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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1977 20 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 2.3 0.50
1979 22 NYM NL 0 2 .000 4.41 4 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 16 8 8 0 4 0 12 0 0 0 69 84 1.224 8.8 0.0 2.2 6.6 3.00
1980 23 NYM NL 3 4 .429 5.14 32 15 6 0 0 0 84.0 89 51 48 5 59 2 68 2 3 5 388 69 1.762 9.5 0.5 6.3 7.3 1.15
1982 25 TOT AL 1 3 .250 7.30 24 2 7 0 0 2 61.2 74 56 50 14 46 1 22 1 0 4 295 58 1.946 10.8 2.0 6.7 3.2 0.48
1982 25 NYY AL 0 1 .000 7.20 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 13 8 8 0 9 1 2 1 0 2 51 57 2.200 11.7 0.0 8.1 1.8 0.22
1982 25 MIN AL 1 2 .333 7.32 21 1 7 0 0 2 51.2 61 48 42 14 37 0 20 0 0 2 244 58 1.897 10.6 2.4 6.4 3.5 0.54
1984 27 BAL AL 0 1 .000 6.75 6 1 1 0 0 0 14.2 15 13 11 2 9 1 8 0 1 2 66 59 1.636 9.2 1.2 5.5 4.9 0.89
1986 29 DET AL 0 0 4.09 5 0 1 0 0 1 11.0 10 5 5 0 13 1 5 0 1 0 51 105 2.091 8.2 0.0 10.6 4.1 0.38
6 Yrs 4 10 .286 5.73 74 21 18 0 0 3 191.2 206 135 122 21 133 5 116 3 5 12 886 68 1.769 9.7 1.0 6.2 5.4 0.87
162 Game Avg. 3 7 .286 5.73 53 15 13 0 0 2 137 147 97 87 15 95 4 83 2 4 9 634 68 1.769 9.7 1.0 6.2 5.4 0.87
NYM (3 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.83 39 18 9 0 0 0 104.1 107 61 56 5 65 2 81 2 3 6 474 75 1.649 9.2 0.4 5.6 7.0 1.25
MIN (1 yr) 1 2 .333 7.32 21 1 7 0 0 2 51.2 61 48 42 14 37 0 20 0 0 2 244 58 1.897 10.6 2.4 6.4 3.5 0.54
NYY (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.20 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 13 8 8 0 9 1 2 1 0 2 51 57 2.200 11.7 0.0 8.1 1.8 0.22
DET (1 yr) 0 0 4.09 5 0 1 0 0 1 11.0 10 5 5 0 13 1 5 0 1 0 51 105 2.091 8.2 0.0 10.6 4.1 0.38
BAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.75 6 1 1 0 0 0 14.2 15 13 11 2 9 1 8 0 1 2 66 59 1.636 9.2 1.2 5.5 4.9 0.89
AL (3 yrs) 1 4 .200 6.80 35 3 9 0 0 3 87.1 99 74 66 16 68 3 35 1 2 6 412 62 1.912 10.2 1.6 7.0 3.6 0.51
NL (3 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.83 39 18 9 0 0 0 104.1 107 61 56 5 65 2 81 2 3 6 474 75 1.649 9.2 0.4 5.6 7.0 1.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1977 20 NYM NL 4.0 3 0 2 4.50 4.85 -0.04 -0.37 101.8 4.59 0 0.0 .1 -0.0 0.0 0 .500 .500 $
1979 22 NYM NL 16.1 4 3 8 4.41 4.26 -0.20 0.02 97.3 4.36 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.0 0.1 1 .494 .500 $
1980 23 NYM NL 84.0 32 15 51 5.46 4.07 -0.17 0.01 97.1 4.13 -13 -1.4 .3 0.1 -0.6 -5 .457 .491 $
1982 25 NYY AL 10.0 3 1 8 7.20 4.20 -0.55 -0.09 92.0 4.28 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .399 .498 $
1982 25 MIN AL 51.2 21 1 48 8.36 4.66 0.36 -0.35 100.5 3.98 -25 -2.3 .9 -0.0 -1.9 -20 .388 .486 $
