Tony DeFate

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tony DeFate

|position=Infielder

|image=Tony DeFate newspaper.png

|caption=DeFate before his call-up to the Major Leagues.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1895|2|22}}

|birth_place=Kansas City, Missouri

|death_date= {{Death date and age|1963|9|3|1895|2|22}}

|death_place=New Orleans, Louisiana

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 18

|debutyear=1917

|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 9

|finalyear=1917

|finalteam=Detroit Tigers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.125

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=RBIs

|stat3value=1

|teams=

St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1917}})
Detroit Tigers (1917)

}}

Clyde Herbert "Tony" DeFate (February 22, 1895 – September 3, 1963) was an American professional baseball player who played one season in Major League Baseball as an infielder for two teams. In {{mlby|1917}}, he played for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League and appeared in 14 games, and later for the Detroit Tigers of the American League and appeared in three games.{{cite web|title=Tony Defate|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdefat101.htm|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=January 23, 2012}} In his 17-game major league career, he collected two hits in 16 at bats for a .125 batting average. As a fielder, playing both as a third baseman and second baseman, he had six assists while not committing an error. In addition to his major league career, he played a total of 15 seasons in minor league baseball for various organizations at differing levels.{{cite web|title=Tony DeFate|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=defate001cly|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=January 23, 2012}} Defate died at the age of 68 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is interred at Lafayette Memorial Park in Lafayette, Louisiana.