John Paciorek

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John Francis Paciorek (born February 11, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American baseball player with three career Major League at-bats, all for the Houston Colt .45s in 1963.

He is famous for having arguably the greatest one-game career in baseball history. Paciorek, who had been called up when rosters expanded in September, got into the final game of the 1963 season, on September 29. Playing right field, he batted five times. The result: three singles and two walks (and a career 1.000 batting average), four runs scored, and three RBI. Of the twenty one people in major league history with career batting averages of 1.000, Paciorek was the only one to have as many as three at-bats until Jose Morales of the Twins joined that group in 2007.

Back injuries forced Paciorek to have surgery in 1964, causing him to miss the entire 1965 season. He then played in the minors until 1969 but was never again to play in the big leagues. His brother Tom Paciorek played for six major league teams during the 1970s and 1980s, and another brother Jim Paciorek, played 48 games for the 1987 Brewers. John now teaches at Clairbourn School in Pasadena, California.

Paciorek has four sons and four daughters: Jon Paul, Pete, Mack, Joey, Amy, Christie, Becky, and Kimmy; and four grandchildren: Kody, Jack, Luke, and Payton.