1984 27 BAL AL 14.2 6 1 13 7.98 4.60 0.36 -0.19 98.0 3.97 -6 -0.6 .9 0.0 -0.5 -5 .397 .496 $
1986 29 DET AL 11.0 5 0 5 4.09 4.66 0.35 -0.36 99.1 3.91 -0 -0.0 1.7 -0.0 0.0 1 .495 .500 $
6 Seasons 191.2 74 21 135 6.34 4.34 0.02 -0.13 98.0 4.10 -48 -4.7 .7 0.0 -3.1 -29 .436 .496 $
NYM (3 yrs) 104.1 39 18 61 5.26 4.13 -0.17 -0.00 97.3 4.18 -13 -1.4 .3 0.1 -0.5 -3 .464 .497 $
MIN (1 yr) 51.2 21 1 48 8.36 4.66 0.36 -0.35 100.5 3.98 -25 -2.3 .9 -0.0 -1.9 -20 .388 .486 $
NYY (1 yr) 10.0 3 1 8 7.20 4.20 -0.55 -0.09 92.0 4.28 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .399 .498 $
DET (1 yr) 11.0 5 0 5 4.09 4.66 0.35 -0.36 99.1 3.91 -0 -0.0 1.7 -0.0 0.0 1 .495 .500 $
BAL (1 yr) 14.2 6 1 13 7.98 4.60 0.36 -0.19 98.0 3.97 -6 -0.6 .9 0.0 -0.5 -5 .397 .496 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1977 20 NYM NL 3 17 15 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 .133 .235 .200 .435 .143 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
1979 22 NYM NL 4 69 65 8 16 0 0 0 4 0 4 12 .246 .290 .246 .536 .302 16 1 0 0 0 0 1
1980 23 NYM NL 32 388 317 51 89 13 2 5 9 9 59 68 .281 .397 .382 .779 .344 121 5 2 9 0 2 4
1982 25 MIN AL 21 244 204 48 61 7 1 14 5 0 37 20 .299 .402 .549 .951 .272 112 8 0 0 3 0 1
1982 25 NYY AL 3 51 38 8 13 3 1 0 3 0 9 2 .342 .451 .474 .925 .333 18 0 1 0 3 1 0
1982 25 TOT AL 24 295 242 56 74 10 2 14 8 0 46 22 .306 .410 .537 .947 .283 130 8 1 0 6 1 1
1984 27 BAL AL 6 66 56 13 15 1 1 2 0 0 9 8 .268 .369 .429 .798 .283 24 0 0 1 0 1 1
1986 29 DET AL 5 51 34 5 10 1 0 0 3 3 13 5 .294 .469 .324 .793 .323 11 1 0 2 2 1 0
6 Yrs 74 886 729 135 206 26 5 21 25 13 133 116 .283 .392 .418 .810 .308 305 15 3 12 8 5 9
162 Game Avg. 53 634 522 97 147 19 4 15 18 9 95 83 .283 .392 .418 .810 .308 218 11 2 9 6 4 6
MLB Averages .261 .325 .389 .714 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1977 20 NYM NL 1.0 0.1 21 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .06 0.1 0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.06 0.2 0 0 3
1979 22 NYM NL -0.8 -0.1 73 -0.0 1.2 -1.2 1.07 0.3 -0.3 -0.6 -0.1 1.07 2.4 0 1 0
1980 23 NYM NL -13.9 -1.4 415 -1.6 4.8 -6.4 .85 -0.8 -1.0 -13.0 -1.4 0.85 -9.7 0 3 13
1982 25 TOT AL -20.7 -2.0 308 -0.5 2.2 -2.7 .47 -1.6 0.6 -24.3 -2.3 0.47 -26.5 4 4 12
1982 25 NYY AL -3.2 -0.3 56 -0.3 0.2 -0.6 .47 -0.4 -0.2 -5.4 -0.5 0.47 -4.5 0 1 1
1982 25 MIN AL -17.5 -1.7 252 -0.2 2.0 -2.1 .47 -1.2 0.8 -18.9 -1.8 0.47 -22.0 4 3 11
1984 27 BAL AL -5.0 -0.5 72 -0.6 1.0 -1.6 1.10 -0.2 -0.3 -4.2 -0.4 1.10 -1.4 1 1 3
1986 29 DET AL 0.5 0.0 59 0.3 1.0 -0.7 .96 -0.0 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.96 -0.4 2 2 1
6 Yrs -38.9 -3.8 948 -2.4 10.2 -12.6 .75 -2.4 -0.8 -41.1 -4.0 0.75 -35.5 7 11 32

