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Bill Pecota

Bill Pecota
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 340 of 1252 players

William Joseph Pecota
Born: February 16, 1960 at Redwood City, Cal.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 195

Bill Pecota was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on February 16, 2014.

First Mets game: April 6, 1992
Last Mets game: October 3, 1992

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HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY:

Mr. Sparkle
First non-pitcher to pitch in a game for the Mets. Other than that, not much.

Ed
Remember when Jeff Torborg said, "Wait till you see this guy."

richdawg19
May 26, 2001
The only thing I remeber about the guy was that he was very, very bald. Oh yeah he sucked too.

JellyNadz
August 19, 2001
The only thing I remember about Bill Pecota was saying, "please no, we didnt just trade Kmac for him." But there is alot I dont remember about him, like ever ever doing anything, not once.

Saad Fathelbab
August 31, 2001
The only thing I remember is everyone saying "You're going to LOVE Bill Pecota." We didn't

Jonathan Stern
December 17, 2002
Bill Pecota claimed Mets immortality when he spiked the ball on a relay. Cubs announcer Steve Stone dubbed it the worst relay throw in baseball history. Well, I don't know how anyone can throw a worse one.

Ed K
March 17, 2004
Pecota hit one of his two Met homers in a 16 inning game against the Pirates on 8/10/92 but the Mets still lost 4-2.

Jonathan Stern
February 17, 2005
The 1993 Phillies won the pennant when Mitch Williams struck out Pecota to end the NLCS. Pecota wasn't exactly Joe Carter.

Dalkowski110
March 13, 2008
Bill Pecota has the strange honor of having a statistical projection computer named after him. Oh sure, it's an acronym...PECOTA...but Baseball Prospectus (the firm that employs it) has had their employees admit they named it after a ballplayer who just seemed to be an average Joe type guy.

Stu Baron
December 31, 2020
Don't knock Bill! He's one of only 21 guys ever to play all nine positions in a game. Also, of his 22 career homers, his first was back-to-back with Bo Jackson in 1987, and he hit all three of his 1989 homers in a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. Great feature on him: https://www.mlb.com/news/bill-pecota-s-strange-career

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