Luke Stuart (baseball)


Luther Lane Stuart was an American professional baseball player who appeared in three games as a second baseman in for the St. Louis Browns of Major League Baseball. Stuart and Johnnie LeMaster are the only players to hit an inside-the-park home run in their first Major League Baseball at bat.. It was Stuart's only hit in his three game career.. Stuart also became the first American League player to hit a home run in his first plate appearance.

Death

Stuart committed suicide on June 15, 1947 by slicing his wrists and then shooting himself with a pistol at a realtor's office after being in ill health.