Ace Stewart

Asa Stewart

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 176 lb.

• Debut April 18, 1895
• Final Game August 17, 1895
• Born February 14, 1869 in Terre Haute, IN USA
• Died April 17, 1912 in Terre Haute, IN USA

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Biographical Information

Asa "Ace" Stewart was the regular second baseman for the Chicago Colts in 1895. He also had a long minor league and independent ball career, from 1889 to 1908.

Stewart set a Western League record with 102 errors at second base in 1894 for the Sioux City Cornhuskers; he also hit .317 with 53 steals and a team-high 22 homers. He was signed by the Chicago Colts in 1895 but personality conflicts with Cap Anson and sub-par performance offensively and defensively led him to return to the Western League for four years with the Indianapolis Hoosiers. He briefly was the property of the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates but never returned to the majors. In 1900 he played for the Kansas City Blues of the American League but when the AL became a major league in 1901, Stewart returned to the Western League. He played the next three seasons with the Omaha Omahogs and Omaha Indians and helped recruit Three Finger Brown to join Omaha.

He is the grandfather of Patrick Stewart.

Through 2019, four major leaguers have been named "Ace". Two of them have been pitchers, and two position players (the other position player was Ace Parker). Ace's real name was Asa; there have been two other Asas, both of whom came earlier - Asa Brainard and Asa Stratton.

"AS TO STEWART. People have become resigned to the loss of Pfeffer, and are now speculating on Stewart as a fixture. His face, therefore, was the most earnestly studied of all in the photographs, and comments on his appearance were many and favorable. He has been said to look like Delahanty, but, to me at least, much more closely resembles George Decker." - Sporting Life, April 20, 1885

A source: "The Western League" by W.C. Madden and Patrick Stewart