Chuck Scrivener

Wayne Allison Scrivener, commonly known as "Chuck Scrivener" (born October 3, 1947), is an American former baseball infielder.

Scrivener was called up to the Detroit Tigers in September 1975 and remained with the club through the end of the 1977 season. He appeared in 145 major league games as a shortstop (89 games), second baseman (51 games), and third baseman (11 games), and compiled a .190 batting average with two home runs and 18 RBIs.

He played for Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Community College of Baltimore before being drafted by the Tigers in the 1968 Major League Baseball January Draft. He spent a total of 11 seasons in the Tigers organization, including three seasons with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens (1971-1973) and another three with the Triple-A Evansville Triplets (1974, 1975 and 1978).

Scrivener is the nephew of the late Jack Crouch who played for the Saint Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds between 1930 and 1933.

Early years Scrivener was born in 1947 in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended high school at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly). As a senior at Poly, he won the 1966 Maryland Scholastic Association batting championship with a .529 batting average and also led the association in RBIs, doubles, and stolen bases. He next attended the Community College of Baltimore, where he was selected as the first-team shortstop on the 1968 Tri-State Conference Baseball All Star Team.

Detroit Tigers organization (1968-1978) Scrivener was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the second round of the 1968 Major League Baseball January Draft, Secondary Phase. Scrivener was described by Detroit sports writer Jim Hawkins as "the forgotten man in the Tigers' farm system, forever playing second-string behind each new promising shortstop that came along." An injury to Tom Veryzer in May 1976 provided Scrivener with his first opportunity to start at shortstop.

Scrivener appeared in a total of 80 games in 1976, including 38 starts at second base and 28 at shortstop. He compiled a .221 batting average and a .282 on-base percentage with seven doubles, a triple, and two home runs.

Scrivener again remained with the Tigers in 1977, though he spent most of the season on the bench. He appeared in 61 games but was a starter in only 21 games. His batting average dropped to .083 with only six hits in 72 at bats. He appeared in his last major league game on September 29, 1977. At the time, Scrivener said: "Sometimes I didn't think I was a big leaguer anyway." He added that "once you start going downhill, it's tough to start going uphill again."

Scrivener signed with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1979, but he injured his knee and never appeared in a game.

Later years In 1979, Scrivener returned to Detroit, selling napkins and toilet paper for Fort Howard Paper Co. He resigned in March 1980, refusing to accept a transfer to Illinois.