Scott Elbert

Infobox MLB player
name = Scott Elbert


width = 150
caption =
team = Los Angeles Dodgers
number = 57
position = Relief pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1985|8|13
birthplace = city-state|Joplin|Missouri
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = August 29
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Los Angeles Dodgers
statyear = August 30, 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 0-0
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 0.00
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 2
teams =
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2008-present)

Timothy Scott Elbert (born August 13, 1985 in Joplin, Missouri) is a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Elbert was selected in the 1st round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Dodgers out of Seneca High School. He made his professional debut for the Ogden Raptors and struck out 45 batters in 49.2 innings. With the Single-A Columbus Catfish in by|2005, he went 8-5 with a 2.66 ERA in 24 starts. In the by|2006 season, he pitched for the Vero Beach Dodgers and earned Florida State League midseason All-Star honors. He was then promoted to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns, where he went 6-4 with a 3.61 ERA and was ranked as the #3 prospect in the Southern League by Baseball America. He also ranked #11 on MinorLeagueBaseball.com's "Top 50 Prospects List.

A shoulder injury caused him to miss most of the by|2007 season, but he returned in by|2008 as a reliever at Jacksonville. Elbert earned his first trip to the Majors when the Dodgers called him up from the minors on August 28, mlby|2008.

Elbert made his MLB debut on August 29, 2008, pitching two thirds of an inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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