Art Petrosky tried a lot of different jobs, but in sports his first love
was always baseball. He was a three year baseball letterman at
Midland High School, graduating in 1940, and played amateur,
semipro, and professional baseball in the minor leagues for many
years. His first County League experience came in 1937 at age 16 and
his last was in 1952 when he played for the Midland United Steel
Workers team. He played semipro ball in the Nickle Belt League of
Canada in 1951 and also served as coach, leading the Ontario team to
its first title. Tubby’s minor league career from 1949 to 1951 was
played in the North Carolina State League, the Colonial League, the
Piedmont League, and the Western Carolina League. Tubby served as radio gunner with a Marine dive bomber squadron
in the Pacific Theater in World War II. After the war, he graduated from the
University of Pittsburgh in 1952 but did not play baseball because
of his minor league pro status. Just to keep busy, Tubby staged a
wide variety of baseball promotions during his long sports career,
including a 1948 All Star game with the famous Homestead Grays and
another All Star event with the Honus Wagners the same year. From
1955 to 1960 Tubby served as Pennsylvania State Baseball Commissioner
under the National Baseball Congress. He served as commission scout
for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1954 to 1958 and conducted a
super-tryout camp for youngsters in 1957 under the supervision of
many major league scouts. He was honored by the National Baseball
Congress in 1956 as State Commissioner of the Year. Tubby also was active in the Midland VFW
Post for many years.
Art Petrosky tried a lot of different jobs, but in sports his first love
was always baseball. He was a three year baseball letterman at
Midland High School, graduating in 1940, and played amateur,
semipro, and professional baseball in the minor leagues for many
years. His first County League experience came in 1937 at age 16 and
his last was in 1952 when he played for the Midland United Steel
Workers team. He played semipro ball in the Nickle Belt League of
Canada in 1951 and also served as coach, leading the Ontario team to
its first title. Tubby’s minor league career from 1949 to 1951 was
played in the North Carolina State League, the Colonial League, the
Piedmont League, and the Western Carolina League. Tubby served as radio gunner with a Marine dive bomber squadron
in the Pacific Theater in World War II. After the war, he graduated from the
University of Pittsburgh in 1952 but did not play baseball because
of his minor league pro status. Just to keep busy, Tubby staged a
wide variety of baseball promotions during his long sports career,
including a 1948 All Star game with the famous Homestead Grays and
another All Star event with the Honus Wagners the same year. From
1955 to 1960 Tubby served as Pennsylvania State Baseball Commissioner
under the National Baseball Congress. He served as commission scout
for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1954 to 1958 and conducted a
super-tryout camp for youngsters in 1957 under the supervision of
many major league scouts. He was honored by the National Baseball
Congress in 1956 as State Commissioner of the Year. Tubby also was active in the Midland VFW
Post for many years.