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 Pete (Pecky) Suder was a major league baseball star in the years when most
young players had to work their way up to the big time after many
seasons in the minors. After starring at Aliquippa High School in
baseball and basketball under Coach
Nate Lippe,
Pete got his
first break in organized baseball in 1934 with Greensburg of the old
Penn State League. In 1935, he joined the Washington (PA) team, then
a farm club of the New York Yankees, and began his long climb to the
majors. He played minor league baseball as an infielder for Akron,
Norfolk, Binghamton (NY), and Newark, then went back to Binghamton,
where he was named MVP in the league in 1940. Pete was
drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics at the end of that season and
played 12 seasons for Connie Mack’s Athletics in Philly and
one in Kansas City. He was best known as a superb second baseman,
but was also a reliable hitter who could move a runner up and bat
runs in. Together with the famous A's infield of shortstop Eddie Joost, third baseman Ed Majeski, and first baseman Ferris Fain,
Pete shared the major league double play record of 217 in a season
for many years. After completing his baseball career, Pete later
served as deputy warden and warden of the Beaver County Jail. |
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