Dolly Stark

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dolly Stark

|position=Shortstop

|image=Dolly Stark.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1885|1|19}}

|birth_place=Ripley, Mississippi, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1924|12|1|1885|1|19}}

|death_place=Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= September 12

|debutyear= 1909

|debutteam=Cleveland Naps

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 24

|finalyear=1912

|finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.238

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=30

|teams=

Cleveland Naps (1909)
Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers (1910–1912)

|highlights=

}}

Monroe Randolph Stark (January 19, 1885 – December 1, 1924) was an American college baseball coach and professional baseball player who coached the Mississippi A&M Aggies, now known as the Mississippi State Bulldogs to a 22–4 record in 1909.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/bb/bb_13mg.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 |title=2013 Mississippi State University Baseball Media Guide |access-date=2013-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210213939/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/bb/bb_13mg.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 |archive-date=2013-12-10 |url-status=dead }} He then went on to play shortstop for the Cleveland Naps and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1909 to 1912.[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=starkdo01 Dolly Stark Stats]

Stark was killed by gunfire in Memphis, Tennessee{{Cite web |url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_S/Stark.Dolly.Obit.html |title=Dolly Stark Obit |access-date=2013-12-10 |archive-date=2012-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103180706/http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_S/Stark.Dolly.Obit.html |url-status=dead }} and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis.[https://books.google.com/books?id=4oEwCgAAQBAJ&dq=Elmwood+Cemetery+dolly+stark&pg=PA505 The Baseball Necrology] The man who shot him, Harry Atkinson, later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison.