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Dick Stuart
Richard Lee Stuart (Stu or Dr. Strangeglove)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 212 lb.

Debut July 10, 1958
  vs. CHC 5 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 27, 1969
Born November 7, 1932 in San Francisco, CA
Died December 15, 2002 in Redwood City, CA

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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        Bill James' worst "Percentage Player" in history: He didn't walk, didn't steal (and got caught when he tried), struck out too much, and oh, that "defense". Jeter might be even worse, but there's never been anyone as obviously bad as "Dr. Strangeglove."

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 25 PIT NL  67  254   38   68  12  5  16   48   0  0  11  75  .268  .310  .543  124  138   0   1   1   5   6
 1959 26 PIT NL 118  397   64  118  15  2  27   78   1  1  42  86  .297  .362  .549  140  218   2   7   7   2  11
 1960 27 PIT NL 122  438   48  114  17  5  23   83   0  0  39 107  .260  .317  .479  114  210   1   5   5   0  15
 1961 28 PIT NL 138  532   83  160  28  8  35  117   0  3  34 121  .301  .344  .581  139  309   1   5   1   4  22 MVP-22,AS
 1962 29 PIT NL 114  394   52   90  11  4  16   64   0  1  32  94  .228  .286  .398   81  157   0   5   1   2   9
 1963 30 BOS AL 157  612   81  160  25  4  42  118   0  0  44 144  .261  .312  .521  126  319   1   1   2   1  24 MVP-13
 1964 31 BOS AL 156  603   73  168  27  1  33  114   0  0  37 130  .279  .320  .491  118  296   1   7   7   3  11 MVP-28
 1965 32 PHI NL 149  538   53  126  19  1  28   95   1  0  39 136  .234  .287  .429  101  231   0   6   8   3  10
 1966 33 TOT NL  69  178   11   43   1  0   7   22   0  2  20  43  .242  .325  .365   97   65   0   0   2   2   8
         NYM NL  31   87    7   19   0  0   4   13   0  1   9  26  .218  .292  .356   82   31   0   0   2   0   5
         LAD NL  38   91    4   24   1  0   3    9   0  1  11  17  .264  .356  .374  111   34   0   0   0   2   3
 1969 36 CAL AL  22   51    3    8   2  0   1    4   0  0   3  21  .157  .204  .255   31   13   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1112 3997  506 1055 157 30 228  743   2  7 301 957  .264  .316  .489  117 1956   6  37  34  22 118
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        582   74  154  23  4  33  108   0  1  44 139  .264  .316  .489  117  285   1   5   5   3  17
 Career High    157  612   83  168  28  8  42  118   1  3  44 144  .301  .362  .581  140  319   2   7   8   5  24
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 25 PIT NL  271  193   41   5.7   103| .268  .266| .310  .333| .543  .416| .853  .749| 124  .591   6.7   0.6   0%
 1959 26 PIT NL  450  300   78   7.0   104| .297  .269| .362  .335| .549  .416| .911  .751| 140  .679  22.4   2.2  50%
 1960 27 PIT NL  483  345   63   4.9   100| .260  .264| .317  .330| .479  .406| .796  .736| 114  .554   7.1   0.7   0%
 1961 28 PIT NL  576  403   97   6.4   106| .301  .271| .344  .338| .581  .422| .925  .760| 139  .643  27.4   2.7   0%
 1962 29 PIT NL  433  319   44   3.7   104| .228  .271| .286  .338| .398  .412| .684  .750|  81  .404 -12.0  -1.2   0%
 1963 30 BOS AL  659  478   91   5.1    97| .261  .259| .312  .325| .521  .399| .833  .725| 126  .591  18.0   1.9   0%
 1964 31 BOS AL  651  454   93   5.5   100| .279  .261| .320  .330| .491  .406| .811  .736| 118  .618  12.8   1.3   0%
 1965 32 PHI NL  586  428   66   4.2    92| .234  .256| .287  .319| .429  .387| .716  .706| 101  .503  -0.9  -0.1 100%
 1966 33 TOT NL  200  145   20   3.7    91| .242  .258| .325  .316| .365  .389| .690  .704|  97  .441  -0.6   0.0   0%
         NYM NL   96   74    8   2.9    94| .218  .261| .292  .319| .356  .393| .648  .713|  82  .337  -2.3  -0.2   0%
         LAD NL  104   71   12   4.6    89| .264  .255| .356  .312| .374  .384| .730  .697| 111  .534   1.8   0.2   0%
 1969 36 CAL AL   54   45    2   1.2    90| .157  .247| .204  .323| .255  .373| .459  .696|  31  .091  -4.8  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4363 3110  595   5.1   100| .264  .263| .316  .330| .489  .405| .805  .735| 117  .572  76.2   7.6  22%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1958 25 PIT NL  1B   64    529   49   16   69  .973  .990  9.03  8.11  9.83  9.54   61  529.3
 1959 26 PIT NL  1B  105    831   81   22   87  .976  .988  8.69  8.04  9.41  9.58  100  872.0
                 LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.60  0.00  2.06    1    7.0
 1960 27 PIT NL  1B  108    920   77   14   90  .986  .990  9.23  8.20  9.83  9.57  105  913.0
 1961 28 PIT NL  1B  132   1152   99   21  141  .983  .990  9.48  7.58  9.88  7.90  131 1139.7 AS
                 LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.50  0.00  1.80    0    5.0 AS
 1962 29 PIT NL  1B  101    868   78   17   98  .982  .990  9.37  8.04  9.87  9.79  100  862.7
 1963 30 BOS AL  1B  155   1207  134   29  100  .979  .990  8.65  6.45  8.77  6.54  155 1376.3
 1964 31 BOS AL  1B  155   1159  104   24  105  .981  .991  8.15  6.45  8.61  6.82  155 1320.0
 1965 32 PHI NL  1B  143   1119   98   17  100  .986  .990  8.51  6.99  9.34  7.67  140 1173.0
                 3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.50  0.00  3.00    0    0.3
 1966 33 TOT NL  1B   48    407   34    8   36  .982  .989  9.19  8.50 10.63  9.90   48  373.3
         NYM NL  1B   23    216   13    6   20  .974  .989  9.96  8.50 11.14  9.90   23  185.0
         LAD NL  1B   25    191   21    2   16  .991  .989  8.48  8.50 10.13  9.90   25  188.3
 1969 36 CAL AL  1B   13    102    4    1   11  .991  .992  8.15  8.33  9.94  9.63   13   96.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1958 25 PIT NL  1B   64    529   49   16   69  .973  .990  9.03  8.11  9.83  9.54   61  529.3
 1959 26 PIT NL  1B  105    831   81   22   87  .976  .988  8.69  8.04  9.41  9.58  100  872.0
 1960 27 PIT NL  1B  108    920   77   14   90  .986  .990  9.23  8.20  9.83  9.57  105  913.0
 1961 28 PIT NL  1B  132   1152   99   21  141  .983  .990  9.48  7.58  9.88  7.90  131 1139.7
 1962 29 PIT NL  1B  101    868   78   17   98  .982  .990  9.37  8.04  9.87  9.79  100  862.7
 1963 30 BOS AL  1B  155   1207  134   29  100  .979  .990  8.65  6.45  8.77  6.54  155 1376.3
 1964 31 BOS AL  1B  155   1159  104   24  105  .981  .991  8.15  6.45  8.61  6.82  155 1320.0
 1965 32 PHI NL  1B  143   1119   98   17  100  .986  .990  8.51  6.99  9.34  7.67  140 1173.0
 1966 33 TOT NL  1B   48    407   34    8   36  .982  .989  9.19  8.50 10.63  9.90   48  373.3
         NYM NL  1B   23    216   13    6   20  .974  .989  9.96  8.50 11.14  9.90   23  185.0
         LAD NL  1B   25    191   21    2   16  .991  .989  8.48  8.50 10.13  9.90   25  188.3
 1969 36 CAL AL  1B   13    102    4    1   11  .991  .992  8.15  8.33  9.94  9.63   13   96.0

