Longtime Texas Rangers scout Scott Littlefield found dead Friday in a Houston hotel

Scott Littlefield, a 33-year veteran scout who had spent the last 15 years as part of the Rangers’ inner circle of talent evaluators, was found dead Friday in a Houston hotel, four people briefed on the news told The Dallas Morning News.

Neither the Littlefield family, a prominent family in baseball evaluation, nor the Rangers had official comments on the news Friday. No cause of death was released.

Littlefield, 59, had been with the Rangers on the last stop on the current road trip and had remained in Houston. He had spent time in the dugout with President of Baseball Operations Chris Young, general manager Ross Fenstermaker and manager Bruce Bochy. Littlefield had a long relationship with Bochy, dating back to the early 2000s when both worked for the San Diego organization.

Littlefield had worked with Pittsburgh, Atlanta and San Diego before joining the Rangers as a special assistant to general manager Jon Daniels in 2009. While with Pittsburgh, Littlefield worked alongside his brother, Dave, who was the GM at the time. Dave is now a scout with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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He was named “Scout of the Year” with two different organizations, San Diego in 2007 and the Rangers in 2019, when he was awarded the organization’s Red Jacket Scout of the Year honor.

Littlefield made his home in Long Beach, Calif., and is survived by his wife, Heather, and two children, Tyler and Erika.

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