Scott Allen Hatteberg is an American former professional first baseman and catcher. He played for the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, and Cincinnati Reds from 1995 through 2008. A fictionalized version of Hatteburg is a key character in the 2011 film Moneyball. He is the only player in MLB history to hit into a triple play and hit a grand slam.
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Scott Allen Hatteberg is an American former professional first baseman and catcher. He played for the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, and Cincinnati Reds from 1995 through 2008. A fictionalized version of Hatteburg is a key character in the 2011 film Moneyball. He is the only player in MLB history to hit into a triple play and hit a grand slam in his next at-bat. He was a member of the United States national baseball team at the 1990 Goodwill Games. He hit. 292. 417 for Team USA in the 1990 Baseball World Cup. His conversion from catcher to first baseman by the Athletics is the subject of a chapter in the Michael Lewis book Moneyball, which is based on his experiences with the Oakland Athletics in the early 1990s.
He also played collegiate summer baseball in the Alaska Baseball League in 1989 and 1990. He attended Washington State University from 1989 through 1991 for the Washington State Cougars baseball team in the Pacific-10 Conference. His best year was 2004, when he hit. 287, scored 87 runs, hit 15 home runs, and had an on-base percentage of 367. As a catcher, he formed a battery with future major league pitcher Aaron Sele. He helped the Reds reach the playoffs twice, in 2002 and 2003. On February 12, 2006, the Reds traded him to the Oakland A’s for Mo Wily Peña, who was traded to the Reds the next day.
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