This article is about the Major League baseball player. For the Virginia state senator, see Richard Stuart.
Baseball player
Dick Stuart
First baseman
Born:(1932-11-07)November 7, 1932 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died: December 15, 2002(2002-12-15) (aged 70) Redwood City, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: July 10, 1958, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
NPB: 1967, for the Taiyo Whales
Last appearance
NPB: 1968, for the Taiyo Whales
MLB: May 27, 1969, for the California Angels
MLB statistics
Batting average
.264
Home runs
228
Runs batted in
743
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1958–1962)
Boston Red Sox (1963–1964)
Philadelphia Phillies (1965)
New York Mets (1966)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1966)
Taiyo Whales (1967–1968)
California Angels (1969)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (1961, 1961²)
World Series champion (1960)
AL RBI leader (1963)
Richard Lee Stuart (November 7, 1932 – December 15, 2002), nicknamed "Dr. Strangeglove", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1958 to 1966 then, played in the Nippon Professional Baseball (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 New York Yankees to win the 1960 World Series and, for being the 1963 American League RBI champion. Stuart threw and batted right-handed; during his playing days, he stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall, weighing 212 pounds (96 kg).
when José Ramírez hit his 228th career home run, tying Howard Johnson, DickStuart and Hal Trosky. Stats updated as of June 15, 2024. Baseball portal 500...
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from Beverly Hills (1997). In the early 1990s, Stuart performed in dinner theaters. Stuart married actor Dick Gautier in 1967. Their honeymoon was canceled...
Lemon enough time to round the bases. Later, in 1963, the slow-footed DickStuart hit a high fly that ricocheted first off the ladder, and then the head...
stars in two films: with Kay Medford in Ensign Pulver in 1964, and with Dick Van Dyke in Divorce American Style in 1967. During the 1970s and 1980s, Gautier...
starred Robin Nedwell as Dr. Duncan Waring and Geoffrey Davies as Dr. DickStuart-Clark). His films appearances include: The Knack ...and How to Get It...
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the famously distance-hitting but defensively challenged first baseman DickStuart, reportedly "delight[ing]" even its recipient. Sal Maglie recommended...
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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is best known for his role as Dr. DickStuart-Clark in the hugely popular British television comedy series Doctor in...
all episodes were produced by Stewart. When Dr Duncan Waring and Dr DickStuart-Clark take up positions at St. Barnabas hospital in Sydney, they wreak...
advanced a runner as far as third base; and the 10th, when pinch hitter DickStuart came within a few feet of ending Burdette's shutout bid with a two-run...
Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2022. Dick, Stuart (23 September 2014). "Is Sunderland striker Beth Mead a future England...
major off-season trade added slugging first baseman DickStuart to Pesky's maiden roster, and while Stuart would lead the American League with 118 runs batted...
Herman, Dale Long, Bill Mazeroski, Bob Meusel, Lefty O'Doul, Mel Queen, DickStuart, Lee Walls and Gus Zernial. The team's managers included Bragan, Jimmy...
on this day Ditmar could not get out of the second inning once again. DickStuart singled and was forced out at second on a fielder's choice hit by Gino...
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