Bill Pecota  William Joseph Pecota (born February 16, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He is the namesake of PECOTA, a sabermetric created by Nate Silver and owned by Baseball Prospectus. Pecota attended Peterson High School in Sunnyvale, California. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the tenth round of the January draft after playing at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. He batted .253 with 31 home runs and 267 runs batted in over six seasons in the Royals' farm system when he debuted with the Royals in September . Pecota accomplished the rare feat of getting his first major league RBI before his first major league hit. On September 22, in his sixth plate appearance, he drove in Jim Sundberg with a sacrifice fly. On September 25, he doubled off Frank Viola for his first major league hit. He started the season with the Omaha Royals, but was up in the majors by the end of April. He went back-to-back with Bo Jackson on May 8 for his first major league home run. Despite going 4-for-4 in the last game of his three week stint in the majors to raise his season average to .556, Pecota was optioned back to triple A in mid May. He was immediately recalled when third baseman George Brett went on the disabled list. He made a third trip to Omaha in late June, prompting the nickname "I-29" by his teammates, as Omaha, Nebraska is a short drive up Interstate 29 from Kansas City. Overall, he batted .276 with three home runs, fourteen RBIs and 22 runs scored backing up second, third and shortstop for the Royals. At the other end of I-29, he batted .310 with two home runs and sixteen RBIs. Despite spending most of the season with a below .200 batting average, Pecota spent the entire season in the majors, thanks to his ability to play multiple positions well. He made debuts at first and both corner outfield positions, and actually caught an inning. A modest nine game hitting streak in late August brought his average over .200. Pecota once again spent the season going back and forth up I-29. He made his debut in centerfield, leaving pitcher as the only position on the field he never played. In the first game of a July 19 doubleheader with the New York Yankees, Pecota had his only career two home run game. He homered again in the second game, accounting for all three home runs he would hit for the season, and four of his five RBIs.