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).
After the 1958 season, the Cincinnati Redlegs picked him up from the Cubs' farm system in the minor league draft.
[4] On December 15, 1961, Stenhouse and catcher Bob Schmidt were traded to the Washington Senators for pitcher Johnny Klippstein and outfielder Marty Keough.
[7] He made the team's opening day roster,[9] and through the first half of the season had a 6–3 record and was near the American League lead in ERA.
[11] From 1959 to 1962, to increase revenues for the players' pension fund, MLB played two midsummer All-Star games.
[12] 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.
[2] Stenhouse spent the rest of his professional career in the minor leagues, spending 1965 with the York White Roses and 1965 to 1967 with the Hawaii Islanders before retiring.