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1979 22 NYM NL 4 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 2 67% 50.7 68 24 5 2 1 2 2.3 0.8 4.1
1980 23 NYM NL 32 15 3 4 8 0 0 8 7 .533 1 4 0 0 5 33% 44.7 73 26 25 9 2 3 4.8 4.3 4.0
1982 25 TOT AL 24 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 39 37 13 3 1 1 1.5 0.0 3.5
1982 25 NYY AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 2 0 1 0 1.0 0.0 5.0
1982 25 MIN AL 21 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 11 3 0 1 2.0 0.0 2.0
1984 27 BAL AL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 5 4 0 1 5.0 5.4 5.0
4 Yrs 66 21 3 8 10 0 1 10 11 .476 2 4 0 0 7 33% 45 73 24 48 18 4 7 4.1 3.5 4.0
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 99 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1977 20 NYM NL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .065 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0
1979 22 NYM NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.074 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1980 23 NYM NL 32 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27% 8 .849 0 3 13 0 0 17 8 9 7 6 9 2 4.1
1982 25 TOT AL 24 22 7 1 1 3 2 1 67% 4 0 33 11 33% .471 4 4 12 6 0 16 18 4 16 3 18 1 7.5
1982 25 NYY AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 .465 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 7.5
1982 25 MIN AL 21 20 7 1 1 3 2 1 67% 4 0 30 8 27% 6 .472 4 3 11 5 0 15 16 4 15 2 17 1 7.5
1984 27 BAL AL 6 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 6 1.100 1 1 3 0 1 4 2 3 4 1 4 0 5.8
1986 29 DET AL 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 1 17% 4 .956 2 2 1 1 1 3 5 0 3 1 4 0 6.6
6 Yrs 74 53 18 1 2 4 3 1 75% 5 0 54 17 31% .750 7 11 32 8 2 43 33 20 32 11 37 3 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1977 20 NYM NL 17 53% 0.0% 5.9% 11.8% 5.9% 50% 0.25 82% 3 0 0%
1979 22 NYM NL 69 38% 0.0% 17.4% 5.8% 0.0% 0% 2.36 77% 15 1 7%
1980 23 NYM NL 388 53% 1.3% 17.5% 15.2% 5.2% 23% 1.12 63% 82 5 6%
1982 25 TOT AL 295 62% 4.8% 7.5% 15.6% 8.8% 35% 0.63 72% 65 8 12%
1982 25 NYY AL 51 73% 0.0% 3.9% 17.7% 7.8% 31% 0.93 76% 13 0 0%
1982 25 MIN AL 244 59% 5.7% 8.2% 15.2% 9.0% 36% 0.58 71% 52 8 15%
1984 27 BAL AL 66 50% 3.0% 12.1% 13.6% 6.1% 27% 0.74 70% 12 0 0%
1986 29 DET AL 51 45% 0.0% 9.8% 25.5% 2.0% 10% 0.85 61% 15 1 7%
6 Yrs 886 54% 2.4% 13.1% 15.0% 5.9% 25% 0.90 68% 192 15 8%
MLB Averages 43% 2.1% 13.4% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1977 20 NYM NL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 2 1 0 6 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 22 NYM NL 69 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 1 0 0 27 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 23 NYM NL 388 89 5 1 10 3 2 3 2 21 10 9 48% 4 5 0 168 9 9 50% 9 8 0 1 0 0 1 1 11 0
