Brock Stewart #48

Brock Allen Stewart…played four years of college ball at Illinois State, where he pitched and also played infield during his career…made just 12 pitching appearances in college (one start), appearing in one game as a sophomore and 11 (one start) as a senior, going 3-2 with a 2.36 ERA and limiting opponents to a .198 batting average…combined to hit .266 with 11 homers and 82 RBI in 123 collegiate games…attended Normal West (IL) High School…was an allconference and all-state selection as a senior, but set a school single-season record by batting .506 as a junior… selected by the Mets out of high school in the 40th round of the 2010 draft, but did not sign…his father Jeff used to be the baseball coach at Illinois State and is currently a pro scout for the Rays…selected by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft and signed by scout Chet Sergo.

2017

Appeared in 17 games (four starts) over five stints with the Dodgers, collecting one save, posting a 3.41 ERA (13 ER/34.1 IP) and striking out 29 batters against 19 walks in 34.1 innings ... Held hitters to a .226 average and has been effective against hitters from both sides of the plate, limiting righties to a .217 mark and holding lefties to a .236 average ... As a starter he posted a 5.27 ERA (8 ER/13.2 IP) in four starts, while recording a save and posting a 2.18 ERA (5 ER/20.2 IP) in 13 relief appearances ... Picked up his first big league save on June 20 against New York (NL), pitching 3.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and a walk ... Made a combined six starts with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and Triple-A Oklahoma City, going 0-2 with a 4.08 ERA (8 ER/17.2 IP) and struck out 26 batters against four walks in 17.2 innings ... Started the season on the 10-day disabled list (March 30) with right shoulder tendinitis and was transferred to the 60-day DL on May 29…reinstated from the DL on June 7.

2016

Saw his first big league action in five stints with Los Angeles, going 2-2 with a 5.79 ERA (18 ER/28.0 IP), and became the first Dodger since Hideo Nomo in 1995 to begin the year in Single-A and start in a Major League game in the same season...Took the loss in his MLB debut on June 29 at Milwaukee, allowing five runs on eight hits in 5.0 innings, while striking out seven batters in a 7-0 Dodger defeat...Recorded his first big league victory on Sept. 7 against Arizona, allowing just one run on five hits in 5.0 innings of work...Named the Dodgers' Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year and to Baseball America's Minor League All-Star Team after combining to go 9-4 with a 1.79 ERA, a .200 opponents' batting average and a 0.88 WHIP in 21 starts at Single-A Rancho Cucamonga, Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City...In the minors, struck out 129 batters against just 19 walks in a combined 121.0 innings, averaging 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings and posting a 6.79 strikeout-to-walk ratio...In all of minor league baseball, ranked among all qualifying pitchers in WHIP (4th), ERA (6th) and opponents' batting average (15th)...Opened the season with Rancho Cucamonga (two starts) and was named California League Pitcher of the Week for the period ending April 17…promoted to Tulsa on April 15 (10 starts) and was selected to the Texas League mid-season All-Star team, but did not participate in the game due to his promotion to Oklahoma City on June 10…made nine starts for the OKC Dodgers.

2015

Split time between Single-A Great Lakes and Single-A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga, combining to go 4-6 with a 4.46 ERA in 25 games (19 starts)…struck out 103 batters against just 24 walks in a combined 101.0 innings.

2014

In his first professional season, he appeared in 17 games (one start) with Rookie-advanced Ogden, going 3-2 with a 3.41 ERA (13 ER/34.1 IP)…struck out 45 against 17 walks in 34.1 innings.