Richard Lee Stuart (November 7, 1932 – December 15, 2002), nicknamed "Dr. Strangeglove", was an American professional

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player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a

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from 1958 to 1966 then, played in the

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(NPB) league from 1967 to 1968 before returning to play one final season in MLB in 1969. A two-time All-Star player, Stuart was notable for being an integral member of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates team that upset the

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to win the

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and, for being the 1963 American League RBI champion. Stuart threw and batted

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; during his playing days, he stood tall, weighing .

Early years

Stuart was born in

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, but his family soon relocated to San Carlos and he attended Sequoia High School in neighboring

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. Stuart declined two scholarships to play

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when he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in June for a $10,000 bonus. The

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soon emerged as one of the top sluggers in their farm system. He batted .313, and clubbed a Pioneer League leading 31

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s with the

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in . He also led the league in

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(121), runs (115) and total bases (292). His minor league career was interrupted by a stint in the

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in and . After initially sputtering upon his return to

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in , Stuart set a Western League record with 66 home runs in with the

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. Equally stunning was his league leading 171 strikeouts. His fielding also proved to be something of a liability. The Pirates unsuccessfully tried him at

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with the

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in before shifting him to first base in 1958. Stuart clubbed 31 home runs in 80 games for the

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when he received his call to the majors in July.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Stuart made his major league debut with the Pirates on July 10, 1958, at the age of 25. With the Pirates trailing 8–5, Stuart hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning of his major league debut to bring his team within a run. The following day, he hit a

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off

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to lead his team to a 7–2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Over the remainder of the season, Stuart would bat .268 with 48 RBIs. Despite being called up halfway through the season, and being used in a lefty/righty platoon with

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, Stuart's sixteen home runs was third best on the team. He also led the league in errors committed by a first baseman (16) for the first of seven consecutive years. He was again in a platoon with Kluszewski in , and was batting .294 with nineteen home runs and sixty RBIs when the Pirates dealt Kluszewski to the

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on August 25. As the Pirates' full time first baseman, Stuart improved to .307 with eight home runs and nineteen RBIs. His 27 home runs and 78 RBIs led the team, while his .297 batting average tied for the team lead with

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. His .976 fielding percentage was the lowest for a

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first baseman since

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' .975 in . Fueled by an

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season from

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, and the emergence of young star

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, the 1960 Pirates sailed to the NL pennant by seven games over the Milwaukee Braves. In their

victory over the

, Stuart was held to three

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in twenty at bats with no RBIs or runs scored. Stuart was in the on deck circle as a pinch hitter when

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hit the ninth-inning home run off

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that won the World Series. His poor performance in the

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preceded what would be his finest season in . There were two All-Star games in 1961; Stuart was part of both NL squads. In the July 11 game at

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, Stuart doubled in his only at bat. in the July 31 contest at

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, Stuart grounded out in his only at bat. His 35 home runs and 117 RBIs far and away led the Pirates, while he batted over .300 for the only time in his career (.301). He also led the NL with 121 strikeouts. Following a slow start to his season, Stuart found himself losing playing time to rookie prospect

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. After the season, Stuart and

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Jack Lamabe were traded to the

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for

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and

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Boston Red Sox

Stuart's physical resemblance to Red Sox legend

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immediately endeared him to fans. Endearing him even more to Bosox fans was the fact that through the first 26 games of the 1963 season, Stuart had five home runs and seventeen RBIs without committing an error. That streak ended abruptly, when Stuart had errors in both games of a May 15 doubleheader with the

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. His .253 batting average, seventeen home runs and fifty RBIs at the All-Star break earned him a second-place finish to the Yankees'

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in fan balloting, but he was left off the team by

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. He was, however, named the first baseman on the '' Sporting News'' AL All-Star Team. He would earn a degree of revenge on Houk on August 15, when he hit his thirtieth home run of the season, making him the first player to hit thirty home runs in a season in both the NL and the AL. For the season, he would finish second to the Minnesota Twins'

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in the AL home run race (45 to 42). While he would go on to lead the AL with 118 RBIs and 319 total bases, he would also lead major league first basemen with 29 errors, which remains both Stuart's career high and the Boston Red Sox single season record. By season's end, he had been dubbed "Stone Fingers" by none other than

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. Despite his well-documented defensive struggles, on June 28, Stuart became the first first-baseman in major league history to record three assists in one inning. The following season, Stuart would become far better known as "Dr. Strangeglove", a play on the 1964 film ''

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''. Despite his 24 errors at first, Stuart still mashed with the best of them. He hit 33 home runs and was second in the AL (to the

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' Brooks Robinson) with 114 RBIs.

