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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1966)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Scott Brosius
|image=Scott Brosius (XlaZXWLOrcw) (cropped).png
|caption=Brosius in 2023
|position=[[Third baseman]]
|team=
|number=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1966|8|15}}
|birth_place=[[Hillsboro, Oregon]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=August 7
|debutyear=1991
|debutteam=Oakland Athletics
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 6
|finalyear=2001
|finalteam=New York Yankees
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.257
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=141
|stat3label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=531
|teams=
* [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|1991}}–{{mlby|1997}})
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{mlby|1998}}–{{mlby|2001}})
|highlights=
* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1998]])
* 3× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1998}}–{{wsy|2000}})
* [[World Series MVP]] (1998)
* [[Gold Glove Award]] (1999)
}}
'''Scott David Brosius''' (born August 15, 1966) is an American former professional [[baseball]] [[third baseman]] for the [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{Baseball year|1991}}&ndash;{{Baseball year|1997}}) and the [[New York Yankees]] ({{Baseball year|1998}}&ndash;{{Baseball year|2001}}) of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) who is the athletic director at [[Linfield University]]. He was an [[MLB All-Star]] in 1998 and won a [[Gold Glove Award]] in 1999. Brosius was a member of three consecutive [[World Series]] champions with the Yankees from 1998 to 2000 and won the [[World Series Most Valuable Player Award]] in 1998.

==Early life==
Brosius grew up in [[Milwaukie, Oregon]], where he attended [[Rex Putnam High School]] before going to [[Linfield College]].<ref name=linfield>{{cite web|url=http://www.linfield.edu/sports/coach_bio.php?id=55|title=Linfield Athletics: Scott Brosius|publisher=Linfield Athletics|access-date=2008-05-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511003220/http://www.linfield.edu/sports/coach_bio.php?id=55|archive-date=2008-05-11}}</ref> He was drafted by the [[Oakland Athletics]] in the 20th round of the [[1987 MLB Draft|1987 amateur draft]] and signed on June 9, 1987.

==Playing career==
===Oakland Athletics (1991–1997)===
Brosius became one of the few players to hit a home run in his first major league game, on August 7, 1991. Brosius was the A's starting third baseman through the mid-1990s, although he played almost 300 games in his Oakland career at other positions, primarily in the outfield. In {{Baseball year|1996}}, he batted .304 with 22 home runs, his best year with Oakland; however, his performance declined in 1997 when he finished last in the majors (of those who qualified for the batting title) in batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging average.

===New York Yankees (1998–2001)===
After the 1997 season, the Athletics traded Brosius to the [[New York Yankees]] for [[Kenny Rogers (baseball)|Kenny Rogers]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Curry |first=Jack |date=1997-11-08 |title=BASEBALL; Yankees Take $5 Million Hit to Deal Rogers |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/08/sports/baseball-yankees-take-5-million-hit-to-deal-rogers.html |access-date=2023-09-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In his first season with the Yankees, Brosius batted .300 with 19 [[home run]]s and 98 [[Run batted in|RBI]]s. That season, he was selected to his only career All-Star Game. He hit .471 with two homers and six runs batted during the [[1998 World Series]] and won the [[World Series Most Valuable Player Award]]. He hit 2 home runs in Game 3 of the World Series, including one off [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] closer [[Trevor Hoffman]] to give the Yankees a 5-3 lead in the 8th inning which helped to propel the Yankees to a 3-0 Series lead.

Although his performance over the next three years did not match that of his 1998 season, he remained a perennial fan favorite in the Bronx as his workmanlike blue-collar approach and serviceable durability appealed to fans, teammates, and management alike. During his career with the Yankees, they won the [[American League]] pennant every year, from 1998 to 2001, as well as the World Series from 1998 to {{Baseball year|2000}}. He won a [[List of Gold Glove Award winners at third base|Gold Glove]] in {{Baseball year|1999}}. On July 18 of that year, against the [[Montreal Expos]], Brosius caught shortstop [[Orlando Cabrera]]'s foul popup for the final out of [[David Cone's perfect game]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199907180.shtml |title=Montreal Expos at New York Yankees Box Score, July 18, 1999 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref> He was first among all AL third basemen in errors in 2001, with 22, and had the lowest fielding percentage in the league (.935).

In one of the most dramatic, clutch moments of his career, Brosius hit a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 5 of the [[2001 World Series]] against the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] to tie the game and set up an extra-innings Yankees win. The previous night, New York first baseman [[Tino Martinez]] had hit a two-out, two-run home run to tie the game in the ninth inning as well. It marked the first time in World Series history this had ever occurred. The Yankees would go on to lose Games 6 and 7 of the series, after which Brosius retired.

