Sammy Stewart
Samuel Lee Stewart
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 208 lb.

Born: October 28, 1954 in Asheville, NC
School: Montreat College
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1978
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1978 23 BAL AL 1 1 .500 3.18 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 10 5 4 0 3 0 11 0 0 1 46 111 1.147 7.9 0.0 2.4 8.7 3.67
1979 24 BAL AL 8 5 .615 3.52 31 3 10 1 0 1 117.2 96 47 46 11 71 4 71 5 1 5 498 114 1.419 7.3 0.8 5.4 5.4 1.00
1980 25 BAL AL 7 7 .500 3.56 33 3 20 2 0 3 118.2 103 51 47 9 60 8 78 2 0 5 507 111 1.374 7.8 0.7 4.6 5.9 1.30
1981 26 BAL AL 4 8 .333 2.32 29 3 18 0 0 4 112.1 89 33 29 8 57 4 57 3 2 1 463 156 1.300 7.1 0.6 4.6 4.6 1.00
1982 27 BAL AL 10 9 .526 4.14 38 12 16 1 1 5 139.0 140 68 64 9 62 3 69 2 1 3 607 98 1.453 9.1 0.6 4.0 4.5 1.11
1983 28 BAL AL 9 4 .692 3.62 58 1 21 0 0 7 144.1 138 60 58 7 67 4 95 1 0 9 624 110 1.420 8.6 0.4 4.2 5.9 1.42
1984 29 BAL AL 7 4 .636 3.29 60 0 39 0 0 13 93.0 81 42 34 7 47 7 56 1 1 5 395 118 1.376 7.8 0.7 4.5 5.4 1.19
1985 30 BAL AL 5 7 .417 3.61 56 1 36 0 0 9 129.2 117 60 52 15 66 10 77 1 1 5 557 112 1.411 8.1 1.0 4.6 5.3 1.17
1986 31 BOS AL 4 1 .800 4.38 27 0 5 0 0 0 63.2 64 33 31 7 48 2 47 0 1 5 295 96 1.759 9.0 1.0 6.8 6.6 0.98
1987 32 CLE AL 4 2 .667 5.67 25 0 16 0 0 3 27.0 25 22 17 4 21 1 25 1 0 2 130 80 1.704 8.3 1.3 7.0 8.3 1.19
10 Seasons 59 48 .551 3.59 359 25 181 4 1 45 956.2 863 421 382 77 502 43 586 16 7 41 4122 111 1.427 8.1 0.7 4.7 5.5 1.17
162 Game Avg. 10 9 .551 3.59 64 4 32 1 0 8 169 153 75 68 14 89 8 104 3 1 7 730 111 1.427 8.1 0.7 4.7 5.5 1.17
BAL (8 yrs) 51 45 .531 3.47 307 25 160 4 1 42 866.0 774 366 334 66 433 40 514 15 6 34 3697 113 1.394 8.0 0.7 4.5 5.3 1.19
BOS (1 yr) 4 1 .800 4.38 27 0 5 0 0 0 63.2 64 33 31 7 48 2 47 0 1 5 295 96 1.759 9.0 1.0 6.8 6.6 0.98
CLE (1 yr) 4 2 .667 5.67 25 0 16 0 0 3 27.0 25 22 17 4 21 1 25 1 0 2 130 80 1.704 8.3 1.3 7.0 8.3 1.19

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 24 BAL AL WS L PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 1.875 13.5 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
1983 28 BAL AL ALCS W CHW 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 16 0.692 4.2 0.0 2.1 4.2 2.00
1983 28 BAL AL WS W PHI 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 18 0.800 3.6 0.0 3.6 10.8 3.00
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 0.00 6 0 1 0 0 1 12.0 8 0 0 0 4 1 8 0 1 0 45 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 16 0.692 4.2 0.0 2.1 4.2 2.00
2 WS 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 6 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 1 0 29 1.174 7.0 0.0 3.5 7.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 23 BAL AL 2 46 42 5 10 1 0 0 0 1 3 11 .238 .289 .262 .551 .323 11 0 0 1 0 0
