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Dick Stuart
Nickname(s): Dr. Strangeglove, The Ancient Mariner
1932-2002

1B 1958-66, 69 Pirates, Red Sox, Phillies, Mets, Dodgers, Angels

Dick Stuart's Teammates

  • All-Star in 1961
  • Led League in rbi 63

GamesAverageHRRBI
Career 1112.264228743
World Series 8.13600

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Book Excerpts
» 1960: The Last Pure Season by Kerry Keene
» Dick Stuart from Tales from the Red Sox Dugout
» "Stuart -- a man with all the speed of an ox -- hit an inside-the-park home run in Fenway": Dan Shaughnessy

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» Major League Leaders Who Weren't: 1961's Unbalanced Schedule by Fred Worth
» Dr. Strangeglove; Or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned To Hit The Bomb: Dick Stuart, RIP by Jeff Kallman
» The Game Lost Many Lives In 2002 by Bruce Markusen

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Unfortunately for the slugging Stuart, he played before the advent of the designated hitter. Known as Dr. Strangeglove, and The Ancient Mariner ("he stoppeth one in three"), he was perennially the league's worst-fielding first baseman. After the immodest, lead-footed 6'4" strongman hit 66 homers at Lincoln (Western League) in 1956, he plastered "66" on his belongings and included the number in his autograph. From 1959 through 1961, he hit 85 homers for Pittsburgh, including three in one game June 30, 1960.

Colorful and controversial, he sold plenty of tickets for Boston in 1963, where they cheered the Comeback Player of the Year's 42 HR and league-high 118 RBI and booed his 29 errors. Stuart was outraged when Boston traded him to Philadelphia for little-known pitcher Dennis Bennett in November 1964. In 1965, for the first time in eight years, Stuart managed not to lead or tie for the league lead in errors at first base. By 1967 he was playing for Taiyo in Japan. Unhappy there, he recrossed the Pacific and played briefly with California in 1969. (JCA)


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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
» September 10, 1958: Dick Stuart clouts a 10th inning homer to give Bob Friend his 20th win of the year as the Pirates beat the Giants, 6–4.

» June 30, 1960: Dick Stuart blasts three consecutive home runs, as the Pirates split with the Giants. Stuart drives in seven runs and joins Ralph Kiner as the 2nd Pirate to hit three home runs in a game at Forbes Field. Jack Sanford pitches a 3-hit shutout to give the Giants an 11–0 first-game win. With the 11–6 nitecap victory, Pittsburgh is three ahead of the 2nd-place Braves.

» November 21, 1962: Pittsburgh trades 1B Dick Stuart and P Jack Lamabe to Boston for P Don Schwall and C Jim Pagliaroni.

» June 23, 1963: A ML fielding record is set by Boston's 1B Dick Stuart as "Dr. Strange Glove" handles three first-inning grounders and tosses to P Bob Heffner for putouts. Stuart's teammates and Fenway fans give him a standing ovation. The Yankees beat the Sox 8–0. Heffner is just the second pitcher to have three putouts in an inning: Bosox Jim Bagby (1940) is the other. Rick Reuschel in 1975 will be the next to record three POs.

» August 25, 1963: Cleveland batters suffer an American League-record 27 strikeouts in a doubleheader (24 innings) split against the Red Sox. The 44 strikeouts for both teams are also an AL record, with Dick Stuart chipping in with 6. Stuart now has 123 for the season, surpassing Jimmie Foxx's Sox record of 119. Bill Monbouquette fans 11 Indians in the opener and Bob Heffner 12 more in the nitecap, but the Tribe still manages a split, winning 2–1 after an 8–3 loss.

» November 29, 1964: The Phils trade P Dennis Bennett to the Red Sox for 1B Dick Stuart.

» April 17, 1965: Don Drysdale ties a major-league record by striking out four Phils -- Wes Covington, Tony Gonzalez, Dick Stuart, and Clay Dalrymple -- in order in the 2nd inning, but also gives up two home runs to lose 3–2. It is the 8th straight time the Phillies have beaten big Don.

» July 23, 1965: Dick Stuart homers in a ML-record 23rd different park when he connects at Shea Stadium in Philadelphia's 5–1 win. His park mark will be topped.

» September 5, 1965: The Reds edge the Phillies, 10–9, despite the slugging of Phils first sacker Dick Stuart. Stuart clouts a grand slam, the 9th of his career, in the 1st inning, then hits a 2-run homer in the 7th.

» March 6, 1969: Two spring training games today use experimental rules. DPHers Ty Cline (Expos) and George Spriggs (Royals) both bat ninth and go 0 for four in Fort Myers. John Orsino (Yankees) bats 6th (1 for 4) and Jim French (Senators) bats 9th (0 for 3) in Pompano Beach. Orsino has the first hit as a DPH. Five of the nine games on March seven use the DPH. The Angels' Dick Stuart reaches base four times against the Padres and the box score has three different pinch-runners for him(none scored). Boog Powell is the Orioles' DPH(hit 9th) and doubles in the 5th. The PR, Stanley Martin, scores, and Powell singles in the winning run in the 7th to beat the Twins, 2-1. The DPH idea will be dropped on March 26.