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John Francis D'Acquisto (born December 24, 1951 in San Diego, California), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1973-1982.

D'Acquisto was named National League Rookie Pitcher of the Year in 1974 when he went 12-14 with a 3.77 ERA for the fifth-place Giants, but he missed most of the next season after elbow surgery.

D'Acquisto tied an NL record with three wild pitches in one inning on September 24, 1976. The San Diego native made a comeback with the Padres in 1978 by switching to the bullpen (10 saves, 2.13 ERA) but declined in subsequent years.

After his retirement, D'Acquisto became an investment banker, but had his license revoked in 1998 over charges of investment fraud.

He was sentenced to prison in 1996 for trying to pass off a forged certificate of deposit and was also indicted on charges of defrauding investors of about $7 million and on 39 counts of wire fraud and money laundering. In that case it was found that D'Acquisto was not responsible for any of the charges in the 39-count indictment and out of the 39 counts 37 were dropped and two were taken with no additional time, for misrepresentation. It was later found that the people who perpetrated the civil lawsuit and criminal investigations as well as the convictions against John D'Acquisto were arrested and are still serving jail sentances in Europe. The consensus is that John D'Acquisto was set up and used to cover up a larger scheme by others; according to the court documents in his sentencing memorandum , he never stole any money or committed fraud.

He was released from Federal Prison in January of 2002. On June 11th of 2004 John D'Acquisto was awarded his Doctor of Science degree from Rochville University in Exercise Science and Physiology. He also was awarded the "Award of Excellence" in Exercise Science and a Distinction in Advanced Exercise Physiology.

His name was pronounced "Dee Ah cquisto". He is a cousin of Lou Marone.

In any five-year period, there are forty guys who are claimed by somebody to be as fast as Walter Johnson, or as fast as Bob Feller, or as fast as Nolan Ryan, as fast as whoever the standard is at the moment. People made the same exact sort of comments about Pete Broberg that they did about David Clyde. We have the same kind of quotes about Gary Gentry, claiming he was as fast as Ryan. The fastest known radar reading from that era, other than Nolan Ryan, was for John D'Acquisto. - The Mighty Fastball By Bill James, The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers