Joseph Martin Pactwa (June 2, 1948 – March 10, 2009) was an American professional

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and

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. He was drafted by the

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and played in their minor league organization for several years before being released in 1974. Pactwa’s brief major-league career came with the

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during the season. He got in four games as a pitcher. He was signed as an outfielder but was converted to the mound in 1972. After that, he served as a two-way player in the U.S. minors and in Mexico, where he played both summer and winter ball. In 1975, Pactwa went 17–6 with a 2.61 ERA and batted .299 with 13 home runs, leading the Alijadores de Tampico to a

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championship. Pactwa was born in

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. Listed at , 185 pounds, he batted and threw left-handed. Pactwa died in

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, at the age of 60.

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Joe Pactwa biography at the SABR BioProjectBaseball Almanac
1948 births 2009 deaths Alijadores de Tampico players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Baseball players from Indiana Binghamton Triplets players Broncos de Reynosa players California Angels players Charlotte Hornets (baseball) players Greensboro Yankees players Gulf Coast Yankees players Kinston Eagles players Major League Baseball pitchers Manchester Yankees players Mexican League baseball pitchers Saraperos de Saltillo players Syracuse Chiefs players West Haven Yankees players 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1940s-stub

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