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Scott Hairston
Scott Hairston
New York Mets – No. 12
	Left fielder
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
	May 7, 2004, for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Career statistics ; (through August 18, 2010)
Batting Average	.247
Home Runs	68
Runs Batted In	197
Hits	411
Teams
	Arizona Diamondbacks (2004–2007); San Diego Padres (2007–2009); Oakland Athletics (2009); San Diego Padres (2010);

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Scott Alexander Hairston (born May 25, 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who is currently signed with the New York Mets. Hairston bats and throws right-handed.

High school years

Hairston attended Canyon del Oro High School in the Tucson suburb of Oro Valley, Arizona and was a letterman in baseball. While there he was a teammate of current All Star second baseman Ian Kinsler.^[1] Hairston graduated in 1999.

College

He played college baseball at Central Arizona College, alongside future major leaguer Ian Kinsler.^[2]

Professional career

Hairston was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the 2001 MLB Draft. He started at second base for part of his rookie season of 2004, but has played mostly a reserve role since then. On July 27, 2007, the D-backs traded him to the San Diego Padres.^[3]

During his first game as a San Diego Padres starter (August 3, 2007), Hairston hit two consecutive home runs. The first was a 3-run blast in the 8th inning that pushed the game against the Giants into extra innings and the second was a walk-off blast in the 10th inning. Hairston was placed into the game to substitute for Milton Bradley. The following day in his first at-bat, Hairston hit another home run, making it three home runs in three consecutive at-bats (just the 7th Padre to homer in 3 straight AB) and earning his nickname "Hairball". The first game was also the game in which Barry Bonds hit his 755th home run to tie the all-time record previously held by Hank Aaron.

Hairston has become a fan favorite in San Diego, well known for his clutch home runs and late-inning heroics. He has hit three walk-off home runs for the Padres, in addition to other walk-off hits. From 2007-2009, he hit 12 home runs in late and clutch situations.^[4] These are classified as at-bats in the 7th or later with the batting team tied, ahead by one, or the tying run at least on deck. He has been particularly tough against the Giants, with 11 of his 58 career homers coming off San Francisco, as well as 23 RBI, by far the most against any team he’s faced.^[5]

Hairston hit one of the biggest home runs in team history to break a 6-6 tie in the top of the 13th inning against the Colorado Rockies in “Game 163” of 2007. The playoff tiebreaker was won by the Rockies with a dramatic comeback in the bottom half of that inning.

Hairston represented Mexico at the 2009 World Baseball Classic alongside his brother Jerry. Hairston's mother was born in Mexico, making him eligible to play for the Mexican team^[6]^[7]

On July 5th, 2009, Hairston was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Sean Gallagher and minor leaguers Ryan Webb and Craig Italiano.

On January 16, 2010, Hairston was traded back to the San Diego Padres, along with outfielder Aaron Cunningham in exchange for third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff and minor leaguer Eric Sogard.^[8]

Family

Hairston comes from the biggest Major League Baseball family, and is one of Jehovah's Witnesses. He is the brother of Jerry Hairston, Jr., the son of Jerry Hairston, Sr., the nephew of Johnny Hairston, and the grandson of Sammy Hairston, a former Negro Leaguer who later became one of the first black players in Chicago White Sox history. The five Hairstons that have played in the majors set a record. Two other three-generation MLB families have four members each: the Boone family (Ray, Bob, Bret and Aaron) and the Bell family (Gus, Buddy, David, and Mike). Hairston is of Mexican descent on his mother's side.^[6] He and his wife, Jill, and sons, Landon (1/13/06) and Dallas (7/9/07), the family resides in Gilbert, AZ.

References

^ Grant, Evan (3/4/06). "Rangers' Kinsler eyeing second base". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 8/7/09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Chen, Albert (6/11/08). "Second To None: He has been overshadowed this season by teammate Josh Hamilton; in fact, he has been overshadowed at almost every stop in his career since high school. But in this golden season of the second baseman, nobody has been more productive—almost historically so—at the position than the Rangers' Ian Kinsler". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8/6/09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Brock, Corey. Padres acquire Hairston from D-backs. MLB.com. July 27, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=hairssc01&year=2009&t=b
^ http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7046/splits;_ylt=AmnUZfy8ozYD1Ept_4isTlCFCLcF?year=career&type=Batting
^ ^a ^b http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/032107dnsporangreport.2e82a26.html
^ http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090125&content_id=3770858&vkey=wbc&team=
^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100115&content_id=7925900&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Cooperstown Confidential
MLB Players Association

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[1] Grant, Evan (3/4/06). "Rangers' Kinsler eyeing second base". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 8/7/09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[non-2] Chen, Albert (6/11/08). "Second To None: He has been overshadowed this season by teammate Josh Hamilton; in fact, he has been overshadowed at almost every stop in his career since high school. But in this golden season of the second baseman, nobody has been more productive—almost historically so—at the position than the Rangers' Ian Kinsler". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8/6/09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] Brock, Corey. Padres acquire Hairston from D-backs. MLB.com. July 27, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2007.

[4] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=hairssc01&year=2009&t=b

[5] ttp://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7046/splits;_ylt=AmnUZfy8ozYD1Ept_4isTlCFCLcF?year=career&type=Batting

[dallasnews.com-6] ttp://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/032107dnsporangreport.2e82a26.html

[7] ttp://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090125&content_id=3770858&vkey=wbc&team=

[8] ttp://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100115&content_id=7925900&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

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+'''Scott Alexander Hairston''' (born May 25, 1980 in [[Fort Worth, Texas]])  is an [[outfielder]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who is currently signed with the [[New York Mets]]. Hairston bats and throws right-handed.
 ==High school years==