About Scott Nielsen
Born 1958. Scott Nielsen is an American baseball player.
Jeffrey Scott Nielsen (born December 18, 1958) is an American former 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.
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.
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American baseball player
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Scott Nielsen was born on 18 December 1958 in Salt Lake City.
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Scott Nielsen is a baseball player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Scott Nielsen. https://biography.guide/scott-nielsen/
MLA: "Scott Nielsen." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/scott-nielsen/.
Chicago: "Scott Nielsen." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/scott-nielsen/.
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