 1965 32 PHI NL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.50  0.00  3.00    0    0.3

 1959 26 PIT NL  LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.60  0.00  2.06    1    7.0
 1961 28 PIT NL  LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.50  0.00  1.80    0    5.0

 1959 26 PIT NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90  0.00  2.19    1    7.0
 1961 28 PIT NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90  0.00  2.16    0    5.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B*1024   8294  758  169  837  .982  .990  8.84  7.40  9.41  8.23 1008 8655.3
                 LF*   2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.55  0.00  1.95    1   12.0
                 3B*   1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.50  0.00  3.00    0    0.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      1027   8294  758  169  837  .982  .990  8.81  7.38  9.40  8.22 1009   8668
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   5  20   0   3  0  0  0   0   0   3  .150  .150  .150   0  0   0   0   0 
 1966   WS    LAD BAL     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   7  22   0   3  0  0  0   0   0   4  .136  .136  .136   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1961-1 PIT NL       1   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-2 PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   2   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1961-1 *
1961-2 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1961-NL-22-0.00
1963-AL-13-0.09
1964-AL-28-0.01
Car-893-0.10 shares

Slugging %
1960 NL-.479-9
1961 NL-.581-5
1963 AL-.521-4
1964 AL-.491-8

OPS
1961 NL-.925-9

Games
1963 AL-157-6

At Bats
1963 AL-612-3
1964 AL-603-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1963 AL-659-10

Hits
1964 AL-168-7

Total Bases
1961 NL-309-7
1963 AL-319-1
1964 AL-296-5

Doubles
1961 NL-28-7
1964 AL-27-10

Triples
1961 NL-8-9

Home Runs
1959 NL-27-7
1960 NL-23-9
1961 NL-35-4
1963 AL-42-2
1964 AL-33-5

RBI
1960 NL-83-10
1961 NL-117-5
1963 AL-118-1
1964 AL-114-2

Strikeouts
1959 NL-86-8
1960 NL-107-4
1961 NL-121-1
1963 AL-144-3
1964 AL-130-4
1965 NL-136-2

Adjusted OPS+
1961 NL-139-8

Runs Created
1963 AL-91-10
1964 AL-93-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1961 NL-27-9

Batting Wins
1961 NL-2.7-9

Extra-Base Hits
1961 NL-71-5
1963 AL-71-1
1964 AL-61-7

Hit By Pitch
1958 NL-5-9

Sac. Flies
1959 NL-7-6
1964 AL-7-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1960 NL-15-7
1961 NL-22-3
1963 AL-24-1

At Bats per Home Run
1960 NL-19.0-6
1961 NL-15.2-4
1963 AL-14.6-2
1964 AL-18.3-7
1965 NL-19.2-9
Car-17.5-58

Outs
1963 AL-478-5

Oldest Player
1969 AL-36-8

          

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 59 (415) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.0 (1084) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 30.5 (576) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

November 20, 1962: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Jack Lamabe to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Pagliaroni and Don Schwall.

November 29, 1964: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dennis Bennett.

February 22, 1966: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Mets for Jimmie Schaffer, Bobby Klaus, and Wayne Graham.

June 15, 1966: Released by the New York Mets.

July 5, 1966: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 21, 1966: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

April 7, 1969: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

June 3, 1969: Released by the California Angels.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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