Tom Paciorek

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 215 lb

BornNovember 2, 1946 · Detroit, MI, USA

MLB debutSeptember 12, 1970

Final gameOctober 4, 1987

Seasons18 (1970–1987)

Los Angeles Dodgers 1970–1975; Atlanta Braves 1976–1978; Seattle Mariners 1978–1981; Chicago White Sox 1982–1985; New York Mets 1985; Texas Rangers 1986–1987

Percentile snapshot

1981 season — qualified batters

104

76.6

452

83.9

405

86.9

62.8

132

96.4

32.1

81.8

RBI

91.2

48.9

74.5

7.3

.326

98.5

OBP

.379

88.3

SLG

.509

95.6

OPS

.888

94.9

wRC+

152.2

93.4

OPS+

149.8

93.4

wOBA

.400

94.2

sWAR

3.9

94.9

of 138 qualified 1981 batters (min 341 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

101.7

44.7

OPS+

103.2

48.8

sWAR

8.3

84.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1970	8	10	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	77.8	74.3	.298	0.0
1971	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	206.0	193.7	.466	0.0
1972	11	48	47	4	12	4	0	1	6	1	7	1	0	.255	.271	.404	.675	90.2	93.1	.307	0.0
1973	96	210	195	26	51	8	0	5	18	11	35	3	3	.262	.304	.379	.684	92.3	94.1	.313	0.2
1974	85	189	175	23	42	8	6	1	24	10	32	1	3	.240	.282	.371	.653	83.4	87.1	.302	0.0
1975	62	157	145	14	28	8	0	1	5	11	29	4	3	.193	.250	.269	.519	44.7	48.6	.248	-0.8
1976	111	350	324	39	94	10	4	4	36	19	57	2	3	.290	.333	.383	.716	97.5	97.3	.335	0.5
1977	72	164	155	20	37	8	0	3	15	6	46	1	0	.239	.262	.348	.611	42.6	54.2	.268	-0.9
1978	75	277	260	34	78	20	3	4	30	15	40	2	2	.300	.336	.446	.782	118.9	118.1	.354	1.2
1979	103	349	310	38	89	23	4	6	42	28	62	6	4	.287	.353	.445	.798	113.2	111.7	.358	1.3
1980	126	441	418	44	114	19	1	15	59	17	67	3	2	.273	.301	.431	.732	95.3	97.1	.327	0.4
1981	104	452	405	50	132	28	2	14	66	35	50	13	10	.326	.379	.509	.888	152.2	149.8	.400	3.9
1982	104	422	382	49	119	27	4	11	55	24	53	3	3	.312	.361	.490	.851	132.0	132.5	.374	2.2
1983	115	456	420	65	129	32	3	9	63	25	58	6	1	.307	.347	.462	.809	118.3	119.0	.358	1.7
1984	111	397	363	35	93	21	2	4	29	25	69	6	0	.256	.308	.358	.666	78.8	81.8	.300	-0.4
1985	92	257	238	28	63	5	1	1	20	14	36	3	0	.265	.309	.307	.615	71.0	72.0	.286	-0.6
1986	88	220	213	17	61	7	0	4	22	3	41	1	3	.286	.305	.376	.680	80.6	82.6	.304	-0.1
1987	27	64	60	6	17	3	0	3	12	1	19	0	1	.283	.302	.483	.785	100.8	103.8	.335	0.0

Career totals

1,392

4,465

4,121

494

1,162

232

RBI

503

245

704

.2820

OBP

.3252

SLG

.4154

OPS

.7406

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1982-07-21	CWS @ DET Gameday	6	2	4	1	0	2	3	0	11
1981-06-03	SEA @ KC Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	9
1977-05-06	ATL @ CHC Gameday	4	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	8
1980-07-06	SEA @ KC Gameday	5	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	8
1976-06-06	ATL @ WSH Gameday	3	2	3	0	1	1	3	2	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.