Draft
Scarce, who batted and threw left-handed, was initially drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the twenty-sixth round of the 1969 amateur draft, but he did not sign. In 1971 he was drafted in the eighth round the Philadelphia Phillies (179 overall) and subsequently signed with the Phillies on June 11, 1971.
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