title: Ernest Scott (baseball)
text: # Ernest Scott (baseball)
  
  Ernest Edward "Joe" Scott (November 16, 1906 – May 2, 1947) was an American Negro league first baseman in the 1920s and 1930s.
  
  A native of Ohio County, Kentucky, Scott made his Negro leagues debut in 1927 with the Memphis Red Sox. He went on to play for several teams, finishing his career in 1938 with the Indianapolis ABCs. Scott died in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1947 at age 40.
  
  