Tom Paciorek: Mid 1980's Mets Utility Player (1985)
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Thomas Marian Paciorek was born on November 2, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan. Paciorek was raised in a poor family of eight children. He claims his family was the last in the poverty-stricken neighborhood to own a television set. In 2002 he revealed that during their childhood, he & his four brothers were subjected to sexual abuse by a local priest. The brothers overcame their dramas & eventually made their story public in 2002. Tom stated that in the sixties it would have been impossible to have anyone believe the truth & as a result he suffered emotional trauma for years. Two other Paciorek brothers also played pro baseball; John Paciorek played one game for the Houston Colt 45’s in 1963. Jim Paciorek batted .228 in 48 games for the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers. The six foot four, Tom Paciorek attended the University of Houston where he played baseball but was also a football star. In 1966 he was an All-American defensive back with six interceptions, getting selected as