Pius Louis Schwert (November 22, 1892 – March 11, 1941) was an American politician and professional baseball player.

He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and played college baseball for the Penn Quakers as a catcher.

[1] He was the only child of Louisa[2] and Julius Schwert, who was the town supervisor of Evans, New York.

[1] After his graduation, Frank Chance, the manager of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, signed Schwert to a contract.

[1] During the 1914–15 offseason, Schwert claimed that there was an error in his contract that made him a free agent.

Schwert played in four games for the Yankees before they demoted him to the Jersey City Skeeters of the Class AA International League.

[11] With the Yankees, Schwert competed with Nunamaker, Roxy Walters, and Walt Alexander for a roster spot for the 1916 season, but he was demoted to the Newark Indians of the International League, where he batted .232 in 84 games.

[15] He served first as a yeoman at the Bremerton Navy Yard,[8] and later he was commissioned as an ensign at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

In Philadelphia, he played for the 4th Naval District baseball team, which was managed by Harry Davis, and included Morrie Rath, Jing Johnson, and Bob Shawkey.

[1][21] In 1938, Democrats needed to nominate a replacement candidate for James M. Mead in New York's 42nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, after Mead was nominated to run for the United States Senate.

[8] He supported providing aid to France and Great Britain during World War II.

[25] Schwert also wrote to Governor Herbert H. Lehman to advocate for the completion of McKinley Parkway.

He attended a dinner party at the Annapolis Hotel and collapsed shortly after making a speech.

Schwert had survived a previous heart attack in 1940 that occurred when he was exercising in the United States Capitol gymnasium.