- Former president of the National Society for Baseball Research, and editor-in-chief of Total Sports, he has authored several baseball books including biographies of Kenesaw M. Landis and Arnold Rothstein.
- Pietrusza served on the Amsterdam, NY City Council and chaired its Public Works Committee.
- Until its purchase by the New York Mets, Pietrusza was a major shareholder in the International League's Syracuse Chiefs.
- In July 2018, David Pietrusza's book "1920: The Year of the Six President" was optioned by filmmaker Charlie Matthau (Walter Matthau's son) for a potential six-part television series to air in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election.
- Pietrusza is the Recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Arts & Letters Award of the Alumni Association of the University at Albany and a member of the initial induction class (2015) of the Greater Amsterdam (NY) School District Hall of Fame, winning entrance ahead of fellow Amsterdam native Kirk Douglas. At the NYS Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform, he won the "Director's Award for Exceptional Achievement.".
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