[1][2] Piton was a valuable collaborator to baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis during 15 years.

In this lapse of time, Piton excelled as an operator within the professional baseball industry.

He retired temporarily from the commissioner’s office during World War II, but returned to the baseball activities when George Trautman was elected as the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues president in 1947.

[2] Following his retirement in 1971, Piton turned over 20 leagues and 155 clubs to his successor Hank Peters and, while attendance still was not improving, the downward slide had ended and the upward progression began its call.

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