Tony Piet

Anthony Francis Piet
born Anthony Francis Pietruszka

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 7, 1906 in Berwick, PA
High School: Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1931
Teams (by GP): Pirates/WhiteSox/Reds/Tigers 1931-1938

Final Game: October 2, 1938
Died: December 1, 1981 in Hinsdale, IL
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Justice, IL
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1931	PIT	NL	24	2B	44	44	43	239	103	133	3	17	.987	5.36	.964	5.60
1931	PIT	NL	24	SS	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	.950	5.50
1932	PIT	NL	25	2B	154	154	154	858	378	454	26	80	.970	5.40	.969	5.78
1933	PIT	NL	26	2B	97	94	93	572	241	305	26	61	.955	5.63	.968	5.80
1934	CIN	NL	27	3B	51	51	51	151	45	96	10	7	.934	2.76	.945	2.96
1934	CIN	NL	27	2B	49	49	47	290	126	149	15	27	.948	5.61	.965	5.88
1935	CIN	NL	28	OF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.40
1935	CIN	NL	28	RF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.20
1935	CHW	AL	28	2B	59	58	54	354	129	216	9	32	.975	5.85	.969	5.86
1935	CHW	AL	28	3B	17	16	16	53	21	29	3	1	.943	2.94	.947	3.05
1936	CHW	AL	29	2B	68	67	64	410	135	261	14	47	.966	5.82	.972	5.78
1936	CHW	AL	29	3B	32	27	23	92	32	56	4	2	.957	2.75	.946	3.13
1937	CHW	AL	30	3B	86	79	76	262	83	163	16	12	.939	2.86	.946	3.15
1937	CHW	AL	30	2B	13	13	11	80	36	44	0	12	1.000	6.15	.972	5.64
1938	DET	AL	31	3B	18	17	17	62	12	45	5	3	.919	3.17	.941	3.14
1938	DET	AL	31	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		5.50
	8 Seasons			2B	485	479	466	2803	1148	1562	93	276	.967	5.59	.968	5.78
	5 Seasons			3B	204	190	183	620	193	389	38	25	.939	2.85	.945	3.09
	1 Season			SS	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	.950	5.50
	1 Season			RF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.20
	1 Season			OF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.40
	8 Seasons			TOT	691	670	650	3425	1342	1952	131	301	.962	4.77	.964	4.98

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	RF	OF	PH	PR
1931	PIT	NL	24	44	44	44	44	44	0	1	0	0	0	0
1932	PIT	NL	25	154	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	0	0	0
1933	PIT	NL	26	107	94	107	97	97	0	0	0	0	9	1
1934	CIN	NL	27	106	100	106	100	49	51	0	0	0	5	1
1935	CHW	AL	28	77	74	77	75	59	17	0	0	0	1	1
1935	CIN	NL	28	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	4
1936	CHW	AL	29	109	94	109	98	68	32	0	0	0	11	0
1937	CHW	AL	30	100	92	100	97	13	86	0	0	0	1	5
1938	DET	AL	31	41	17	41	19	1	18	0	0	0	22	0
	8 Seasons			744	670	744	685	485	204	1	1	1	50	12

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1932 NL 154 (1st)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1932 NL 378 (5th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1932 NL 454 (5th)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1932 NL 26 (2nd) 1933 NL 26 (2nd) 1936 AL 14 (5th)
Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1933 NL 5.63 (4th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1932 NL .970 (5th)

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