Sammy Stewart

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: October 28, 1954 in Asheville, NC us

Died: March 2, 2018 in Hendersonville, NC

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 28th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Montreat College (Montreat, NC).

School: Montreat College (Montreat, NC)

Debut: September 1, 1978 (Age 23-308d, 14,081st in major league history)
vs. CHW 5.1 IP, 6 H, 9 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: October 3, 1987 (Age 32-340d)
vs. CAL 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Samuel Lee Stewart

Nicknames: The Throwin' Swannanoan

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1983 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.0

ERA

3.59

359

956.2

586

WHIP

1.427

Summary of 77 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 5 walk-off, 4 tying, 23 go ahead

3 Tms
BAL	66
BOS	7
CLE	4

Platoon
vs RHB	48
vs LHB	29

Home/Road
Home	44
Away	33

Outs
0	32
1	25
2	20

13 Opps
NYY	10
CAL	8
DET	8
MIL	8
KCR	7
CHW	7
BOS	5
OAK	5
TEX	5
SEA	5
MIN	4
CLE	3
TOR	2

62 Batters
Tony Armas	3
Gorman Thomas	3
George Brett	3
Pete O'Brien	2
Bobby Clark	2
Lamar Johnson	2
Dave Winfield	2
Reggie Jackson	2
Don Money	2
Butch Wynegar	2
Brook Jacoby	2
Graig Nettles	2
Dan Pasqua	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Lance Parrish	1
Jim Rice	1
Willie Wilson	1
Dave Revering	1
Davey Lopes	1
Tim Hulett	1
Kirk Gibson	1
Dwight Evans	1
Johnny Grubb	1
Joe Carter	1
Vance Law	1
Jim Presley	1
Joe Morgan	1
Darrell Porter	1
John Wockenfuss	1
Lenny Randle	1
Robin Yount	1
Dick Davis	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Dave Bergman	1
Tim Teufel	1
Steve Kemp	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Tony Pérez	1
Carney Lansford	1
Willie Aikens	1
Jim Morrison	1
Dave Hostetler	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Bob Boone	1
Rey Quiñones	1
Wally Joyner	1
Bump Wills	1
Rance Mulliniks	1
Roy Smalley	1
Danny Tartabull	1
Chet Lemon	1
Brian Downing	1
Claudell Washington	1
Wayne Nordhagen	1
Greg Luzinski	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Al Cowens	1
Todd Cruz	1
Bárbaro Garbey	1
Jim Sundberg	1

14 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	41
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	24
9	20
8	4
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	63
2·HR gms	7

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
1--	20
12-	6
-2-	6
1-3	5
123	3
-23	1

136 Runs
RISP	21
0 on	36
1 on	26
2 on	12
3 on	3
Any on	41

Inning
1	5
3	2
4	5
5	9
6	14
7	12
8	16
9	7
Extra	7

1-3	7
4-6	28
7-end	42

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	10
+2	9
+1	9
Tied	14
-1	8
-2	7
-3	5
-4..	7

