Scott Hairston

Scott Alexander Hairston (born May 25, 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Oakland Athletics. Hairston bats and throws right-handed. Hairston attended Canyon del Oro High School in the Tucson suburb of Oro Valley, AZ and was a letterman in baseball. While there he was a teammate of current All Star second baseman Ian Kinsler. Hairston graduated in 1999. He played college baseball at Central Arizo... more

Scott Alexander Hairston (born May 25, 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Oakland Athletics. Hairston bats and throws right-handed. Hairston attended Canyon del Oro High School in the Tucson suburb of Oro Valley, AZ and was a letterman in baseball. While there he was a teammate of current All Star second baseman Ian Kinsler. Hairston graduated in 1999. He played college baseball at Central Arizona College, alongside future major leaguers Kinsler and Kyle Sinick. Hairston was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the 2001 MLB Draft. He started at second base for part of his rookie season of 2004, but has played mostly a reserve role since then. On 27 July 2007, the D-backs traded him to the San Diego Padres. During his first game as a San Diego Padres starter (3 August 2007), Hairston hit two consecutive home runs. The first was a 3-run blast in the 8th inning that pushed the game against the Giants into extra... less