Chicago White Sox Minor League Players - Scott Carroll

Scott A. Carroll (born September 24, 1984 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a baseball pitcher. He is 6'4" and weighs 215 lbs. Carroll throws and bats right handed. He attended Liberty High School in Liberty, Missouri, where was a star quarterback and pitcher. He signed a scholarship with Purdue University to play football. Carroll never received an opportunity for playing time, as he was stuck behind future NFL quarterback Kyle Orton. He later transferred to Missouri State University, where he again was the starting quarterback and a top pitcher on the baseball team.

The Reds drafted him in the third round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.

He played six games for Billings, the rookie class team, in 2007. He was 0-1 with a 2.93 ERA. Carroll played for Class A Dayton and Class A-Advanced Sarasota in 2008. He was a combined 7-7 with a 3.60 ERA in 9 games for the Dragons and 14 for Sarasota. He played 7 games at Sarasota in 2009, going 2-2 with a 2.68 ERA. In a two game promotion to Double-A Carolina, he gave up five earned runs in five innings, getting no decisions. In 2010 he played for the Class A Lynchburg Hillcats and the Mudcats, going a combined 4-11 with a 3.36 ERA in 5 games at Lynchburg and 20 at Carolina. He received a non-roster invitation to spring training for 2011. Carroll was released by the Reds on June 22, 2012 and then signed as a free agent by the Chicago White Sox on July 11, 2012. Carroll pitched in one game with the White Sox Double-A Birmingham before being promoted to the Sox Triple-A affiliate Charlotte. Carroll was a combined 4-6 with an ERA of 4.48 and 65 strikeouts in 35 games between Louisville, Birmingham and Charlotte.

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)