Throughout his career, Stuart was known as a formidable slugger, but a subpar fielder. In 1963, he led the major leagues with 29 errors, which remains both Stuart\'s career high and the Boston Red Sox single season record for first basemen. Dubbed "Stone Fingers" that same season by none other than Hank Aaron, Stuart would become far better known as "Dr. Strangeglove" following the release of the like-named 1964 film. (In January 1973, almost four years after Stuart\'s retirement, it was noted that the not yet instituted designated hitter "rule would have suited Dr. Strangeglove perfectly.") Other, less well known but equally unflattering nicknames included "Iron Glove" and, in a more literary vein, "The Ancient Mariner", a reference to an opening line in the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: specifically, "It is an ancient mariner, And he stoppeth one of three". Curiously, despite his well-documented defensive struggles, on June 28, 1963, Stuart became the first first-baseman in major league history to record three assists in one inning.\n', '

The bulk of Stuart\'s career—including by far his most productive years—was spent with the Pirates and the Red Sox. He hit 228 home runs in his Major League Baseball career (tied for 277th all-time as of 10/01/2018), with a batting average of .264. He was elected to the All-Star team in 1961. While Stuart never led the league in home runs, he finished in the top ten in five seasons (1959–61, 1963–64). As a minor league player, Stuart smashed 66 home runs for the Lincoln club of the Class-A Western League in 1956; it remains one of the highest totals in the history of minor league baseball.\n', '

Stuart was a member of the Pirates\' 1960 World Series-winning team. He was on deck as a pinch hitter when Bill Mazeroski hit the ninth-inning home run off Ralph Terry to win the 1960 Series at Forbes Field.\n', '

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