1979 24 BAL AL 31 498 414 47 96 13 2 11 9 7 71 71 .232 .349 .353 .702 .254 146 13 5 5 3 4
1980 25 BAL AL 33 506 437 51 103 12 4 9 3 6 60 78 .236 .329 .343 .672 .266 150 8 2 4 3 8
1981 26 BAL AL 29 463 396 33 89 9 0 8 3 4 57 57 .225 .325 .308 .633 .243 122 12 3 4 3 4
1982 27 BAL AL 38 607 532 68 140 21 3 9 8 7 62 69 .263 .339 .365 .704 .285 194 10 2 5 6 3
1983 28 BAL AL 58 623 546 60 138 23 2 7 7 5 67 95 .253 .334 .341 .675 .293 186 14 1 6 3 4
1984 29 BAL AL 60 394 335 42 81 10 0 7 5 2 47 56 .242 .332 .334 .667 .267 112 11 1 6 5 7
1985 30 BAL AL 56 557 476 60 117 18 2 15 11 7 66 77 .246 .336 .387 .722 .262 184 14 1 9 5 10
1986 31 BOS AL 27 295 241 33 64 9 3 7 6 1 48 47 .266 .381 .415 .796 .297 100 6 0 1 5 2
1987 32 CLE AL 25 130 107 22 25 3 0 4 4 0 21 25 .234 .362 .374 .735 .266 40 2 1 0 1 1
10 Seasons 359 4119 3526 421 863 119 16 77 56 40 502 586 .245 .339 .353 .692 .271 1245 90 16 41 34 43
162 Game Avg. 64 729 624 75 153 21 3 14 10 7 89 104 .245 .339 .353 .692 .271 220 16 3 7 6 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 23 BAL AL 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 55 57 53 2 0 0 2 5.8 8.2 5.7
1979 24 BAL AL 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 3 100% 67 79 59 25 14 0 2 6.4 5.7 8.0
1980 25 BAL AL 33 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 2 0 2 67% 54 69 36 20 5 1 2 3.0 3.5 7.9
1981 26 BAL AL 29 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 44 55 28 14 1 2 1 1.3 2.1 5.2
1982 27 BAL AL 38 12 3 5 4 1 0 3 9 .250 2 1 1 1 2 17% 43 78 19 32 11 5 6 4.7 5.7 5.3
1983 28 BAL AL 58 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 31 31 36 11 1 0 0.0 0.0 4.0
1985 30 BAL AL 56 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23 23 23 20 7 1 0 2.0 0.0 2.3
7 Seasons 247 25 8 13 4 2 3 8 17 .320 2 1 4 1 9 36% 47 79 19 149 49 10 13 4.0 4.9 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1979 24 BAL AL 31 28 10 5 5 2 1 1 50% 4 2 31 14 45% 6 1.048 10 9 9 6 8 14 18 10 22 3 25 1 10.0
1980 25 BAL AL 33 30 20 6 5 5 3 2 60% 7 2 39 13 33% 7 1.063 13 12 5 9 6 15 24 6 27 2 27 0 9.5
1981 26 BAL AL 29 26 18 4 5 5 4 1 80% 8 3 31 11 35% 5 1.242 14 10 2 11 5 10 19 7 23 2 24 0 11.2
1982 27 BAL AL 38 26 16 7 4 9 5 4 56% 11 2 32 15 47% 7 1.297 17 8 1 15 5 6 19 7 20 2 22 1 8.7
1983 28 BAL AL 58 57 21 9 3 9 7 2 78% 17 8 54 28 52% 6 1.044 21 21 15 20 12 25 29 28 45 7 50 6 7.4
1984 29 BAL AL 60 60 39 7 4 16 13 3 81% 22 5 57 19 33% 8 1.396 30 15 14 26 12 22 32 28 36 13 39 15 4.7
1985 30 BAL AL 56 55 36 5 6 10 9 1 90% 15 4 64 28 44% 8 1.001 23 18 14 20 11 24 37 18 39 11 40 4 6.9