==Coaching and management career==
[[File:Nelson Cruz (42964095142) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Brosius (foreground, right) as a coach with the Seattle Mariners in 2018]]
From 2002 to 2007, Brosius was an assistant coach at [[Linfield College]] under head baseball coach Scott Carnahan, Brosius's coach when he played for the school. They switched roles for the 2008 season. Brosius was named head coach and Carnahan, who also is athletic director, became an assistant coach.  Brosius earned his degree from Linfield in 2002.  Brosius has been named Northwest Conference coach of the year five times (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014) in eight seasons as head coach and led the team into the NCAA Division III national championship tournament four times. The Wildcats finished third in 2010 and in 2013 won Linfield's first NCAA national baseball championship (and second national championship, after the 1971 NAIA victory.)<ref name="linfield"/> Trying for a rare repeat in 2014, they were eliminated in two straight games. Brosius' win–loss record in eight years as Linfield head coach was 270-96 (.738).

On December 4, 2015, the [[Seattle Mariners]] announced that Brosius would be the new hitting coach for their AAA affiliate, the [[Tacoma Rainiers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-158851004|website=MLB.com|access-date=2015-12-11|title=Rainiers 2016 Field Staff Finalized|publisher=[[Tacoma Rainiers]]|date=2015-12-04}}</ref> He was promoted on October 20, 2016 to assistant coach of [[2017 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]] for the 2017 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-coaching-staff-will-return-for-2017-scott-brosius-added-as-an-assistant-coach/ |title=Mariners coaching staff will return for 2017; Scott Brosius added as an assistant coach |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=2016-10-20 |access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref> Brosius was named the Mariners third base coach for the [[2018 Seattle Mariners season|2018 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/mariners/news/mariners-announce-changes-to-2018-major-league-coaching-staff/c-257251240|website=MLB.com|access-date=2018-06-19|title=Mariners announce changes to 2018 Major League coaching staff|publisher=[[Seattle Mariners]]}}</ref>

On August 13, 2019, he became the [[United States national baseball team]] coach at the [[2019 WBSC Premier12]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usabaseball.com/news/gritty-film-productions-acquire-rights-to-sydney-2000-olympic-gold-story-miracle-on-grass/c-310907214/?tid=216632610 | title=USA Baseball Finalizes Premier12 Coaching Staff | work=USA Baseball | date=August 13, 2019 | access-date=October 13, 2019 }}</ref> On October 16, 2019, he was promoted to manager when [[Joe Girardi]] declined the position.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usabaseball.com/news/usa-baseball-announces-premier12-staff-changes/c-311181584?tid=216639934 | title=USA Baseball Announces Premier12 Staff Changes | work=USA Baseball | date=October 16, 2019 | access-date=October 23, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> The team finished fourth in the tournament and failed to qualify for the [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Olympics]] in the initial rounds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=II Premier12 2019 - The official site - WBSC|url=https://premier12.wbsc.org/en/2019/news/navarro-singles-in-extras-brins-mexico-to-the-2020-olympics|access-date=2020-07-12|website=premier12.wbsc.org}}</ref>

Brosius became the athletic director at [[Linfield University]] in May 2024.<ref>{{cite web | title=Former MLB star Scott Brosius named athletic director at Linfield University | website=MSN | date=June 22, 2024 | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/former-mlb-star-scott-brosius-named-athletic-director-at-linfield-university/ar-AA1o3joI | access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Brosius was inducted into the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Brosius (2002) - Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame |url=https://golinfieldwildcats.com/honors/linfield-athletics-hall-of-fame/scott-brosius/40 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Linfield University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Oregon Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oregonsportshall.org/?page_id=56|access-date=2015-12-11|title=Baseball|publisher=[[Oregon Sports Hall of Fame]]}}</ref>

In 2007 and 2015, Brosius took part in the New York Yankees [[Old-Timers' Day]] festivities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://riveraveblues.com/2008/07/not-so-old-timers-set-to-join-old-timers-day-3365/ |title=Not-so-old timers set to join Old Timers Day - River Avenue Blues |publisher=Riveraveblues.com |date=2008-07-23 |access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kelly |first=Matt |url=http://baseballhall.org/news/scott-brosius-visits-hall-of-fame |title=World Series MVP Scott Brosius Comes Full Circle in Cooperstown &#124; Baseball Hall of Fame |publisher=Baseballhall.org |date=2015-06-18 |access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref>

On November 4, 2009, Brosius threw out the first pitch before Game 6 of the [[2009 World Series]] at [[Yankee Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linfield.edu/linfield-news/356/ |title=Linfield baseball coach to toss first pitch before Game 6 of World Series &#124; Linfield News |publisher=Linfield.edu |date=2009-11-04 |access-date=2019-11-09 |archive-date=December 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223134617/https://www.linfield.edu/linfield-news/356/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Oregon Encyclopedia|brosius_scott_1966_|author=Jacob, Greg P.}}

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{{succession box | before = [[Manny Acta]] | title = [[Seattle Mariners|Seattle Mariners Third Base Coach]] | years = 2017–2018 | after = [[Chris Prieto]]}}
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