Bill Pecota
William Joseph Pecota
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 16, 1960 in Redwood City, CA
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1986
Final Game: August 11, 1994
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Standard Batting

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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
1986 26 KCR AL 12 34 29 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 3 .207 .294 .276 .570 56 8 1 1 0 1 0 5/D6
1987 27 KCR AL 66 172 156 22 43 5 1 3 14 5 0 15 25 .276 .343 .378 .721 90 59 3 1 0 0 0 654/D
1988 28 KCR AL 90 206 178 25 37 3 3 1 15 7 2 18 34 .208 .286 .275 .562 58 49 1 2 7 1 0 653/9D472
1989 29 KCR AL 65 92 83 21 17 4 2 3 5 5 0 7 9 .205 .275 .410 .684 91 34 4 1 1 0 1 64/95378D
1990 30 KCR AL 87 280 240 43 58 15 2 5 20 8 5 33 39 .242 .336 .383 .719 103 92 5 1 6 0 0 465/379D
1991 31 KCR AL 125 448 398 53 114 23 2 6 45 16 7 41 45 .286 .356 .399 .756 109 159 12 2 7 0 6 54/63D71
1992 32 NYM NL 117 302 269 28 61 13 0 2 26 9 3 25 40 .227 .293 .297 .590 69 80 7 1 5 2 3 564/31
1993 33 ATL NL 72 65 62 17 20 2 1 0 5 1 1 2 5 .323 .344 .387 .731 95 24 0 0 1 0 0 5/49
1994 34 ATL NL 64 130 112 11 24 5 0 2 16 1 0 16 16 .214 .310 .313 .623 62 35 3 0 1 1 1 5/47
9 Seasons 698 1729 1527 223 380 72 11 22 148 52 20 160 216 .249 .323 .354 .676 87 540 36 9 28 5 11
162 Game Avg. 162 401 354 52 88 17 3 5 34 12 5 37 50 .249 .323 .354 .676 87 125 8 2 6 1 3
KCR (6 yrs) 445 1232 1084 167 275 52 10 18 101 41 16 117 155 .254 .330 .370 .700 94 401 26 8 21 2 7
ATL (2 yrs) 136 195 174 28 44 7 1 2 21 2 1 18 21 .253 .321 .339 .660 73 59 3 0 2 1 1
NYM (1 yr) 117 302 269 28 61 13 0 2 26 9 3 25 40 .227 .293 .297 .590 69 80 7 1 5 2 3
AL (6 yrs) 445 1232 1084 167 275 52 10 18 101 41 16 117 155 .254 .330 .370 .700 94 401 26 8 21 2 7
NL (3 yrs) 253 497 443 56 105 20 1 4 47 11 4 43 61 .237 .304 .314 .618 71 139 10 1 7 3 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1986 26 KCR AL 34 27 2 2.0 102 .222 .207 .264 .294 .332 .276 .411 .570 .744 56 .172 -1.6 -0.2 .385 .103 .069
1987 27 KCR AL 172 116 21 4.8 108 .313 .276 .267 .343 .336 .378 .429 .721 .765 90 .487 -2.4 -0.2 .690 .231 .103 3.8
1988 28 KCR AL 206 152 16 2.8 95 .250 .208 .260 .286 .326 .275 .392 .562 .718 58 .306 -10.3 -1.0 .514 .197 .067 1.8
1989 29 KCR AL 92 71 9 3.4 93 .197 .205 .261 .275 .326 .410 .384 .684 .709 91 .390 -1.5 -0.2 .671 .349 .205 3.8
1990 30 KCR AL 280 198 32 4.3 93 .270 .242 .257 .336 .325 .383 .384 .719 .709 103 .494 1.6 0.2 .672 .292 .142 6.2
1991 31 KCR AL 448 310 56 4.9 97 .311 .286 .260 .356 .329 .399 .395 .756 .724 109 .531 5.6 0.6 .696 .239 .113 8.7
1992 32 NYM NL 302 225 24 2.9 91 .258 .227 .258 .293 .323 .297 .380 .590 .703 69 .341 -10.6 -1.1 .514 .186 .071 3.3
1993 33 ATL NL 65 44 8 4.9 104 .351 .323 .272 .344 .338 .387 .415 .731 .752 95 .522 -0.7 -0.1 .605 .097 .065 .0
1994 34 ATL NL 130 93 12 3.5 111 .232 .214 .277 .310 .344 .313 .433 .623 .777 62 .344 -6.1 -0.6 .571 .250 .098 1.3
9 Seasons 1729 1236 180 3.9 97 .277 .249 .262 .323 .329 .354 .397 .676 .726 87 .436 -26.0 -2.6 .616 .231 .105 30.9
162 Game Avg. 401 287 42 3.9 97 .277 .249 .262 .323 .329 .354 .397 .676 .726 87 .436 -26.0 -2.6 .616 .231 .105 7
KCR (6 yrs) 1232 874 136 4.2 97 .281 .254 .261 .330 .328 .370 .397 .700 .725 94 .462 -8.6 -0.9 .647 .247 .116 25.0
ATL (2 yrs) 195 137 20 3.9 109 .276 .253 .275 .321 .342 .339 .426 .660 .768 73 .405 -6.8 -0.7 .582 .195 .086 2.0
NYM (1 yr) 302 225 24 2.9 91 .258 .227 .258 .293 .323 .297 .380 .590 .703 69 .341 -10.6 -1.1 .514 .186 .071 3.3
AL (6 yrs) 1232 874 136 4.2 97 .281 .254 .261 .330 .328 .370 .397 .700 .725 94 .462 -8.6 -0.9 .647 .247 .116 25.0
NL (3 yrs) 497 362 44 3.3 98 .265 .237 .265 .304 .331 .314 .398 .618 .729 71 .367 -17.4 -1.8 .540 .190 .077 5.9

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1993 33 ATL NL NLCS PHI L 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1986 26 KCR AL 34 0.0% 8.8% 8.8% 5.9% 33% 1.00 9.7 14.5 0.83 79%
1987 27 KCR AL 172 1.7% 14.5% 8.7% 5.2% 21% 1.67 6.2 52.0 11.1 1.34 74%
1988 28 KCR AL 206 0.5% 16.5% 8.7% 3.4% 19% 1.89 5.2 178.0 11.9 1.01 1.29 70% 20% 2.0% 29%
1989 29 KCR AL 92 3.3% 9.8% 7.6% 9.8% 53% 1.29 9.2 27.7 16.6 0.66 1.03 77% 21% 8.3% 18%
1990 30 KCR AL 280 1.8% 13.9% 11.8% 7.9% 38% 1.18 6.2 48.0 12.0 0.62 0.80 70% 20% 5.2% 21%
1991 31 KCR AL 448 1.3% 10.0% 9.2% 6.9% 27% 1.10 8.8 66.3 8.8 0.81 1.32 77% 23% 3.8% 18%
1992 32 NYM NL 302 0.7% 13.3% 8.3% 5.0% 25% 1.60 6.7 134.5 10.3 0.95 1.32 76% 21% 2.0% 15%
1993 33 ATL NL 65 0.0% 7.7% 3.1% 4.6% 15% 2.50 12.4 12.4 0.90 0.70 88% 22% 0.0% 24%
1994 34 ATL NL 130 1.5% 12.3% 12.3% 5.4% 29% 1.00 7.0 56.0 7.0 0.94 1.26 73% 16% 4.8% 16%
9 Seasons 1729 1.3% 12.5% 9.3% 6.1% 28% 1.35 7.1 69.4 10.3 0.83 1.16 75% 21% 3.7% 19%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1986 26 KCR AL 0 0 30% 9 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 27 KCR AL 3 0 34% 86 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 41% 14 9 5 6 4 2 7 3 4
1988 28 KCR AL 7 0 43% 89 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 53% 22 12 10 2 0 2 8 2 5
1989 29 KCR AL 1 0 82% 51 5 0 100% 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 8 7 1 2 1 1 8 4 4
1990 30 KCR AL 7 0 44% 113 8 5 62% 8 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 59% 16 9 7 5 3 2 8 0 8
1991 31 KCR AL 4 0 31% 189 16 7 70% 14 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 9 48% 26 17 9 3 1 2 13 3 9
1992 32 NYM NL 5 0 31% 123 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 43% 11 7 4 11 5 5 8 3 4
1993 33 ATL NL 4 0 77% 66 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 47% 6 6 0 1 0 1 8 2 6
1994 34 ATL NL 1 0 24% 55 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 42% 8 4 4 1 1 0 3 1 1
9 Seasons 32 0 38% 781 52 20 72% 47 17 5 1 0 2 3 1 15 48 47% 111 71 40 31 15 15 63 18 41
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1986 26 KCR AL 34 32% 6 0 0 0 1 2.78 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 2 100% 14 3 21% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1987 27 KCR AL 172 32% 43 6 0 0 0 1.22 3 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0% 26 3 12% 12 3 25% 88 12 14% 6 3 50% 14 3 21% 0
1988 28 KCR AL 206 39% 37 5 0 2 1 0 0 3.13 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 100% 31 1 3% 20 10 50% 124 15 12% 14 5 36% 16 9 56% 0
1989 29 KCR AL 92 32% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 50% 15 4 27% 10 3 30% 59 3 5% 7 1 14% 5 1 20% 0
1990 30 KCR AL 280 41% 58 7 2 2 0 0 0 0.77 5 0 5 3 2 3 2 1 6 6 100% 51 5 10% 31 10 32% 165 15 9% 17 5 29% 18 9 50% 0