Ahead	36
Tied	14
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	16
RF	12
1B	10
DH	10
LF	9
C	6
2B	4
CF	4
SS	3
PH	2
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
6th	14
3rd	13
4th	13
8th	9
2nd	8
7th	7
5th	7
1st	3
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	22
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-04-10	Reggie Jackson	NYY	@	BAL	behind 3-4	t 8	1	1--	2	5	PH/DH	46%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Johnstone Scores
2	2	2	2	1979-04-10	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 5-4	t 8	2	---	1	7	5	14%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1979-05-28	George Brett	KCR		BAL	tied 4-4	b 16	0	---	1	3	5	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1979-06-07	Al Cowens	KCR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	DH	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1979-06-12	Wayne Nordhagen	CHW		BAL	ahead 9-0	b 4	1	---	1	6	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	2	1979-06-12	Claudell Washington	CHW		BAL	ahead 10-0	b 5	1	-2-	2	2	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Kessinger Scores
7	7	7	1	1979-07-21	Willie Aikens	CAL	@	BAL	behind 1-7	t 8	1	---	1	5	DH	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1979-07-31	Don Money	MIL		BAL	behind 3-5	b 5	0	---	1	2	DH	13%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1979-08-07	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	BAL	behind 3-4	t 5	1	1--	2	4	8	25%	62%		Home Run; D. Money Scores
10	10	10	2	1979-08-07	Dick Davis	MIL	@	BAL	tied 5-5	t 8	0	1--	2	6	7	30%	86%		Home Run (LF-CF); S. Lezcano Scores
11	11	11	1	1979-08-17	Darrell Porter	KCR	@	BAL	ahead 4-1	t 9	1	12-	3	4	2	3%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Wilson Scores/unER; G. Brett Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1980-04-20	Lamar Johnson	CHW	@	BAL	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	-2-	2	4	3	14%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Molinaro Scores
13	13	2	1	1980-05-07	Butch Wynegar	MIN	@	BAL	behind 4-6	t 8	0	1--	2	8	2	30%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Powell Scores
14	14	3	1	1980-06-03	Cecil Cooper	MIL	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 9	0	---	1	3	3	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	4	1	1980-06-08	Bobby Clark	CAL		BAL	behind 5-13	b 9	2	12-	3	6	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Thompson Scores; T. Cruz Scores
16	16	5	1	1980-06-11	Tony Armas	OAK		BAL	tied 2-2	b 14	0	123	4	6	9	7%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); M. Edwards Scores; M. Klutts Scores; M. Page Scores
17	17	6	1	1980-07-03	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 4-2	t 9	0	---	1	6	7	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	7	1	1980-07-19	Bump Wills	TEX	@	BAL	ahead 7-6	t 10	2	123	4	2	4	14%	99%		Home Run; J. Sundberg Scores; D. Roberts Scores; M. Rivers Scores
19	19	8	1	1980-09-04	Tony Armas	OAK	@	BAL	ahead 6-1	t 7	0	---	1	4	9	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	9	1	1980-10-01	Tony Pérez	BOS		BAL	behind 5-12	b 6	1	1--	2	4	3	3%	5%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Rice Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1981-05-23	Steve Kemp	DET		BAL	behind 1-9	b 8	0	---	1	3	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	1981-06-02	Dave Revering	NYY		BAL	tied 3-3	b 11	1	-2-	2	8	3	31%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); R. Cerone Scores
23	23	3	1	1981-08-14	Jim Morrison	CHW	@	BAL	behind 0-1	t 3	0	1--	2	8	5	20%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Bernazard Scores
24	24	4	1	1981-08-31	Lenny Randle	SEA	@	BAL	tied 3-3	t 9	2	---	1	2	5	42%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	5	1	1981-09-18	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	BAL	ahead 4-1	t 8	2	---	1	5	9	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	6	1	1981-09-22	John Wockenfuss	DET	@	BAL	tied 3-3	t 6	1	---	1	6	DH	18%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	7	1	1981-10-02	Dave Winfield	NYY	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	8	2	1981-10-02	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	2	5	5	18%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1982-04-05	George Brett	KCR	@	BAL	behind 4-7	t 7	0	---	1	3	5	8%	18%		Home Run
30	30	2	1	1982-05-01	Reggie Jackson	CAL	@	BAL	behind 0-1	t 6	1	1--	2	4	9	30%	64%		Home Run; R. Carew Scores
31	31	3	1	1982-06-02	Dave Hostetler	TEX	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	3	8%	82%		Home Run (Deep CF)
32	32	4	1	1982-06-10	Don Money	MIL		BAL	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	3	19%	63%		Home Run (LF-CF); P. Molitor Scores
33	33	5	1	1982-08-03 (2)	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	10%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	6	2	1982-08-03 (2)	Jim Rice	BOS	@	BAL	behind 3-6	t 5	2	---	1	3	7	8%	20%		Home Run (Deep CF)
35	35	7	1	1982-08-27 (2)	Lamar Johnson	TEX	@	BAL	tied 2-2	t 3	1	1--	2	6	DH	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores
36	36	8	1	1982-09-06	Roy Smalley	NYY		BAL	behind 0-8	b 9	2	-2-	2	6	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Gamble Scores