1986 31 BOS AL 27 27 5 4 1 0 0 0 3 3 23 11 48% 5 0.703 4 10 13 4 2 21 14 13 26 0 26 1 7.1
1987 32 CLE AL 25 25 16 4 2 7 3 4 43% 7 0 21 8 38% 9 1.252 12 2 8 8 4 13 14 11 8 10 9 7 3.2
9 Seasons 357 334 181 51 35 63 45 18 71% 94 29 352 147 42% 1.117 144 105 81 119 65 150 206 128 246 50 262 35 7.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1978 23 BAL AL 46 72% 0.0% 23.9% 6.5% 2.2% 10% 1.63 67% 5 0 0%
1979 24 BAL AL 498 42% 2.2% 14.3% 14.3% 5.2% 27% 1.24 67% 105 13 12%
1980 25 BAL AL 507 41% 1.8% 15.4% 11.9% 4.9% 24% 1.20 70% 97 8 8%
1981 26 BAL AL 463 46% 1.7% 12.3% 12.3% 3.7% 19% 0.92 72% 110 12 11%
1982 27 BAL AL 607 41% 1.5% 11.4% 10.2% 5.4% 24% 0.76 76% 138 10 7%
1983 28 BAL AL 623 39% 1.1% 15.3% 10.8% 5.1% 23% 0.89 72% 142 14 10%
1984 29 BAL AL 395 40% 1.8% 14.2% 11.9% 4.3% 21% 0.85 70% 96 11 11%
1985 30 BAL AL 557 50% 2.7% 13.8% 11.9% 6.3% 30% 1.06 70% 119 14 12%
1986 31 BOS AL 295 48% 2.4% 15.9% 16.3% 6.4% 30% 0.69 65% 67 6 9%
1987 32 CLE AL 130 45% 3.1% 19.2% 16.2% 5.4% 28% 0.62 61% 40 2 5%
10 Seasons 4121 43% 1.9% 14.2% 12.2% 5.2% 25% 0.94 70% 919 90 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1978 23 BAL AL 46 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 1 0 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1979 24 BAL AL 498 96 11 0 18 5 6 7 4 30 13 7 43% 4 5 2 179 9 7 56% 9 6 0 1 0 0 6 0 19 0
1980 25 BAL AL 507 103 9 2 15 5 4 6 3 35 12 6 34% 2 5 5 209 3 6 33% 3 5 0 0 0 1 5 0 14 0
1981 26 BAL AL 463 89 8 0 10 4 4 6 2 18 9 2 50% 3 1 2 201 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 7 1 9 0
1982 27 BAL AL 607 140 9 0 14 6 3 6 3 40 19 3 48% 7 3 2 255 8 7 53% 8 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 12 0
1983 28 BAL AL 623 138 7 0 25 5 2 3 4 42 21 12 50% 7 9 1 254 7 5 58% 7 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 16 0
1984 29 BAL AL 395 81 7 1 16 6 1 4 3 27 12 3 44% 6 5 0 172 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1985 30 BAL AL 557 117 15 0 24 9 6 9 6 37 22 3 59% 9 5 0 222 11 7 61% 10 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1986 31 BOS AL 295 64 7 0 14 5 2 1 6 27 12 4 44% 2 5 0 120 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1987 32 CLE AL 130 25 4 0 7 3 1 2 2 17 12 1 71% 4 2 1 63 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
10 Seasons 4121 863 77 3 144 48 29 44 33 274 133 41 49% 45 41 13 1687 56 40 58% 53 34 3 4 0 2 28 2 119 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1978 23 1 1 .500 3.18 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 10 5 4 0 3 0 11 0 0 1 46 111 1.147 7.9 0.0 2.4 8.7 3.67 111
1979 24 9 6 .600 3.49 33 5 10 1 0 1 129.0 106 52 50 11 74 4 82 5 1 6 544 114 1.395 7.4 0.8 5.2 5.7 1.11 114
