Bobby Scales

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bobby Scales
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 4, 1977(1977-10-04)
Age	47
Birthplace	Southfield
Country	United States
Birth City	Michigan
Horoscope	Libra

Bobby Scales Biography

Bobby Scales is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on October 4, 1977 in Southfield, Michigan, United States. Bobby Leon Scales (born October 4 1977) is an American professional second baseman in baseball. A switch hitter who pitches straight-handed. Scales was a player for at the University of Michigan and was chosen to the San Diego Padres in the 14th round (442nd overall) of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft on June 11th in 1999. While at Michigan the team he played with was the Corvallis Knights in the West Coast League which is an independent summer league for collegiate players. He was a part of Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the Orix Buffaloes.

Scales was signed by the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan on the 27th of June, 2011.

On January 27, 2012, Scales signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs.

Scales was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to be the organization’s assistant fielding coordinator in 2019.

He was drafted to the Cubs Major League team in May 4th, 2009. following the starting pitching Carlos Zambrano was put on the 15-day Disabled List. The Cubs made their Major League debut, starting as a second baseman, at the age 31 in May 5, against the San Francisco Giants, a game where he scored the first Major League hit against Tim Lincecum who won his 2008 National League Cy Young Award. He recorded the first Major League run later that in the inning, after Sean Marshall singled. On May 8 2009, Scales hit his first Major League triple off of Dave Bush. On May 12 2009 Scales made his debut Major League home run on Edwin Moreno of the San Diego Padres. In May 14, to increase his chances of staying in the majors, Scales hit 2 doubles while scoring 4 runs during the Cubs winning a 4-0 win against the Padres. He had a 6-game streak of hits immediately following being called up. However, the streak ended on the 16th of May. In the same game in which Scales scored the winning run in the 9th inning’s final inning with the Houston Astros. The 27th of May Aaron Miles was placed on the DL The team was in need of someone to serve as a backup shortstop. Scales was sent to AAA Iowa Cubs. The next day, on May 28th, Scales was recalled from AAA Iowa because Ryan Freel was put in the list of disabled players. Scales was able to hit a pinch-hit home hit in the eighth inning in the bottom of the eighth off Dodgers player Randy Wolf.

Bobby Scales Net Worth

Bobby Scales is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bobby Scales 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His wife Monica holds a doctorate degree in communication for health. In 2005, Scales was awarded one of the Portland Beavers Community Player of the Year. This award recognized his time and effort spent in helping the Portland community. He is also an adjunct educator for Milton High School in Alpharetta, Georgia during the offseason.

After three years of being chosen from an organization called the Padres organisation, Scales was discouraged from the lack of playing and even thought of quitting, however, the infield trainer Tony Franklin talked him into staying. The same year, when Bernie Castro, the top player in the lineup ahead of Scales suffered an injury He finally got the chance to make his debut. Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies to a minor league contract on January 11, 2006, Scales played the 2006 season with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons. In the end, the Boston Red Sox organization signed Scales for a minor league deal on the 20th of December in the same day they invited him take part at this year’s Red Sox’ 2007 Spring Training. The year 2008 was the last time Scales was a player for his home team, the Chicago Cubs organization and became an unrestricted free agent at the close of the season. He signed a contract in the month of January 2009. signed another contract as a player for the Cubs.

On November 9, 2012, Scales was hired to be the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim’ director of player development.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Bobby Scales height 6 ft 0 in Bobby weight 86 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Bobby Scales Dating?

According to our records, Bobby Scales married to Monica Scales. As of December 1, 2023, Bobby Scales’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Bobby Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bobby Scales celebrates birthday on October 4 of every year.