Pete Suder Marquee

Pete Suder was part of the Philadelphia Athletics infield that turned 217 double plays in 1949, a major league record that stood for decades, alongside Eddie Joost at shortstop and Ferris Fain at first. The three of them were the reason a modest club finished fifth that year.

He played thirteen seasons, all for the Athletics in Philadelphia and then Kansas City, losing two years to army service during the war. The bat was ordinary — .249 across 1,421 games — and the glove was the argument, at second, third and shortstop as required.

Born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania in 1916, Suder collected 1,268 hits and 541 runs batted in. He was ninety when he died, in November 2006.