Walter Cleveland "Lefty" Stewart (September 23, 1900 in

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) was a professional baseball

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. He played all or part of ten seasons in

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between 1921 and 1935. He played for the Detroit Tigers,

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, Washington Senators, and

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. Stewart gave up one of

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's record-setting 60 home runs during the 1927 season. Stewart was a better than average hitting pitcher in his major league career. In 279 games, he posted a .204

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(115-for-565) with 60 runs, 48 RBI and drawing 64 bases on balls. Defensively, he was above average, recording a .973 fielding percentage which was 18 points higher than the league average during his career.

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