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 became the first of three Major League 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. He worked as a scout for the New [York Yankees] after his playing career was over.

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.