Dave Stewart (baseball)
David Keith "Smoke" Stewart (born February 19, 1957) is a former American baseball pitcher and executive. He was born in Oakland, California, and batted and threw right-handed. Stewart’s MLB career lasted from 1978 to 1995, and he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics, and Toronto Blue Jays. He finished with a 168–129 win–loss record, a 3.95 ERA, and 1,741 strikeouts.
Stewart was a 1989 All-Star and won three World Series titles with three different teams: the Dodgers in 1981, the Athletics in 1989, and the Blue Jays in 1993. He was the World Series MVP in 1989 and the ALCS MVP in 1990 and 1993. He threw a no-hitter on June 29, 1990, for the Athletics against the Blue Jays.
After his playing days, Stewart worked as a pitching coach for the San Diego Padres (1998), the Toronto Blue Jays (2000), and the Milwaukee Brewers (2002). He also served as an assistant general manager for the Athletics. He later founded a sports management company and became the Arizona Diamondbacks’ general manager from 2014 to 2016, signing major contracts such as Zack Greinke’s in 2015. The Diamondbacks fired him in 2016.
The Athletics retired his number 34 in 2022. In 2025, he returned to the A’s in the front office as a special assistant to the player development director. Stewart and his ex-wife Vanessa have two children, Adrian and Alyse; he is married to Lonnie Murray, a sports agent.
Stewart grew up in Oakland, attended St. Elizabeth High School, and joined the Dodgers as a 16th-round pick in 1975. His early career included time in the minor leagues, a notable on-field brawl in 1986, and a reputation as a hard-throwing, clutch pitcher.
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