[2] Stark played second base for several semipro and minor league teams, including the Newark Bears, Kitchener Beavers, Dallas Submarines and Jersey City Skeeters.

[3] He attended tryouts for the New York Yankees and Washington Senators, but failed both, in part due to his weight of only 115 pounds (52 kg).

[4] Clyde Engle was the athletic director at the University of Vermont in 1921 when the baseball team needed an umpire for the season.

Stark had never previously umpired, accepted the position, and arrived in Burlington, Vermont on April 25, 1921.

Stark told commissioner Ford Frick that he was not being paid adequately for his services, saying, "Unless the league sees fit to pay me a lot more money, I'm done.

[12] In 1936, he teamed with Bill Dyer to form the Philadelphia Phillies' first radio announcing crew on WCAU.

[14] Stark's personal life included much tragedy; he was forced to spend large sums of money to support his blind mother, and his sister, who was constantly in poor health and ultimately committed suicide.

[4] His marriage to Betsy Lee in 1952 ended in divorce after 4 years, and Stark was in poor financial shape in his later life, forcing him to apply for unemployment compensation in 1968.