Bill Stewart (sports official)
William Joseph Stewart was an American coach and sports official who was a referee in the National Hockey League (NHL) and an umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). In 1938, as head coach of the Chicago Black Hawks, he led the team to a championship, becoming the first U.S.-born coach to win the Stanley Cup. He is an inductee of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Stewart in his umpiring attire
A phantom ballplayer is either a baseball player who is incorrectly listed in source materials as playing in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game, often the result of typographical or clerical errors, or a player who spent time on an MLB active roster without ever appearing in an MLB contest during his career. Most of the first form of phantom players date from the 19th or early 20th century, with at least one showing up as late as World War II.
Brian Jeroloman spent a month with the 2011 Toronto Blue Jays without appearing in a game.
Pete Compton of the St. Louis Browns, now credited with the plate appearance of "Lou Proctor"
Bill Sharman, who was briefly on the roster of the 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
Shawn Zarraga was briefly on the active roster of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016.