1982 25 TOT AL 295 74 14 0 16 10 4 5 9 29 17 3 59% 1 4 1 114 8 0 100% 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1982 25 NYY AL 51 13 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 67% 0 2 0 21 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1982 25 MIN AL 244 61 14 0 13 10 4 5 9 20 11 3 55% 1 2 1 93 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1984 27 BAL AL 66 15 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 0 40% 1 2 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1986 29 DET AL 51 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 29 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0
6 Yrs 886 206 21 1 28 14 7 9 12 65 35 13 54% 9 12 2 364 25 13 66% 21 11 4 2 0 0 3 2 39 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1977 20 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 2.3 0.50
1978 21 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 2.3 0.50
1979 22 0 2 .000 3.54 7 3 3 0 0 0 20.1 18 10 8 0 6 0 13 0 0 1 86 107 1.180 8.0 0.0 2.7 5.8 2.17 107
1980 23 3 6 .333 4.83 39 18 9 0 0 0 104.1 107 61 56 5 65 2 81 2 3 6 474 75 1.649 9.2 0.4 5.6 7.0 1.25 75
1981 24 3 6 .333 4.83 39 18 9 0 0 0 104.1 107 61 56 5 65 2 81 2 3 6 474 75 1.649 9.2 0.4 5.6 7.0 1.25 75
1982 25 4 9 .308 5.75 63 20 16 0 0 2 166.0 181 117 106 19 111 3 103 3 3 10 769 67 1.759 9.8 1.0 6.0 5.6 0.93 67
1983 26 4 9 .308 5.75 63 20 16 0 0 2 166.0 181 117 106 19 111 3 103 3 3 10 769 67 1.759 9.8 1.0 6.0 5.6 0.93 67
1984 27 4 10 .286 5.83 69 21 17 0 0 2 180.2 196 130 117 21 120 4 111 3 4 12 835 66 1.749 9.8 1.0 6.0 5.5 0.93 66
1985 28 4 10 .286 5.83 69 21 17 0 0 2 180.2 196 130 117 21 120 4 111 3 4 12 835 66 1.749 9.8 1.0 6.0 5.5 0.93 66
1986 29 4 10 .286 5.73 74 21 18 0 0 3 191.2 206 135 122 21 133 5 116 3 5 12 886 68 1.769 9.7 1.0 6.2 5.4 0.87 68

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1977 20 0 0 0.00 4.0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1.500 6.8 6.8 2.3 0.33 0.0 3
1979 22 0 1 .000 4.50 16.0 16 9 8 0 4 12 0 1.250 9.0 2.3 6.8 3.00 0.0 4
1980 23 2 6 .250 6.31 77.0 94 60 54 5 62 62 2 2.026 11.0 7.2 7.2 1.00 0.6 32
1982 25 1 5 .167 8.05 57.0 75 57 51 14 47 20 1 2.140 11.8 7.4 3.2 0.43 2.2 24
1984 27 0 1 .000 8.31 13.0 16 13 12 2 10 7 0 2.000 11.1 6.9 4.8 0.70 1.4 6
1986 29 0 1 .000 5.00 9.0 10 6 5 0 13 4 0 2.556 10.0 13.0 4.0 0.31 0.0 5
6 Yrs 3 14 .176 6.65 176.0 214 145 130 21 139 106 3 2.006 10.9 5.4 0.76 1.1 74

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1977 NL  born 1956-09-15 (3rd)

                                         

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