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Bill Pecota
William Joseph Pecota

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 19, 1986
  vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 11, 1994
Born February 16, 1960 in Redwood City, CA

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 26 KCR AL  12   29    3    6   2  0   0    2   0  2   3   3  .207  .294  .276   56    8   0   1   0   1   1
 1987 27 KCR AL  66  156   22   43   5  1   3   14   5  0  15  25  .276  .343  .378   90   59   0   0   0   1   3
 1988 28 KCR AL  90  178   25   37   3  3   1   15   7  2  18  34  .208  .286  .275   58   49   7   1   0   2   1
 1989 29 KCR AL  65   83   21   17   4  2   3    5   5  0   7   9  .205  .275  .410   91   34   1   0   1   1   4
 1990 30 KCR AL  87  240   43   58  15  2   5   20   8  5  33  39  .242  .336  .383  103   92   6   0   0   1   5
 1991 31 KCR AL 125  398   53  114  23  2   6   45  16  7  41  45  .286  .356  .399  109  159   7   0   6   2  12
 1992 32 NYM NL 117  269   28   61  13  0   2   26   9  3  25  40  .227  .293  .297   69   80   5   2   3   1   7
 1993 33 ATL NL  72   62   17   20   2  1   0    5   1  1   2   5  .323  .344  .387   95   24   1   0   0   0   0
 1994 34 ATL NL  64  112   11   24   5  0   2   16   1  0  16  16  .214  .310  .313   62   35   1   1   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      698 1527  223  380  72 11  22  148  52 20 160 216  .249  .323  .354   87  540  28   5  11   9  36
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        354   52   88  17  3   5   34  12  5  37  50  .249  .323  .354   87  125   6   1   3   2   8
 Career High    125  398   53  114  23  3   6   45  16  7  41  45  .286  .356  .399  109  159   7   2   6   2  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 26 KCR AL   34   27    2   2.0   102| .207  .264| .294  .332| .276  .411| .570  .744|  56  .172  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1987 27 KCR AL  172  116   21   4.8   108| .276  .267| .343  .336| .378  .429| .721  .765|  90  .487  -2.4  -0.2 100%
 1988 28 KCR AL  206  152   16   2.8    95| .208  .260| .286  .326| .275  .392| .561  .718|  58  .306 -10.3  -1.0  77%
 1989 29 KCR AL   92   71    9   3.4    93| .205  .261| .275  .326| .410  .384| .685  .709|  91  .390  -1.5  -0.2 100%
 1990 30 KCR AL  280  198   32   4.3    93| .242  .257| .336  .325| .383  .384| .719  .709| 103  .494   1.6   0.2  61%
 1991 31 KCR AL  448  310   56   4.9    97| .286  .260| .356  .329| .399  .395| .755  .724| 109  .531   5.6   0.6  69%
 1992 32 NYM NL  302  225   24   2.9    91| .227  .258| .293  .323| .297  .380| .590  .703|  69  .341 -10.6  -1.1  75%
 1993 33 ATL NL   65   44    8   4.9   104| .323  .272| .344  .338| .387  .415| .731  .752|  95  .522  -0.7  -0.1  50%
 1994 34 ATL NL  130   93   12   3.5   111| .214  .277| .310  .344| .313  .433| .623  .777|  62  .344  -6.1  -0.6 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1729 1236  180   3.9    97| .249  .262| .323  .329| .354  .397| .677  .726|  87  .436 -26.0  -2.6  72%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1991 31 KCR AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    4    1    1   0    0    0   0   0     9   0   0  4.50  4.14   92 2.000
 1992 32 NYM NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    1    1    1   1    0    0   0   0     4   0   0  9.00  3.47   39 1.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL undef   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    3.0    5    2    2   1    0    0   0   0    13   0   0  6.00  3.92   65 1.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  102.0  170   68   68  34    0    0   0   0   442   0   0  6.00  3.92   65 1.667

