Listed at 5'11" and 170 pounds, Stuart threw and batted right-handed. He made his big league debut on August 15, 1895, with the Pittsburgh Pirates at the age of 21, playing 19 games that year (2 at second base and 17 as shortstop) and hitting .247 with 0 home runs and 10 RBI. He returned to the Major Leagues in 1899 to play for the New York Giants (playing only one game at second base that season) and collected zero hits in three at-bats. Stuart's overall career fielding percentage was unremarkable, at .912.[1][3]
Football career
Stuart played fullback on the Penn State football team.[4] In 1895, he played the same position for the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, one of the first football teams to pay players.[2] He was known as an outstanding kicker.[4]
From 1896 until 1899 he was the coach and star fullback of the Company C team of Bradford, Pennsylvania, which in its best year, 1897, won all of its 11 games by a combined score of 388 to 0.[5][6]
Later life
Stuart later became an oil operator in Oklahoma.[2] Alongside his oil career, he tried his hand at managing a theater in Tulsa and running a publication called Baseball World.[7][8] In 1922, he was shot in a hunting accident when his guide mistook him for a deer; he was still recovering months later.[9] He died on October 14, 1928, in Fort Worth, Texas. His body was laid to rest in Spring Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in State College, Pennsylvania.[1]
References
^ abc"Bill Stuart". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on September 19, 2023. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ abcLong, James J. (October 16, 1928). "Sport Comment". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 26. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
^"Bill Stuart". MLB.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ abPFRA Research. "Ten Dollars and Cakes"(PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Archived(PDF) from the original on November 3, 2023. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^Nelson, Johnny Jr. (February 12, 1934). "Chauncey Bill Stuart". Out of the Past. The Bradford Era. Bradford, PA. p. 6.
^"Scores of the Season". The Pittsburg Times. November 27, 1897. p. 8.
^"Grand-Theatre Changes Hands". Tulsa Daily World (Morning ed.). December 8, 1912. p. 7. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^"W.A. Stuart Says Baseball Is Safe". Tulsa Daily World (Morning ed.). January 19, 1916. p. 6. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
