Featured Inductee: Andrew David Stewart - Baseball

Year Inducted: 2009
Birth Date: December 05, 1970
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Andrew David Stewart:
Stewart began in the Oshawa Minor Baseball System with the Oshawa Legion Junior Legionaires as well as high school ball with the Eastdale Eagles. Following his minor playing days, the Oshawa native joined the National Junior Program playing for Canada in the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sydney, Australia. Catching the eyes of the professional scouts Andy signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals where he spent nine seasons in their system. Stewart reaching his dream of playing major league baseball when he was called up by the Royals in 1977 doubling in his first big league at bat.Following one season in the Philadelphia Philies minor system Andy returned to the Canadian National Program playing in the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. He led his team to a bronze medal hitting .452 with 4 home runs, 15 RBI's and begin named Canada's MVP.Andy spent the next two (2) seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays as their bullpen coach before getting the opportunity to manage the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league affiliate Williamsport Crosscutters. In his second season there he led the Crosscutters to the New York Penn League Championship.The itch to play lured Andy back one more time when he was asked to play for Canada's Olympic Team in the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece. Again, Andy led his team in hitting with a .417 batting average helping Canada to a fourth place finish.As Oshawa's only native son and ball player to perform in Major League Baseball, Andy has earned the honour of induction into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame.