Paciorek had actually traveled to Japan during his college years to play in the Japanese college baseball league, and he chose to sign with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales (current Yokohama DeNA BayStars) in 1988. He ranked second in the league with a .332 average, and won the outfield Best Nine award that year. He remained one of the league's best hitters, batting 5th behind teammate Carlos Ponce, and won the Central League batting title in 1990. Paciorek ended the season with a batting average over .300 for the fourth straight year in 1991, but was cut from the team for hitting only 11 home runs.
The Whales had made a bad decision in cutting Paciorek, as he had his best season in 1992 playing with the Hanshin Tigers. Paciorek had joined the Tigers at the suggestion of Tom O'Malley, and he led the league in hits to win a Best Nine award at first base. He also won the Central League golden glove award that year.
Paciorek suffered a hip injury in 1993, and failed reach the .300 mark for the first time in Japan, hitting only 7 home runs with a .243 batting average. He was dropped by the Tigers during the off-season, and sought to play in the major leagues after returning to the United States, but retired shortly afterwards.
On April 6, 2004, Paciorek traveled to Japan after 11 years to participate in the opening ceremony of a game between the Hanshin Tigers and Yokohama BayStars at Yokohama Stadium. Old-time fans of both teams still remembered Paciorek's contributions to Japanese baseball, and greeted him enthusiastically as he threw the opening pitch.
Referencesedit
^"Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
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April 09, 2024
paciorek, other, people, with, this, last, name, paciorek, james, joseph, paciorek, born, june, 1960, american, former, professional, baseball, player, played, first, base, third, base, outfield, milwaukee, brewers, major, league, baseball, also, played, with,. For other people with this last name see Paciorek James Joseph Paciorek born June 7 1960 is an American former professional baseball player He played first base third base and outfield for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball MLB He also played with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales and Hanshin Tigers in the Japanese Central League Jim PaciorekFirst baseman OutfielderBorn 1960 06 07 June 7 1960 age 63 Detroit Michigan U S Batted RightThrew RightProfessional debutMLB April 9 1987 for the Milwaukee BrewersNPB April 8 1988 for the Yokohama Taiyō WhalesLast appearanceMLB September 23 1987 for the Milwaukee BrewersNPB August 27 1993 for the Hanshin TigersMLB statisticsBatting average 228Home runs2Runs batted in10NPB statisticsBatting average 315Home runs86Runs batted in431TeamsMilwaukee Brewers 1987 Yokohama Taiyō Whales 1988 1991 Hanshin Tigers 1992 1993 Career highlights and awards2x Central League all star 3x Central League Best Nine Award 3x Central League leader in hits Led Central League in batting 1990 Central League Gold Glove 1992Medals Men s baseballRepresenting the United StatesWorld Games1981 Santa Clara TeamHis two older brothers John and Tom also played in the Major Leagues Biography editAfter graduating from Orchard Lake St Marys Preparatory Paciorek played on both the baseball and American football teams while attending the University of Michigan In 1980 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League 1 He graduated in 1981 and was drafted in the 14th round by the Cleveland Indians but did not sign with the Indians He was chosen in the 8th round by the Milwaukee Brewers the following year and signed with the Brewers in 1982 He spent most of his career in the minor leagues but played 48 major league games in 1987 Paciorek had actually traveled to Japan during his college years to play in the Japanese college baseball league and he chose to sign with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales current Yokohama DeNA BayStars in 1988 He ranked second in the league with a 332 average and won the outfield Best Nine award that year He remained one of the league s best hitters batting 5th behind teammate Carlos Ponce and won the Central League batting title in 1990 Paciorek ended the season with a batting average over 300 for the fourth straight year in 1991 but was cut from the team for hitting only 11 home runs The Whales had made a bad decision in cutting Paciorek as he had his best season in 1992 playing with the Hanshin Tigers Paciorek had joined the Tigers at the suggestion of Tom O Malley and he led the league in hits to win a Best Nine award at first base He also won the Central League golden glove award that year Paciorek suffered a hip injury in 1993 and failed reach the 300 mark for the first time in Japan hitting only 7 home runs with a 243 batting average He was dropped by the Tigers during the off season and sought to play in the major leagues after returning to the United States but retired shortly afterwards On April 6 2004 Paciorek traveled to Japan after 11 years to participate in the opening ceremony of a game between the Hanshin Tigers and Yokohama BayStars at Yokohama Stadium Old time fans of both teams still remembered Paciorek s contributions to Japanese baseball and greeted him enthusiastically as he threw the opening pitch References edit Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League PDF capecodbaseball org Retrieved September 25 2019 External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Paciorek amp oldid 1214311176, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
