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Dick Stuart

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Full Name: Richard Lee Stuart Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6'4"/212 First Game: July 10, 1958
Birthdate: November 7, 1932 Final Game: May 27, 1969
Birthplace: San Francisco, California MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: December 15, 2002
Deathplace: Redwood City, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Dick Stuart (Richard Lee Stuart) was born on November 7, 1932 in San Francisco, California. He played his first major league game on July 10, 1958 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and played his last game on May 27, 1969 for the California Angels. He died at the age of December 15, 2002 at the age of 70 in Redwood City, California.

Dick Stuart once said that when he fielded a hot dog wrapper during a game in Pittsburgh, 30,000 fans gave him a standing ovation. He was known as one of the worst fielders ever. He made 29 errors at first base for the Boston Red Sox in 1963, (setting a record that stands 45 years later), and 24 errors in 1964 the following year. Present day Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis made no errors all last season, so that shows how bad a first baseman Stuart was. Stuart was nicknamed Dr. Strangeglove for his ineptness as a fielder. He once even had a license plate that had E3 on it.

Below are a couple of paragraphs from his New York Times obituary:

His first major league hit was a home run. His second was a grand slam. In 1963, he led the American League in runs batted in with 118, and in his two years with the Red Sox he hit a total of 75 home runs.

Still, he could never shake his image as a bad fielder. When the public-address announcer at Pirates training camp once told the spectators, Anyone who interferes with the ball in play will be ejected from the ballpark, Danny Murtaugh, the Pirates' manager at the time, said, I hope Stuart doesn't think it means him.

Stuart played ten seasons in the major leagues and hit 228 home runs and drove in 743 runs while hitting .264. Stuart was on the 1961 NL All Star team and was the batter waiting on deck when Bill Mazeroski hit his game winning home run over the Yankees in the seventh game of the 1960 World Series. He was 3 for 22 in World Series play for the Pirates and Dodgers and hit only .136 with no home runs.

In 1122 games, he stole a total of two bases and was caught stealing seven times. Bill James of Baseball Statistics Fame called Stuart the worst percentage player ever since he was not good at drawing walks, running or fielding.

His 66 home runs in 1956 in the minors should place him near the top of minor league season home run record list. Joe Hauser and Bob Crues hit 69 in one season and Joe Bauman has the record with 72. When Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs in 2001, it made him the all-time leader in homers in a single season in organized baseball in United States.

(One a side note about Crues before getting back to Stuart, he hit 69 home runs in 1948, drove in 254 runs, he scored 185 runs and hit .404, but didn't finish in the top 3 in batting average that season. He also was third in hits with 228.)

Stuart's personal best home run season was when he hit 42 home runs for the Red Sox in 1963. His last good season was in 1965 when he hit 28 home runs and drove in 95 runs for the Philadelphia Phillies. He had 33 years of retirement before succumbing to cancer in 2002.

Most people believe that Dick Stuart's best season was 1963, when he slugged 42 home runs and knocked in 118 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1958 PIT N 67 254 38 68 16 48 .268 .310 .543 12 5 11 75 5 0 0 1 6
1959 PIT N 118 397 64 118 27 78 .297 .362 .549 15 2 42 86 2 2 1 7 11
1960 PIT N 122 438 48 114 23 83 .260 .317 .479 17 5 39 107 0 1 0 5 15
1961 PIT N 138 532 83 160 35 117 .301 .344 .581 28 8 34 121 4 1 0 1 22
1962 PIT N 114 394 52 90 16 64 .228 .286 .398 11 4 32 94 2 0 0 1 9
1963 BOS A 157 612 81 160 42 118 .261 .312 .521 25 4 44 144 1 1 0 2 24
1964 BOS A 156 603 73 168 33 114 .279 .320 .491 27 1 37 130 3 1 0 7 11
1965 PHI N 149 538 53 126 28 95 .234 .287 .429 19 1 39 136 3 0 1 8 10
1966 NY N 31 87 7 19 4 13 .218 .292 .356 0 0 9 26 0 0 0 2 5
1966 LA N 38 91 4 24 3 9 .264 .356 .374 1 0 11 17 2 0 0 0 3
1966 TOT N 69 178 11 43 7 22 .242 .325 .365 1 0 20 43 2 0 0 2 8
1969 CAL A 22 51 3 8 1 4 .157 .204 .255 2 0 3 21 0 0 0 0 2
Total NL 777 2731 349 719 152 507 .263 .319 .486 103 25 217 662 18 4 2 25 81
Total AL 335 1266 157 336 76 236 .265 .311 .496 54 5 84 295 4 2 0 9 37
Total 1112 3997 506 1055 228 743 .264 .316 .489 157 30 301 957 22 6 2 34 118

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1958 PIT N 1B 64 61 529.1 529 49 16 69 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1959 PIT N LF 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1959 PIT N OF 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1959 PIT N 1B 104 100 872 831 81 22 87 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1960 PIT N 1B 108 105 913 920 77 14 90 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1961 PIT N 1B 131 131 1139.2 1152 99 21 141 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1961 PIT N LF 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 PIT N OF 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1962 PIT N 1B 101 100 862.2 868 78 17 98 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1963 BOS A 1B 155 155 1376.1 1207 134 29 100 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1964 BOS A 1B 155 155 1320 1159 104 24 105 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1965 PHI N 1B 143 140 1173 1119 98 17 100 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1965 PHI N 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1966 NY N 1B 23 23 185 216 13 6 20 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1966 LA N 1B 25 25 188.1 191 21 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1966 TOT N 1B 48 48 373.1 407 34 8 36 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1969 CAL A 1B 13 13 96 102 4 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 .991
Total 1B 1022 1008 8655.1 8294 758 169 837 0 0 0 0 0 .982
Total OF 2 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total LF 2 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1951).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Jack Lamabe to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jim Pagliaroni and Don Schwall (November 20, 1962).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Dennis Bennett (November 29, 1964).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Mets in exchange for Jimmie Schaffer, Bobby Klaus and Wayne Graham (February 22, 1966).
  • Released by New York Mets (June 20, 1966).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (July 5, 1966).
  • Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (November 21, 1966).
  • Signed by California Angels (April 7, 1969).
  • Released by California Angels (June 3, 1969).

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