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John Pacella

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: September 15, 1956 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Connetquot HS (Bohemia, NY).

High School: Connetquot HS (Bohemia, NY)

Debut: September 15, 1977 (Age 21-000d, 13,977th in major league history)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 12, 1986 (Age 29-300d)
vs. KCR 2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: John Lewis Pacella

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.9

ERA

5.73

191.2

116

WHIP

1.769

Summary of 21 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 1 go ahead

3 Tms
MIN	14
NYM	5
BAL	2

Platoon
vs RHB	14
vs LHB	7

Home/Road
Away	12
Home	9

Outs
0	10
2	8
1	3

10 Opps
DET	7
KCR	3
PHI	2
TEX	2
MIL	2
STL	1
LAD	1
SEA	1
NYY	1
HOU	1

19 Batters
Lance Parrish	3
Rick Leach	1
Dusty Baker	1
Mike Patterson	1
Tom Brookens	1
Mike Schmidt	1
Jim Presley	1
Frank White	1
Jim Sundberg	1
Ken Oberkfell	1
Robin Yount	1
Terry Puhl	1
Larry Herndon	1
Buddy Bell	1
Willie Aikens	1
Jim Gantner	1
Bob Boone	1
César Gerónimo	1
Alan Trammell	1

9 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	1
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	12
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	10
1--	6
12-	2
123	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

37 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	10
1 on	7
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	11

Inning
1	2
2	1
3	2
4	5
5	1
6	2
7	2
8	5
9	1

1-3	5
4-6	8
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	11
+2	5
Tied	1
-2	1
-3	2
-4..	1

Ahead	16
Tied	1
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	5
3B	4
LF	3
2B	3
1B	2
CF	2
SS	2

OrderPos
4th	5
2nd	3
3rd	2
7th	2
5th	2
9th	2
8th	2
6th	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	3
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1980-04-22	Mike Schmidt	PHI		NYM	ahead 10-8	b 8	2	123	4	4	5	5%	100%		Home Run; L. Smith Scores; P. Rose Scores; G. Maddox Scores
2	2	2	1	1980-06-12	Dusty Baker	LAD	@	NYM	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1-3	3	5	7	13%	92%		Home Run; R. Smith Scores; S. Garvey Scores
3	3	3	1	1980-06-27	Bob Boone	PHI		NYM	behind 0-3	b 7	0	1--	2	7	2	19%	35%		Home Run; G. Maddox Scores
4	4	4	1	1980-07-12	Ken Oberkfell	STL	@	NYM	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	1	8	4	9%	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1980-08-01	Terry Puhl	HOU	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1982-05-13	Larry Herndon	DET		MIN	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	7%	82%		Home Run
7	7	2	1	1982-05-21	Mike Patterson	NYY		MIN	ahead 11-1	b 8	0	---	1	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run
8	8	3	1	1982-06-19	Buddy Bell	TEX	@	MIN	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	1--	2	3	5	14%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Grubb Scores
9	9	4	1	1982-07-06	Rick Leach	DET		MIN	ahead 6-1	b 4	1	---	1	2	3	2%	97%		Home Run
10	10	5	2	1982-07-06	Lance Parrish	DET		MIN	ahead 7-1	b 4	2	---	1	4	2	1%	98%		Home Run
11	11	6	3	1982-07-06	Lance Parrish	DET		MIN	ahead 8-3	b 6	2	1--	2	4	2	2%	99%		Home Run; T. Brookens Scores
12	12	7	1	1982-07-15	Lance Parrish	DET	@	MIN	ahead 9-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	2	1%	99%		Home Run; L. Herndon Scores/unER; L. Parrish Scores/unER
13	13	8	2	1982-07-15	Tom Brookens	DET	@	MIN	ahead 11-1	t 4	0	12-	3	8	5	0%	100%		Home Run; E. Cabell Scores; J. Wockenfuss Scores
14	14	9	3	1982-07-15	Alan Trammell	DET	@	MIN	ahead 14-1	t 4	0	---	1	9	6	0%	100%		Home Run
15	15	10	1	1982-07-19	Robin Yount	MIL	@	MIN	behind 2-6	t 9	2	1--	2	2	6	1%	1%		Home Run; J. Gantner Scores
16	16	11	1	1982-09-06 (2)	Jim Sundberg	TEX		MIN	ahead 7-2	b 4	2	12-	3	5	2	4%	99%		Home Run; P. O'Brien Scores; J. Grubb Scores
17	17	12	1	1982-09-12	Frank White	KCR		MIN	ahead 12-7	b 8	0	---	1	6	4	0%	100%		Home Run
18	18	13	2	1982-09-12	Willie Aikens	KCR		MIN	ahead 13-7	b 8	0	---	1	7	3	0%	100%		Home Run
19	19	14	3	1982-09-12	César Gerónimo	KCR		MIN	ahead 17-7	b 8	2	---	1	4	8	0%	100%		Home Run
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1984-09-01	Jim Presley	SEA		BAL	ahead 5-3	b 6	1	1--	2	9	5	10%	95%		Home Run; B. Kearney Scores
21	21	2	1	1984-09-07	Jim Gantner	MIL	@	BAL	behind 4-6	t 5	0	1--	2	2	4	21%	50%		Home Run; D. James Scores