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 26 KCR AL 3B 12 7 30 1 1 .974 .949 3.08 2.37 4.03 2.74 9 82.7 DH 4 SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 3.95 3.33 4.67 0 2.7 1987 27 KCR AL SS 36 40 85 3 20 .977 .970 3.47 4.02 5.03 4.59 26 223.7 3B 17 7 23 3 2 .909 .952 1.76 2.31 3.28 2.77 7 82.3 2B 15 20 27 0 6 1.000 .979 3.13 4.48 6.04 5.12 6 70.0 DH 1 1988 28 KCR AL SS 41 59 107 4 20 .976 .971 4.05 4.14 5.21 4.69 33 287.0 3B 21 10 36 1 2 .979 .954 2.19 2.36 3.14 2.71 14 132.0 1B 11 17 0 0 2 1.000 .994 1.55 8.41 7.65 9.59 0 20.0 OF 9 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 0.89 2.14 1.88 2.47 2 38.3 RF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.88 1.23 2.25 1 22.0 DH 4 LF 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 1.67 1.87 2.76 2.26 1 16.3 2B 3 4 2 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 4.40 7.71 5.14 0 7.0 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30 0.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1989 29 KCR AL SS 29 27 54 1 8 .988 .971 2.79 4.11 4.85 4.79 17 150.3 OF 15 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.33 2.12 1.15 2.43 2 39.3 2B 12 8 19 0 3 1.000 .982 2.25 4.51 4.86 5.24 5 50.0 RF 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.44 1.90 2.12 2.33 0 17.0 3B 7 2 6 1 2 .889 .941 1.14 2.34 3.43 2.74 1 21.0 1B 4 8 0 0 1 1.000 .988 2.00 8.35 9.00 9.79 0 8.0 LF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.82 0.45 2.16 2 20.0 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.45 3.91 2.74 0 2.3 DH 1 1990 30 KCR AL 2B 50 82 122 3 21 .986 .984 4.08 4.53 5.28 5.23 39 347.7 SS 21 44 57 2 19 .981 .973 4.81 4.00 5.86 4.74 18 155.0 3B 11 5 15 0 2 1.000 .943 1.82 2.32 3.05 2.75 5 59.0 OF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.03 2.31 2.40 3 39.0 1B 4 19 1 0 2 1.000 .990 5.00 8.35 13.85 9.62 1 13.0 LF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.75 2.32 2.18 3 31.0 RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.80 2.25 2.25 0 8.0 DH 2 1991 31 KCR AL 3B 102 69 158 4 14 .983 .955 2.23 2.33 2.68 2.79 88 762.0 2B 34 46 34 0 8 1.000 .982 2.35 4.44 5.02 5.19 10 143.3 SS 9 8 14 0 3 1.000 .969 2.44 3.96 6.19 4.67 3 32.0 1B 8 39 0 0 3 1.000 .992 4.88 8.30 9.49 9.75 3 37.0 DH 2 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.29 2.19 1 7.0 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1992 32 NYM NL 3B 48 12 51 5 6 .926 .952 1.31 2.29 2.48 2.67 21 228.3 SS 39 33 72 3 11 .972 .969 2.69 3.86 4.68 4.59 20 202.0 2B 38 45 95 4 15 .972 .981 3.68 4.27 5.46 5.18 27 230.7 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.40 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1993 33 ATL NL 3B 23 3 12 0 0 1.000 .943 0.65 2.31 2.17 2.70 2 62.3 2B 4 5 1 0 1 1.000 .984 1.50 4.50 5.81 5.13 1 9.3 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.00 2.20 1 9.0 1994 34 ATL NL 3B 31 16 59 2 4 .974 .951 2.42 2.24 3.22 2.65 21 209.7 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.60 18.00 5.40 0 1.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 28 KCR AL 1B 11 17 0 0 2 1.000 .994 1.55 8.41 7.65 9.59 0 20.0 1989 29 KCR AL 1B 4 8 0 0 1 1.000 .988 2.00 8.35 9.00 9.79 0 8.0 1990 30 KCR AL 1B 4 19 1 0 2 1.000 .990 5.00 8.35 13.85 9.62 1 13.0 1991 31 KCR AL 1B 8 39 0 0 3 1.000 .992 4.88 8.30 9.49 9.75 3 37.0 1992 32 NYM NL 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.40 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 1987 27 KCR AL 2B 15 20 27 0 6 1.000 .979 3.13 4.48 6.04 5.12 6 70.0 1988 28 KCR AL 2B 3 4 2 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 4.40 7.71 5.14 0 7.0 1989 29 KCR AL 2B 12 8 19 0 3 1.000 .982 2.25 4.51 4.86 5.24 5 50.0 1990 30 KCR AL 2B 50 82 122 3 21 .986 .984 4.08 4.53 5.28 5.23 39 347.7 1991 31 KCR AL 2B 34 46 34 0 8 1.000 .982 2.35 4.44 5.02 5.19 10 143.3 1992 32 NYM NL 2B 38 45 95 4 15 .972 .981 3.68 4.27 5.46 5.18 27 230.7 1993 33 ATL NL 2B 4 5 1 0 1 1.000 .984 1.50 4.50 5.81 5.13 1 9.3 1994 34 ATL NL 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.60 18.00 5.40 0 1.0 1986 26 KCR AL 3B 12 7 30 1 1 .974 .949 3.08 2.37 4.03 2.74 9 82.7 1987 27 KCR AL 3B 17 7 23 3 2 .909 .952 1.76 2.31 3.28 2.77 7 82.3 1988 28 KCR AL 3B 21 10 36 1 2 .979 .954 2.19 2.36 3.14 2.71 14 132.0 1989 29 KCR AL 3B 7 2 6 1 2 .889 .941 1.14 2.34 3.43 2.74 1 21.0 1990 30 KCR AL 3B 11 5 15 0 2 1.000 .943 1.82 2.32 3.05 2.75 5 59.0 1991 31 KCR AL 3B 102 69 158 4 14 .983 .955 2.23 2.33 2.68 2.79 88 762.0 1992 32 NYM NL 3B 48 12 51 5 6 .926 .952 1.31 2.29 2.48 2.67 21 228.3 1993 33 ATL NL 3B 23 3 12 0 0 1.000 .943 0.65 2.31 2.17 2.70 2 62.3 1994 34 ATL NL 3B 31 16 59 2 4 .974 .951 2.42 2.24 3.22 2.65 21 209.7 1988 28 KCR AL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30 0.