John Pacella

John Lewis Pacella

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 15, 1956 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Connetquot HS (Oakdale, NY)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1977
Teams (by GP): Mets/Twins/Orioles/Tigers/Yankees 1977-1986

Final Game: July 12, 1986
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1974	17	NYM-min	Rk	12	13	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.091	.167	.182	.348		2		0	1	0			MIO · APPY
1975	18	NYM-min	A	19	49	42	5	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	18	.119	.159	.143	.302		6		0	5	0			WAU · MIDW
1976	19	NYM-min	A																										LBG · CARL
1977	20	NYM-min	AA,AAA	28	24	22	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	9	.136	.174	.273	.447		6		0	1	0			JAC,TID · TL,IL
1977	20	NYM	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1978	21	NYM-min	AA,AAA	27	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200		1		0	0	0			JAC,TID · TL,IL
1979	22	NYM-min	AAA	29	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667		2		0	0	0			TID · IL
1979	22	NYM	NL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1980	23	NYM	NL	32	22	20	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.100	.100	.150	.250	-30	3	0	0	2	0	0	1

1981	24	NYY-min	AAA	31	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1982	25	NYY-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1982	25	TOT	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	25	NYY	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1982	25	MIN	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1983	26	BAL-min	AA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CHR · SOUL
1984	27	BAL-min	AA,AAA	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
1984	27	BAL	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1985	28	DET-min	AAA	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		NVL · AA
1986	29	DET-min	AAA	43	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		NVL · AA
1986	29	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1987	30	DET-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1988	31	DET-BAL-MIL-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TOL,ROC,DEN · IL,AA
6 Yrs				74	26	24	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	57	53	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	7	0	0	4	0	0

NYM (3 yrs)				39	26	24	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	0	0	2	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				39	26	24	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	0	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1977	20	NYM	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1979	22	NYM	NL	4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.486	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1980	23	NYM	NL	32	22	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1

1982	25	NYY	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1982	25	MIN	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1984	27	BAL	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1986	29	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				74	26	-5	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$

NYM (3 yrs)				39	26	-5	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.496	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$
MIN (1 yr)				21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
NYY (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
DET (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
BAL (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1979	22	NYM	NL	4	4	95	.000	.000	.263	.000	.328	.000	.390	.000	.718	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1980	23	NYM	NL	22	20	93	.154	.100	.263	.100	.325	.150	.382	.250	.707	-30	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.167	.050	.050
6 Yrs				26	24	93	.125	.083	.263	.083	.326	.125	.383	.208	.709	-42	.000	-4.5	-0.5	.136	.042	.042
162 Game Avg.				57	53	93	.125	.083	.263	.083	.326	.125	.383	.208	.709	-42	.000	-4.5	-0.5	.136	.042	.042

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	22	NYM	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			0.50	75%
1980	23	NYM	NL	22	0.0%	31.8%	0.0%	4.6%	50%		2.9		20.0	3.67	59%
6 Yrs				26	0.0%	30.8%	0.0%	3.9%	50%		3.0		24.0	2.40	62%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.4%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.58	6.7	42.9	8.4	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1977	20	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1979	22	NYM	NL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.79	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.81	-1.3	0
1980	23	NYM	NL	-3.4	-0.4	22	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.82	-0.4	0.0	-4.2	-0.4	1.02	-4.3	0

1982	25	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0
1982	25	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1982	25	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0

1984	27	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0

1986	29	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
6 Yrs				-4.5	-0.5	26	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.82	-0.5	0.0	-5.4	-0.6	0.99	-5.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB
1979	22	NYM	NL		0	0
1980	23	NYM	NL	0%	4	1
6 Yrs				0%	4	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1979	22	NYM	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1980	23	NYM	NL	22	41%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	5	0	0%	5	1	20%	17	1	6%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				26	35%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	5	0	0%	6	1	17%	19	1	5%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					57%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1979	22	7	4	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1980	23	39	26	24	2	1	1	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	2
1981	24	39	26	24	2	1	1	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	2
1982	25	63	26	24	2	1	1	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	2
1983	26	63	26	24	2	1	1	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	2
1984	27	69	26	24	2	1	1	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	2
1985	28	69	26	24	2	1	1	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	2
1986	29	74	26	24	2	1	1	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1979	22	4	4	4	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	4
1980	23	32	22	20	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	32
2 Yrs		36	26	24	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	36
162 Game Avg.		162	117	108	36	.000	.000	.000	.000	36

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1977 NL born 1956-09-15 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1977 NL born 1956-09-15 (3rd)

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