received his release in July 1929 after 62 games, due to the team's disappointing play. Later life Scott was an avid bowler, and he competed in ten-pin bowling events sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress. He bowled against professional Hank Marino in 1931, though he lost. Scott also owned bowling alleys in Fort Wayne. He wrote a children’s book, called Third Base Thatcher, that was published in 1928. Lou Gehrig, a former teammate of Scott's on the Yankees, surpassed Scott's record of consecutive games played in August 1933 in a game against the St. Louis Browns. Gehrig's streak began in 1925, by pinch hitting for Wanninger, the same season Scott's streak ended. Scott attended the game at Sportsman's Park as a special guest of the Browns. Scott died in Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana at age 67. He was posthumously inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2008. The News-Sentinel named Scott the fourth-best athlete from Northeastern Indiana of the 20th century. See also Major League Baseball consecutive games played streaks List of Boston Red Sox captains List of New York Yankees captains References External links Everett Scott - Baseballbiography.com Scott Padded Shoes To Escape Being Cut; Played 1307 Straight Games At Short, by Harry Grayson, June 21, 1943 Boston Red Sox players Chicago White Sox players Cincinnati Reds players New York Yankees players Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Major League Baseball shortstops Baseball players from Indiana Fairmont Champions players Kokomo Wild Cats players Youngstown Steelmen players St. Paul Saints (AA) players Baltimore Orioles (IL) players Toledo Mud Hens players Reading Keystones players People from Bluffton, Indiana 1892 births 1960 deaths