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I am a John D'Acquisto pitched 10 seasons in the majors, mostly in the National League. Of his 266 total appearances, 92 were starts. Gifted with a tremendous fastball but iffy control, he made his major league debut for the San Francisco Giants late in the 1973 season, after having been a first-round pick in the 1970 amateur draft. He had some real success in the minors, going 17-6 for the Fresno Giants in 1972 and 16-12 for the Phoenix Giants the next season, striking out 244 and 245 batters. He went 1-1, 3.58 in his first taste of the majors then had a very good rookie season in 1974. He made 36 starts in 38 games for the Giants, going 12-14 with a 3.77 ERA. He pitched 215 innings, striking out 167 batters - but also walking 127. He was named the National League Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News as well at its NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year.

In 1978 John was put into the Bull Pen and responded with an excellent season, when he was 4-3 with a 2.13 ERA and 10 saves 100% completion rating in 45 games. He struck out 104 in 93 innings, walking only 56 and giving up a mere 60 hits. It looked like he had found his spot, but the Padres already had an outstanding - and high-priced - closer in Rollie Fingers, so they tried to maximize D'Acquisto's value by giving him some more starts in 1979. He made 51 appearances, including 11 starts, pitching 133 2/3 innings with a record of 9-13, 4.92. He struggled anew with his control, striking out 97 while walking 86. He was back in the bullpen full time in 1980, and put up a 3.76 ERA over 39 appearances before being traded to the Montreal Expos on August 11th. He pitched even better in Montreal, going 0-2, but with 2 saves and a 2.18 ERA in 20 2/3 innings over 11 appearances. John signed and with Oakland Athletics in early August. He came back to the majors at the end of the year, giving up 11 runs he threw his last big league pitch on October 1st 1982.

John is now based out of a Phoenix art studio focused on color & black and White pencil sketches using iPad, PC and art paper sketching mediums with a stylus called Adobe Ink and Slide...Most of the artwork is sports related Major League Baseball and wildlife and many other custom piece

Baseball Major League Baseball players in action as well as Vintage shots of Hall of Famers and collectors' items, fan-filled stadiums and images that share the "Love of the game."

Wildlife Sketches
Sketches of the beautiful wildlife that has been granted to us to enjoy and respect captured in full detail as never seen before.