Andy Stewart

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 9th, 2017

Andy played for the Brockville Bunnies for 3 seasons, learning to be a catcher. He made his debut with the Kansas City Royals in 1997. He got his first major league his in his first at bat against the Chicago White Sox, and played a total of eleven years in professional baseball, appearing in 898 games with 3090 at-bats and a career batting average of .280 with 71 home runs and 433 runs batted in. His career high season batting average of .338 was with Wichita in 1998, where he also led all league catchers with a .988 fielding percentage.

Andy played for Canada at the 1999 Pan-American games, leading the team in batting (.452 average) and a tournament leader in runs scored, hits and RIB’s while hitting four home runs. Canada won the bronze medal with a victory over Mexico, and Andy was named Canadian Team MVP.

He served as bullpen catcher and catching instructor for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2000-2001. He began his managing career with Williamsport of the New York-Penn League in 2002 and won the League Championship in his second season.