Jeffrey Scott Nielsen (born December 18, 1958) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during four seasons at the major league level for the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Nielsen, played his first professional season with their Class A (Short Season) Bellingham Mariners in 1983, and his last season with the New York Mets' Triple-A club, the Tidewater Tides, in 1990.
| Scott Nielsen | |
|---|---|
 Nielsen with the Nashville Sounds in 1984 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: December 18, 1958 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 7, 1986, for the New York Yankees | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 14, 1989, for the New York Yankees | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 9–11 |
| Earned run average | 5.49 |
| Strikeouts | 47 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Nielsen was a college baseball player at Brigham Young University. He interrupted his collegiate career to serve a Mission in Argentina for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
- ^ "Scott Nielsen - Famous Mormons". Famous Mormons.
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Retrosheet
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