[2] During the 1912 collegiate baseball season, Lear pitched every inning of the four Big Three (referring to Princeton, Harvard, and Yale) games, defeating Yale University in both games and defeating Harvard University in one.

[3] After graduating from Princeton, Lear fielded offers from the New York Giants and other teams before signing with the Cincinnati Reds on January 3, 1914.

[1] Lear made his major league debut on May 2, 1914, for the Reds, and remained on the roster for the season as a relief pitcher.

However, he injured his throwing arm during training camp, which brought his professional baseball career to an early end.

"[6] Lear died on October 31, 1976, after being hit by a car while walking in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, and is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Greencastle, the city of his birth.