- Played minor league baseball (New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, and Texas Rangers) from 1980-1988. After becoming an actor, he played a major league pitcher in Little Big League (1994).
- Attended Rutgers University to study for a degree in comparative literature but dropped out to play baseball for community colleges in Florida and Arizona. (1980) Drafted into the minor baseball leagues and played with The New York Yankees, The Atlanta Braves and The Texas Rangers for eight years before being dropped. Studied acting in New York with renowned acting coaches Robert Lewis and Sondra Lee. (1977)
- Son Nick born 3/2015.
- Prior to Gilmore Girls, both he and star Lauren Graham made guest appearances on Seinfeld (but not in the same episode).
- Was once traded by the Atlanta Braves for future Houston Astros and New York Yankees General Manager, Bob Watson.
- His father had English, Scottish, and German ancestry, and his mother was of Russian Jewish and Lithuanian Jewish descent. One of Scott's maternal great-grandfathers was a rabbi.
- He loves to ski.
- Dropped out of Rutgers University.
- He is the third tallest male lead on the TV series "Gilmore Girls", standing about 3 or 4 inches shorter than Jared Padalecki and 5 inches shorter than Edward Herrmann.
- He is the son of Hope (Gordon), who was a journalist and theatre actress, and Francis Ford Patterson IV, an advertising executive.
- He and Sean Gunn (Kirk 6' ), tie as the 5th tallest recurring characters* to appear on 'Gilmore Girls', behind David Sutcliffe (Christopher 6'-1"), Jarad Padalecki (Dean 6'-4 ½") Edward Herrmann (Richard Gilmore 6'-5") and Ted Rooney (Morey Dell 6'-6 ½") [*Recurring characters were deemed to be more than 15 episodes, Sebastian Bach (Gil 6'-4") only appeared in 13 episodes so wasn't considered.].
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