, who is now in his 36th season working on the medical staff of the New York Yankees organization. 

• Scott Littlefield, a Portland High graduate, who will be inducted posthumously. Littlefield coached at Florida State University and the University of Southern Maine before working for 34 years as a Major League Baseball scout, including 16 as a player personnel special assistant for the Texas Rangers.

• J. Ronald Livington, who will be inducted posthumously. Livingston was an All-Star infielder for the semi-pro Presque Isle Indians in the Northern Aroostook League in the 1930 and 1940s. He also coached and was a director in the South Portland National Little League.

• Mike McCullum, of Portland, who hit .338 at the University of Southern Maine and earned ABCA Division III All-American honors in 1999. 

• Jim Taylor of Lewiston, who was a founding member of the Central Maine Board of Approved Baseball Umpires and was instrumental in starting the Maine chapter of the Collegiate Baseball Umpires Association.

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Maine Baseball Hall of Fame day  Delta Dental Park aka Hadlock Field 7/19/2026
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