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1989 29 KCR AL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.45 3.91 2.74 0 2.3 1986 26 KCR AL DH 4 1987 27 KCR AL DH 1 1988 28 KCR AL DH 4 1989 29 KCR AL DH 1 1990 30 KCR AL DH 2 1991 31 KCR AL DH 2 1988 28 KCR AL LF 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 1.67 1.87 2.76 2.26 1 16.3 1989 29 KCR AL LF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.82 0.45 2.16 2 20.0 1990 30 KCR AL LF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.75 2.32 2.18 3 31.0 1991 31 KCR AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.29 2.19 1 7.0 1994 34 ATL NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1988 28 KCR AL OF 9 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 0.89 2.14 1.88 2.47 2 38.3 1989 29 KCR AL OF 15 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.33 2.12 1.15 2.43 2 39.3 1990 30 KCR AL OF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.03 2.31 2.40 3 39.0 1991 31 KCR AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 1.29 2.31 1 7.0 1993 33 ATL NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.30 1 9.0 1994 34 ATL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1991 31 KCR AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1992 32 NYM NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1988 28 KCR AL RF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.88 1.23 2.25 1 22.0 1989 29 KCR AL RF 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.44 1.90 2.12 2.33 0 17.0 1990 30 KCR AL RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.80 2.25 2.25 0 8.0 1993 33 ATL NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.00 2.20 1 9.0 1986 26 KCR AL SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 3.95 3.33 4.67 0 2.7 1987 27 KCR AL SS 36 40 85 3 20 .977 .970 3.47 4.02 5.03 4.59 26 223.7 1988 28 KCR AL SS 41 59 107 4 20 .976 .971 4.05 4.14 5.21 4.69 33 287.0 1989 29 KCR AL SS 29 27 54 1 8 .988 .971 2.79 4.11 4.85 4.79 17 150.3 1990 30 KCR AL SS 21 44 57 2 19 .981 .973 4.81 4.00 5.86 4.74 18 155.0 1991 31 KCR AL SS 9 8 14 0 3 1.000 .969 2.44 3.96 6.19 4.67 3 32.0 1992 32 NYM NL SS 39 33 72 3 11 .972 .969 2.69 3.86 4.68 4.59 20 202.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total 3B* 272 131 390 17 33 .968 .952 1.92 2.31 2.86 2.74 168 1639.3 SS* 177 211 390 13 81 .979 .971 3.40 4.02 5.14 4.67 117 1052.7 2B* 157 210 302 7 55 .987 .982 3.26 4.44 5.36 5.20 88 859.0 OF* 33 25 0 1 0 .962 .980 0.76 2.10 1.68 2.41 9 133.7 13 2 19# 1B* 28 85 1 0 9 1.000 .992 3.07 8.36 9.80 9.69 4 79.0 RF* 19 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.53 1.87 1.61 2.27 2 56.0 DH 14 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 13 15 0 1 0 .938 .980 1.15 1.77 1.79 2.19 7 75.3 CF* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.45 3.91 2.74 0 2.3 P* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 C* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30 0.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 670 662 1083 38 178 .979 .970 2.60 3.50 4.17 3.97 386 3768
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1993   NLCS  ATL PHI     L   4   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   1  .333  .500  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


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Transactions 

January 13, 1981: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

December 11, 1991: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Bret Saberhagen to the New York Mets for Kevin McReynolds, Gregg Jefferies, and Keith Miller.

December 19, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

January 4, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 12, 1994: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987Kansas City Royals$62,500
1988Kansas City Royals$65,000
1989Kansas City Royals$85,000
1990Kansas City Royals$115,000
1991Kansas City Royals$307,500
1992New York Mets$785,000
1993Atlanta Braves$675,000
1994Atlanta Braves$575,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,670,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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