Dave Stenhouse

David Rotchford Stenhouse (September 12, 1933 – November 11, 2023) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Washington Senators from 1962 to 1964. Born in Westerly, Rhode Island, Stenhouse batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 195 pounds (88 kg).

Stenhouse was born on September 12, 1933, to Clarence and Mary (Driscoll) Stenhouse in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Stenhouse attended Westerly High School, where he was captain of the school's basketball team. He was named Rhode Island Schoolboy Athlete of the Year after the 1950–51 season. Stenhouse played college baseball and basketball for the University of Rhode Island (URI). He was co-captain of the basketball team, winning All-Conference and All-New England honors; as well as excelling in baseball. He was All-Yankee Conference in both baseball and basketball.

Stenhouse received a degree in industrial engineering. Later in life, he became the president of URI's Century Club, raising funds from alumni for the school's athletics.

Stenhouse was an amateur free agent signing of the Chicago Cubs in 1955. He spent four years in the Cubs' farm system. He played for the Lafayette Oilers in 1956, having a 16–4 win–loss record and a 1.92 earned run average (ERA) in 26 games. After the 1958 season, the Cincinnati Redlegs picked him up from the Cubs' farm system in the minor league draft. He spent two years with the Seattle Rainiers and one with the Jersey City Jerseys, finishing with a 39–37 record over the course of those three seasons.

On December 15, 1961, Stenhouse and catcher Bob Schmidt were traded to the Washington Senators for pitcher Johnny Klippstein and outfielder Marty Keough. He made the team's opening day roster, and through the first half of the season had a 6–3 record and was near the American League lead in ERA.^{[citation needed]} It has also been reported that Stenhouse was 10–4 going into the All-Star Game.

As a result, the rookie was selected to the 1962 All-Star Team. From 1959 to 1962, to increase revenues for the players' pension fund, MLB played two midsummer All-Star games. Stenhouse was the starting pitcher for the American League in 1962's second contest, played July 30 at Wrigley Field, Chicago. He allowed three hits, one base on balls, and one earned run in two innings pitched and left the game for pinch hitter Pete Runnels trailing, 1–0. Runnels hit a home run to tie the game, and the Junior Circuit went on to a 9–4 triumph. He was the first rookie to start a major league All-Star Game. Stenhouse only learned he was to start during the bus ride to the game, when AL manager Ralph Houk told Stenhouse he would be replacing Camilo Pascual, who was injured.

Stenhouse finished the year with an 11–12 record and a 3.65 ERA in 34 games. He followed that up with a 3–9 record and a 4.55 ERA in 16 games in 1963, and a 2–7 record and a 4.81 ERA in 1964.