Quick Facts
Biography
Richard Edward Scott (born July 19, 1962 in Ellsworth, Maine) is a retired Major League Baseball shortstop and current bench coach for the New York Mets.
Career
Playing career
He appeared in three games during the 1989 season for the Oakland Athletics. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 17th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Scott played his first professional season with their rookie league Gulf Coast Yankees in 1981, and his last with Oakland's Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers in 1990.
Coaching career
Since retiring from the field, he has been a minor league manager for the Athletics and Arizona Diamondbacks, a scout for the Diamondbacks, player development director of the Toronto Blue Jays, and field coordinator of instruction for the Houston Astros and New York Mets. He also served as Director of Player Development for the Mets, under Sandy Alderson, for whom he worked in the Oakland organization.
On December 16, 2015, Scott was announced as the new Bench Coach of the Mets, succeeding Bob Geren.