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

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to a 22–4 record in 1909. He then went on to play

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for the

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and

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from 1909 to 1912. Stark was killed by gunfire in

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and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis.''The Baseball Necrology''
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