William Joseph Pecota (born February 16, 1960) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder.

[5] Despite going 4-for-4 in the last game[6] 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.

[14] His hot hitting continued through the month of June, and with Royals legend Frank White in the final season of his 18-year career, Pecota began seeing more playing time at second base.

Pecota saw limited playing time in 1991 until an injury to Kevin Seitzer thrust him into the starting third base job.

This backup role included a relief appearance, adding Pecota to the list of big leaguers to play all nine positions plus designated hitter at one time or another during his bi- league career.

At the Winter meetings, he was part of a blockbuster deal in which he and two-time Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen were traded to the New York Mets for Gregg Jefferies, Kevin McReynolds and Keith Miller.

Backing up Mark Lemke, Terry Pendleton and David Justice, Pecota logged 80.2 innings on the field without committing an error.

Had the game gone on to a 16th inning, his intention was to use starting pitcher John Smoltz in left field and have Pecota pitch.

[24] Instead, relief pitcher Mike Stanton successfully bunted Deion Sanders home from third with the winning run to end the game.