Sammy Stewart was born on 28 October 1954 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Peggy Jean Logan. He died on 2 March 2018 in Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA.
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1975 out of Montreat College (Montreat, NC). 59-48 record with 586 K's and a ERA for Baltimore (1978-1985), Boston (1986), and Cleveland (1987).