Zach Stewart | |
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Chicago White Sox – No. 48 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: September 28, 1986 Wichita Falls, Texas |
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Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
MLB debut | |
June 16, 2011 for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
Career statistics (through 2011) |
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Win-loss record | 2-6 |
Earned run average | 5.88 |
Strikeouts | 45 |
Teams | |
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Zachary Stewart (born September 28, 1986 in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.
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Stewart was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the third round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft out of Texas Tech University.[1]
On August 1, 2009 the Reds traded Stewart, along with Edwin Encarnación and Josh Roenicke, to the Toronto Blue Jays for Scott Rolen.[2] He was the Toronto Blue Jays top prospect prior to the 2010 Toronto Blue Jays season according to Baseball America.[3]
On June 14, 2011, Stewart was called up from the AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats to replace Kyle Drabek, who was optioned to the AAA Las Vegas 51s. He made his career debut on June 16, 2011 against the Baltimore Orioles, pitching 7 innings, giving up 7 hits, 2 earned runs, 1 walk and 4 strikeouts.[4] After making 3 starts, Stewart was optioned back to Double-A New Hampshire on June 28, 2011.[5]
On July 27, 2011, Stewart was traded to the Chicago White Sox with Jason Frasor for Edwin Jackson and Mark Teahen.[6] Stewart was called up to the White Sox on August 6, 2011 and earned his first MLB victory going 6.1 innings giving up 1 run on 8 hits striking out 2 in a 6-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
On September 5th, 2011, Stewart threw 7 Perfect innings before giving up a hit to Minnesota Twins Infielder Danny Valencia. Stewart then went on to retire the next six men as the White Sox swept a double header winning 4-0.
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