Rod Scurry

Rod Scurry

Infobox MLB retired
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bgcolor2=#000000
textcolor1=black
textcolor2=white
name=Rod Scurry


position=Pitcher
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=March 17, 1956
deathdate=death date and age|1992|11|5|1956|3|17
debutdate=April 17
debutyear=1980
debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
finaldate=September 30
finalyear=1988
finalteam=Seattle Mariners
stat1label=Win-Loss Record
stat1value=19-32
stat2label=Strikeouts
stat2value=431
stat3label=ERA
stat3value=3.24
teams=
*Pittsburgh Pirates (by|1980-by|1985)
*New York Yankees (by|1985-by|1986)
*Seattle Mariners (by|1988)
highlights=

Rodney Grant Scurry (March 17, 1956 – November 5, 1992) was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for eight seasons. He was best known for his part in the 1985 Pittsburgh drug trials that addressed cocaine involvement among many players including several members of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Scurry was born in Sacramento, California, and died of a cocaine-induced heart attack in Reno, Nevada in 1992.

External links

*baseball-reference|id=s/scurrro01


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