1980 25 16 13 .552 3.52 66 8 30 3 0 4 247.2 209 103 97 20 134 12 160 7 1 11 1051 113 1.385 7.6 0.7 4.9 5.8 1.19 113
1981 26 20 21 .488 3.15 95 11 48 3 0 8 360.0 298 136 126 28 191 16 217 10 3 12 1514 123 1.358 7.5 0.7 4.8 5.4 1.14 123
1982 27 30 30 .500 3.43 133 23 64 4 1 13 499.0 438 204 190 37 253 19 286 12 4 15 2121 114 1.385 7.9 0.7 4.6 5.2 1.13 114
1983 28 39 34 .534 3.47 191 24 85 4 1 20 643.1 576 264 248 44 320 23 381 13 4 24 2745 113 1.393 8.1 0.6 4.5 5.3 1.19 113
1984 29 46 38 .548 3.45 251 24 124 4 1 33 736.1 657 306 282 51 367 30 437 14 5 29 3140 114 1.391 8.0 0.6 4.5 5.3 1.19 114
1985 30 51 45 .531 3.47 307 25 160 4 1 42 866.0 774 366 334 66 433 40 514 15 6 34 3697 113 1.394 8.0 0.7 4.5 5.3 1.19 113
1986 31 55 46 .545 3.53 334 25 165 4 1 42 929.2 838 399 365 73 481 42 561 15 7 39 3992 112 1.419 8.1 0.7 4.7 5.4 1.17 112
1987 32 59 48 .551 3.59 359 25 181 4 1 45 956.2 863 421 382 77 502 43 586 16 7 41 4122 111 1.427 8.1 0.7 4.7 5.5 1.17 111

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1978 23 0 1 .000 4.09 11.0 11 6 5 0 3 11 0 1.273 9.0 2.5 9.0 3.67 0.0 2
1979 24 6 6 .500 4.05 109.0 98 54 49 11 72 66 5 1.560 8.1 5.9 5.4 0.92 0.9 31
1980 25 6 6 .500 4.10 112.0 107 57 51 9 62 74 2 1.509 8.6 5.0 5.9 1.19 0.7 33
1981 26 11 6 .647 3.00 153.0 144 57 51 13 92 78 5 1.542 8.5 5.4 4.6 0.85 0.8 29
1982 27 6 8 .429 4.64 132.0 145 76 68 9 64 66 2 1.583 9.9 4.4 4.5 1.03 0.6 38
1983 28 7 8 .467 4.07 137.0 142 69 62 7 69 90 1 1.540 9.3 4.5 5.9 1.30 0.5 58
1984 29 5 4 .556 3.83 87.0 84 41 37 7 49 52 1 1.529 8.7 5.1 5.4 1.06 0.7 60
1985 30 6 7 .462 4.13 122.0 122 62 56 16 69 72 1 1.566 9.0 5.1 5.3 1.04 1.2 56
1986 31 2 4 .333 4.80 60.0 65 36 32 7 49 44 0 1.900 9.8 7.4 6.6 0.90 1.1 27
1987 32 1 2 .333 5.14 28.0 25 18 16 4 21 26 1 1.643 8.0 6.8 8.4 1.24 1.3 25
10 Seasons 50 52 .490 4.04 951.0 943 476 427 83 550 579 18 1.570 8.9 5.5 1.05 0.8 359

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1981 AL--2.323--2nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL--7.131--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 AL--57--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 AL--9--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1981 AL--156--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Tom Sturdivant (956)
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  5. Bruce Dal Canton (949)
  6. Bob Grim (946)
  7. Rick Camp (946)
  8. Ray Moore (944)
  9. George Culver (942)
  10. Aurelio Lopez (939)
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  3. Buzz Capra (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Stewart (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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