:Pete Suder
{{Short description|American baseball player (1916–2006)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Pete Suder
|position=Infielder
|image=Pete Suder 1949 (cropped).jpg
|caption=Suder, circa 1949
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1916|4|16}}
|birth_place=Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2006|11|14|1916|4|16}}
|death_place=Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 15
|debutyear=1941
|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 30
|finalyear=1955
|finalteam=Kansas City Athletics
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.249
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=49
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=541
|teams=
- Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics ({{Baseball year|1941}}–{{Baseball year|1943}}, {{Baseball year|1946}}–{{Baseball year|1955}})
}}
Peter Suder (April 16, 1916 – November 14, 2006), nicknamed "Pecky", was an American professional baseball player, a utility infielder for the Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics (1941–43, 1946–55).
He threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|}} tall and weighed {{convert|180|lb}}.
Biography
Born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania on April 16, 1916, Suder's twenty-year career in baseball began in 1935. He led the American League in grounding into double plays (23) in 1941 before his career was interrupted in 1944 and 1945 by his World War II service in the United States Army in the European Theater of Operations.[http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm Baseball in Wartime.com]
After completing his military service, Suder returned home, resumed his baseball career, and became the Athletics' all-time leader in grounding into double plays (158). In the field, Suder was a member of the 1949 Philadelphia Athletics team that set a Major League team record of 217 double plays, a record which still stood as of {{Baseball year|2010}}.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YTQDAAAAMBAJ&q=hank+majeski+baseball+digest&pg=PA68 |title=Old A's Were Masters of the Double Play |author=Macht, Norman |date=December 1989 |magazine=Baseball Digest |page=68 |accessdate=24 April 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://philadelphiaathletics.org/a-record-with-legs-most-double-plays-turned-in-a-season/ |title=A Record with Legs: Most Double Plays Turned in a Season |publisher=philadelphiaathletics.org |accessdate=23 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129015953/http://philadelphiaathletics.org/a-record-with-legs-most-double-plays-turned-in-a-season/ |archivedate=29 January 2016 }} He participated in 94 double plays that year, 85 as a second baseman (where he platooned with future Baseball Hall of Famer Nellie Fox) and nine at third base.[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1949/UPPHA01949.htm "The 1949 Philadelphia Athletics Regular Season Roster"], Retrosheet
In 13 seasons, he played in 1,421 games, had 5,085 at bats, 469 runs, 1,268 hits, 210 doubles, 44 triples, 49 home runs, 541 runs batted in, 19 stolen bases, 288 bases on balls, a .249 batting average, .290 on-base percentage, .337 slugging percentage, 1,713 total bases and 92 sacrifice hits.
Death
See also
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|br=s/suderpe01}}
- [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=suderpe01 Bio at Baseball Almanac]
- {{Find a Grave}}
- [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/pete-suder/ Pete Suder] at SABR Bio Project
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