37	37	9	1	1982-09-28	Lance Parrish	DET		BAL	behind 5-6	b 7	1	1--	2	4	2	41%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Herndon Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1983-04-30	Todd Cruz	SEA		BAL	ahead 3-2	b 6	2	1-3	3	8	6	20%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Putnam Scores; R. Sweet Scores
39	39	2	1	1983-05-04	Doug DeCinces	CAL	@	BAL	ahead 7-5	t 6	1	-2-	2	4	5	12%	92%		Home Run; T. Foli Scores
40	40	3	1	1983-06-29	Butch Wynegar	NYY		BAL	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	1--	2	2	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Mattingly Scores
41	41	4	1	1983-07-11	Davey Lopes	OAK	@	BAL	behind 5-7	t 8	0	---	1	4	4	12%	25%		Home Run
42	42	5	1	1983-07-16	Bobby Clark	CAL	@	BAL	ahead 5-4	t 5	1	1-3	3	8	7	18%	89%		Home Run; R. Jackson Scores; B. Grich Scores
43	43	6	1	1983-07-25	Bob Boone	CAL		BAL	ahead 4-2	b 8	1	---	1	9	2	4%	97%		Home Run (LF-CF)
44	44	7	1	1983-08-15	Pete O'Brien	TEX		BAL	behind 1-6	b 7	0	12-	3	7	3	12%	21%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Rivers Scores; B. Sample Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1984-05-02	Brook Jacoby	CLE	@	BAL	behind 3-6	t 8	1	12-	3	6	5	34%	45%		Home Run; J. Franco Scores/unER; P. Tabler Scores
46	46	2	1	1984-05-12	Joe Morgan	OAK	@	BAL	ahead 5-1	t 6	2	12-	3	2	4	6%	99%		Home Run; M. Davis Scores; T. Phillips Scores
47	47	3	1	1984-06-30	Vance Law	CHW		BAL	tied 4-4	b 11	1	---	1	8	5	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	4	1	1984-07-15	Greg Luzinski	CHW	@	BAL	behind 2-5	t 7	0	---	1	6	DH	8%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	5	1	1984-09-01	Jim Presley	SEA		BAL	behind 7-9	b 8	2	---	1	9	5	10%	19%		Home Run
50	50	6	1	1984-09-07	Jim Sundberg	MIL	@	BAL	behind 6-8	t 8	2	1--	2	8	2	33%	42%		Home Run; D. Loman Scores
51	51	7	1	1984-09-15	Robin Yount	MIL		BAL	ahead 3-0	b 6	2	123	4	1	DH	7%	99%		Home Run; W. Lozado Scores; E. Romero Scores; D. Loman Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1985-04-14	Rance Mulliniks	TOR	@	BAL	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	1--	2	2	5	16%	90%		Home Run; D. García Scores/unER
53	53	2	1	1985-04-19	Jesse Barfield	TOR		BAL	behind 2-4	b 6	2	1-3	3	8	9	43%	70%		Home Run; G. Bell Scores; L. Thornton Scores
54	54	3	1	1985-04-22	Pete O'Brien	TEX		BAL	ahead 5-1	b 8	2	---	1	7	3	1%	99%		Home Run
55	55	4	1	1985-05-10	Tom Brunansky	MIN	@	BAL	ahead 4-3	t 7	1	---	1	4	9	13%	81%		Home Run
56	56	5	1	1985-05-26	Brian Downing	CAL		BAL	ahead 6-4	b 6	2	12-	3	3	7	13%	97%		Home Run; R. Wilfong Scores; J. Beníquez Scores
57	57	6	1	1985-06-10	Bárbaro Garbey	DET		BAL	behind 6-7	b 11	0	---	1	9	PH	44%	64%		Home Run
58	58	7	1	1985-07-03	Dave Bergman	DET	@	BAL	tied 3-3	t 10	0	---	1	7	3	34%	84%		Home Run
59	59	8	1	1985-07-09	Tim Teufel	MIN	@	BAL	behind 5-10	t 8	0	---	1	7	4	2%	3%		Home Run
60	60	9	1	1985-07-20	George Brett	KCR	@	BAL	ahead 5-3	t 5	0	---	1	3	5	9%	84%		Home Run (Deep CF)
61	61	10	2	1985-07-20	Willie Wilson	KCR	@	BAL	ahead 6-3	t 7	0	---	1	1	8	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	11	1	1985-08-02	Brook Jacoby	CLE		BAL	tied 5-5	b 6	0	---	1	6	5	17%	74%		Home Run
63	63	12	1	1985-08-31	Gorman Thomas	SEA	@	BAL	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	1--	2	4	DH	8%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Cowens Scores
64	64	13	1	1985-09-13	Johnny Grubb	DET		BAL	behind 2-5	b 8	2	1--	2	6	PH	14%	20%		Home Run; C. Lemon Scores
65	65	14	1	1985-10-03 (1)	Tony Armas	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	2	5	DH	17%	75%		Home Run; R. Gedman Scores
66	66	15	1	1985-10-06	Chet Lemon	DET	@	BAL	ahead 6-3	t 6	0	---	1	7	8	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1986-04-07	Kirk Gibson	DET		BOS	behind 4-5	b 7	1	1--	2	3	9	40%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Whitaker Scores
68	68	2	1	1986-07-30	Tim Hulett	CHW		BOS	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	1--	2	7	5	16%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Hassey Scores
69	69	3	1	1986-08-19	Gary Gaetti	MIN		BOS	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	1--	2	5	5	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hrbek Scores
70	70	4	1	1986-08-29	Joe Carter	CLE	@	BOS	ahead 5-2	t 7	0	---	1	3	9	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
71	71	5	1	1986-09-13	Dave Winfield	NYY		BOS	ahead 5-0	b 5	0	-23	3	5	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); D. Pasqua Scores; M. Easler Scores
72	72	6	1	1986-09-14	Rickey Henderson	NYY		BOS	ahead 5-3	b 4	0	---	1	1	8	7%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	7	2	1986-09-14	Dan Pasqua	NYY		BOS	ahead 6-3	b 4	1	---	1	3	7	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
74	74	1	1	1987-07-06	Danny Tartabull	KCR	@	CLE	behind 3-5	t 8	0	1-3	3	4	9	38%	74%		Home Run; K. Seitzer Scores; G. Brett Scores
75	75	2	1	1987-09-16	Rey Quiñones	SEA		CLE	tied 3-3	b 9	1	-2-	2	8	6	29%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); D. Nixon Scores
76	76	3	1	1987-09-22	Carney Lansford	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	1-3	3	4	5	4%	98%		Home Run; M. Davis Scores; M. McGwire Scores
77	77	4	1	1987-10-03	Wally Joyner	CAL		CLE	ahead 8-2	b 6	0	---	1	3	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)