finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
2000 left davenport , iowa 1993 september 29 .445 75 2123 outfielder kansas city royals batting average hits run batted in april 5 11 february 1967 scott pose
 florida marlins scott pose right
scott pose

scott vernon pose -lrb- ; born february 11 , 1967 , in davenport , iowa -rrb- is a retired major league baseball outfielder .
he is an alumnus of dowling catholic high school in west des moines , iowa and the university of arkansas .
drafted by the cincinnati reds in the 34th round of the 1989 mlb amateur draft , pose would make his major league baseball debut with the florida marlins on april 5 , 1993 , and appear in his final game on september 29 , 2000 .
pose was a member of the inaugural marlins 1993 franchise and was the first official batter in marlins history .
nevertheless , he only appeared in 15 games with the expansion marlins , as the bulk of his career playing time came later in the decade with the new york yankees and kansas city royals .
pose 's career season was in 1999 , when he hit .285 as an outfield reserve with the royals .
despite earning the praise of royals manager tony muser , pose 's playing time decreased in 2000 , as he would start in only three games , appearing almost exclusively as a pinch hitter .
while pose did his best to get on base , his lack of power limited his career : in 381 career plate appearances , pose never homered and managed only seven doubles and a lone triple .
pose portrayed the fictional baseball player `` matt crane '' in the 1999 film `` for love of the game '' starring kevin costner .
since 2008 , pose has served as a college baseball analyst for the big ten network .
pose now provides color commentary for the durham bulls ' television and radio broadcasts , with patrick kinas giving play-by-play commentary .