Philadelphia Phillies

In need of starting pitching, the Red Sox dealt Stuart to the Philadelphia Phillies at the start of the

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for left hander Dennis Bennett. Following a 6-for-14 four game series in Los Angeles against the Dodgers, Stuart raised his batting average to .297. He followed that up with an 0-for-14 slump that saw his average drop to .216, and drew the ire of manager Gene Mauch. Stuart batted .234 with 28 home runs and 95 RBIs his only season in

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. On October 27, the Phillies acquired

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first baseman Bill White, Bob Uecker and Stuart's former Pirates teammate Dick Groat from the

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for

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and

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. Four months later, Stuart was traded to the

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for minor leaguers

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and Jimmie Schaffer.

1966 season

The Mets moved 21 year old All-Star

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into a left field platoon with

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in order to make room for Stuart at first base. However, once Kranepool demonstrated that he was a terrible

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, and Stuart committed six errors by June 5, the idea was abandoned. The Mets released Stuart on June 15 with a .218 average, four home runs and thirteen RBIs. Shortly afterwards, he went from worst to first, signing as a

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with the

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. Though his role with the Dodgers was far more limited than Stuart was used to in his major league career, he returned to the post season for only the second time in his career. He appeared as a pinch hitter in games one and four of the

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against the Baltimore Orioles, flying out to deep right center in game one, and striking out in game four.

Taiyo Whales

Prior to his trade to the Mets, Stuart seriously considered playing in Japan. With no Major League offers on the table for the 1967 season, he signed with Nippon Professional Baseball's Taiyo Whales. After an impressive first season with the Whales (.280 avg., 33 HR, 79 RBI), Stuart dipped to a .217 average, with sixteen home runs and forty RBIs his second season. He became known as "

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" while playing in Japan.). He returned to the major leagues with the California Angels in 1969, but after 22 games in which he batted .157 with just one home run, he was released on June 3. He finished out the season with the Pacific Coast League's

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before retiring at the age of 36.

Career statistics

In January , almost four years after Stuart's retirement, it was noted that the not yet instituted

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rule "would have suited Dr. Strangeglove perfectly". Other, less well known but equally unflattering nicknames included "Iron Glove" and, in a more literary vein, "The Ancient Mariner", a reference to an opening line in the

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poem

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: specifically, "It is an ancient mariner, And he stoppeth one of three". In their book, ''The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book'', Brendan C. Boyd and Fred C. Harris wrote an essay on Stuart's notoriously poor fielding. An excerpt: "Every play hit his way was an adventure, the most routine play a challenge to his artlessness. It is hard to describe this to anyone who has not seen it, just as it is hard to describe

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. Stu once picked up a hot dog wrapper that was blowing toward his first base position. He received a standing ovation from the crowd. It was the first thing he had managed to pick up all day, and the fans realized it could very well be the last".

Personal life

Stuart had a daughter, Debbie Lea, from his first marriage, and two sons, Richard Lee Jr. and Robert Lance from his second marriage to Lois. He was a member of the Screen Guild Extra Union, and appeared as an

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in the film ''

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'', and on the

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shows '' Navy Log'' and '' Badge 714''. While with the Red Sox, Stuart began doing a sports TV show entitled ''Stuart on Sports'' Sunday nights after the news. He also hosted like-named shows while with the Phillies and Mets. Stuart died of

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on December 15, 2002 in Redwood City, California at the age of 70."Milestones"
''

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''. December 30, 2002

References

External links

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at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
Dick Stuart
at Baseball Almanac

at Historic Baseball

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