Dean Sturgis

{{short description|American baseball player (1892–1950)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dean Sturgis

|position=Catcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1892|12|1|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Beloit, Kansas

|death_date={{death date and age|1950|6|4|1892|12|1}}

|death_place=Uniontown, Pennsylvania

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 1

|debutyear=1914

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 29

|finalyear=1914

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.250

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics (1914)

}}

Dean Donnell Sturgis (December 1, 1892 – June 29, 1950) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the {{Baseball year|1914}} season. He was born in Beloit, Kansas and attended Bucknell University. He also played college baseball and football for the Bucknell Bison. In one college football game in 1913, he helped pull off a win against a then-undefeated Pittsburgh Panthers football team.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1126&dat=19131102&id=9xVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FGYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1992,608689|title=Dean Sturgis Gets Points That Defeat Pitt Team|work=The Gazette Times|first=Richard|last=Guy|date=November 2, 1913|page=2}} He was invited to try out for the Philadelphia Athletics while still in college at Bucknell.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19140203&id=5LYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LkkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2762,820455|title=College and School Notes|first=L.G.|last=Boggs|work=The Pittsburgh Press|date=February 3, 1914|page=19}}