Major League Baseball Player. The Washington Senators right-hander broke the hearts of the Boston Red Sox on the same date, September 28, two years in a row in 1948 and 1949. He won a six-hit, 4-2 victory in Boston, dropping the Red Sox two games behind Cleveland in the 1948 pennant race. The two teams wound up tied for first place, and the Indians won the playoff and then the World Series title. It was much the same the following year. Scarborough fired a four-hitter in a 2-1 triumph, knocking the Red Sox from undisputed first place into a tie with the New York Yankees. Boston had led 1-0 behind Chuck Stobbs going into the ninth. The Senators tied it up, and Mel Parnell came in. With runners on a second and third and two out and pinch-hitter Buddy Lewis at bat, Parnell uncorked a wild pitch for the winning run. Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy was heavily criticized for not walking Lewis intentionally with Scarborough on deck. In that game, both Ted Williams and Vern Stephens failed to get the ball out of the infield. He struck out seven, getting Williams twice. Boston later took a one-game lead with two to play, but those pair were at Yankee Stadium. New York took them both and then another World Series title. He pitched for Washington (1942 to 1943, 1946 to 1950), the Chicago White Sox (1950), the Red Sox (1951 to 1952), the Yankees (1952 to 1953) and the Detroit Tigers (1953). He also was in the military in 1944-45. He was 15-8 with the Senators in 1948 with a 2.82 earned run average. That year he also made veteran Bill McGowan so incensed for disputing his calls behind the plate that the umpire threw his ball-and-strike indicator at the hurler. As a result of other confrontations during the July 20 game, McGowan, with 25 years' experience, received a 10-day suspension by the American League. Washington traded Scarborough with first baseman Eddie Robinson and infielder Al Kozar to the White Sox on May 31, 1950 for pitchers Bob Kuzava and Joe Ostrowski and infielder Cass Michaels. Chicago shipped him to Boston with pitcher Bill Wight on Dec. 10, 1950 for pitchers Joe Dobson and Dick Littlefield and outfielder Al Zarilla. He was 12-9 for the Red Sox in 1951. His 10-year career totals were 80-85 with a 4.13 ERA and 59 complete games in 168 starts.