1991 31 KCR AL 448 33% 114 43 0 5 2 0 1 0.28 6 0 10 4 2 4 2 1 8 7 88% 91 12 13% 44 14 32% 278 41 15% 26 13 50% 33 18 55% 0
1992 32 NYM NL 302 39% 61 23 0 20 6 1 4 0.87 2 0 8 0 2 1 1 0 6 5 83% 48 7 15% 30 15 50% 167 25 15% 17 9 53% 16 3 19% 0
1993 33 ATL NL 65 54% 20 2 0 30 8 0 2 0.91 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 12 0 0% 6 0 0% 35 5 14% 3 0 0% 6 3 50% 0
1994 34 ATL NL 130 33% 24 3 0 29 9 0 3 1.18 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 15 3 20% 10 4 40% 96 15 16% 4 2 50% 8 2 25% 0
9 Seasons 1729 37% 380 83 2 94 26 1 11 1.01 22 0 44 14 8 9 13 2 33 28 85% 293 36 12% 165 61 37% 1026 134 13% 95 39 41% 117 49 42% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 KCR AL 206 788 3.83 483 61% 31% 11% 27% 31% 69% 0% 43% 84% 19% 7% 15 1 22% 45 20 9% 19 12 38% 0 0 0
1989 29 KCR AL 92 337 3.66 209 62% 27% 9% 27% 36% 72% 1% 45% 86% 20% 9% 8 1 15% 14 3 10% 9 7 22% 0 0 2
1990 30 KCR AL 280 1072 3.83 640 60% 30% 11% 25% 32% 69% 0% 41% 82% 15% 8% 21 1 19% 54 25 11% 30 10 23% 0 0 6
1991 31 KCR AL 448 1658 3.70 974 59% 31% 10% 23% 37% 69% 2% 41% 86% 16% 5% 23 0 22% 100 51 10% 43 26 33% 0 0 0
1992 32 NYM NL 302 1109 3.67 676 61% 30% 11% 24% 35% 70% 2% 43% 84% 21% 7% 22 0 17% 52 24 7% 20 12 25% 0 0 0
1993 33 ATL NL 59 198 3.36 128 65% 20% 15% 24% 41% 80% 0% 52% 81% 29% 0% 0 0 7% 4 1 5% 3 2 40% 6 0 0
1994 34 ATL NL 129 513 3.98 302 59% 30% 12% 25% 32% 70% 0% 41% 83% 17% 9% 11 0 19% 25 11 12% 15 7 20% 1 0 0
7 Seasons 1516 5675 3.74 3412 60% 30% 11% 25% 35% 70% 1% 42% 84% 18% 7% 100 3 19% 294 135 9% 139 76 29% 7 0 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 26 12 34 29 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 3 .207 .294 .276 .570 56 8 1 1 0 1 0
1987 27 78 206 185 25 49 7 1 3 16 5 2 18 28 .265 .335 .362 .697 85 67 4 2 0 1 0
1988 28 168 412 363 50 86 10 4 4 31 12 4 36 62 .237 .311 .320 .631 72 116 5 4 7 2 0
1989 29 233 504 446 71 103 14 6 7 36 17 4 43 71 .231 .304 .336 .641 75 150 9 5 8 2 1
1990 30 320 784 686 114 161 29 8 12 56 25 9 76 110 .235 .316 .353 .668 85 242 14 6 14 2 1
1991 31 445 1232 1084 167 275 52 10 18 101 41 16 117 155 .254 .330 .370 .700 94 401 26 8 21 2 7
1992 32 562 1534 1353 195 336 65 10 20 127 50 19 142 195 .248 .323 .356 .678 89 481 33 9 26 4 10
1993 33 634 1599 1415 212 356 67 11 20 132 51 20 144 200 .252 .324 .357 .681 89 505 33 9 27 4 10
1994 34 698 1729 1527 223 380 72 11 22 148 52 20 160 216 .249 .323 .354 .676 87 540 36 9 28 5 11

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1986 26 12 34 29 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 .207 .294 .276 .570 2 12
1987 27 66 172 156 21 43 5 1 3 13 5 15 25 .276 .343 .378 .721 20 66
1988 28 90 206 183 26 42 3 3 1 16 8 20 34 .230 .311 .295 .606 17 90
1989 29 65 92 84 24 18 4 2 3 6 5 7 9 .214 .283 .417 .699 10 65
1990 30 87 282 245 48 63 16 2 5 22 9 36 39 .257 .355 .400 .755 35 87
1991 31 125 444 400 55 116 23 2 6 47 16 42 45 .290 .360 .403 .763 58 125
1992 32 117 307 276 33 68 14 0 2 30 10 28 40 .246 .316 .319 .635 28 117
1993 33 72 64 62 16 20 2 1 0 5 1 2 5 .323 .344 .387 .731 8 72
1994 34 90 182 158 15 34 7 0 3 22 1 23 23 .215 .313 .316 .630 15 64
9 Seasons 724 1783 1593 241 410 76 11 23 163 55 176 223 .257 .334 .362 .696 193 698
162 Game Avg. 162 399 356 54 92 17 2 5 36 12 39 50 .257 .334 .362 .696 43 698

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