Ken Patterson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: July 8, 1964 in Costa Mesa, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 29th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from McGregor HS (McGregor, TX), the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (25th) of the 1983 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from McLennan Community College (Waco, TX), the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1983 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from McLennan Community College (Waco, TX) and the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Baylor University (Waco, TX).

High School: McGregor HS (McGregor, TX)

Schools: McLennan Community College (Waco, TX), Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Debut: July 8, 1988 (Age 24-000d, 15,495th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 24, 1994 (Age 29-290d)
vs. BOS 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: Kenneth Brian Patterson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

ERA

3.88

224

317.2

183

WHIP

1.435

Summary of 38 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 6 go ahead

3 Tms
CHW	24
CAL	7
CHC	7

Platoon
vs RHB	30
vs LHB	8

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	18

Outs
1	16
0	14
2	8

17 Opps
DET	7
BOS	4
TEX	3
BAL	3
PHI	3
MIN	2
OAK	2
SEA	2
NYY	2
TOR	2
MIL	2
STL	1
SDP	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
LAD	1
CLE	1

35 Batters
Cecil Fielder	3
Mike Heath	2
Rich Gedman	1
Randy Kutcher	1
Jim Leyritz	1
Steve Buechele	1
Harold Baines	1
Robin Yount	1
Juan González	1
Paul Molitor	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Rubén Amaro	1
Ernie Whitt	1
Terry Steinbach	1
Cory Snyder	1
Don Mattingly	1
Rob Deer	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Mo Vaughn	1
Wes Chamberlain	1
Mickey Tettleton	1
Tino Martinez	1
Eric Karros	1
Andrés Galarraga	1
Tony Phillips	1
Benito Santiago	1
Tim Hulett	1
Dave Valle	1
Nick Esasky	1
Dave Hollins	1
Jeff King	1
John Olerud	1
Kent Hrbek	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Shane Mack	1

17 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	11
Guaranteed (CHI)	4
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	17
78	11
9	5
89	3
8	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	8
5	7
3	6
4	6
1	5
7+	4
6	1
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	7
12-	5
1-3	3
123	2
-2-	2
--3	1

70 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	18
1 on	10
2 on	8
3 on	2
Any on	20

Inning
1	2
2	1
3	1
4	4
5	5
6	7
7	10
8	4
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	4
4-6	16
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	18
+3	1
+2	2
+1	5
Tied	4
-1	2
-2	2
-4..	4

Ahead	26
Tied	4
Behind	8

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-2	5
1-0	5
0-0	5
3-2	4
3-1	4
1-2	3
0-1	3
2-2	3
1-1	2
2-0	2
Unk	1
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	9
C	8
3B	5
RF	4
DH	4
CF	3
LF	3
2B	2

OrderPos
7th	8
5th	7
4th	6
6th	6
1st	4
3rd	3
9th	3
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	5
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1988-09-13	Paul Molitor	MIL	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	1	5	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	1988-09-13	Robin Yount	MIL	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	3	8	10%	68%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1989-04-21	Dave Valle	SEA	@	CHW	ahead 9-1	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1989-04-25	Rich Gedman	BOS		CHW	ahead 9-0	b 7	1	1--	4,(0-2) SSFX	2	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); N. Esasky Scores
5	5	3	1	1989-05-13	Mickey Tettleton	BAL		CHW	behind 1-8	b 8	1	---	9,(3-2) FBSFBBFFX	1	6	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	4	1	1989-05-17	Mike Heath	DET		CHW	ahead 5-4	b 7	0	-2-	4,(0-2) FFFN.X	2	7	2	10%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); F. Lynn Scores
7	7	5	1	1989-05-20	Ernie Whitt	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 8-1	t 8	2	12-	2,(1-0) .BX	3	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Bell Scores; L. Moseby Scores
8	8	6	1	1989-06-08	Rubén Sierra	TEX		CHW	ahead 8-6	b 8	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	9	3%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Fletcher Scores; R. Palmeiro Scores/unER
9	9	7	1	1989-06-22	Don Mattingly	NYY		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1-3	4,(1-2) CBFX	3	3	3	21%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Brookens Scores; R. Kelly Scores
10	10	8	1	1989-07-23	Nick Esasky	BOS		CHW	ahead 7-1	b 5	0	---	5,(2-2) FBFBX	1	5	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	1989-08-20	Steve Buechele	TEX	@	CHW	ahead 6-1	t 8	1	---	8,(3-2) BCBBFFFX	1	7	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	10	1	1989-08-23	Kent Hrbek	MIN		CHW	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	6	3	17%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Harper Scores
13	13	11	1	1989-08-27	Cory Snyder	CLE		CHW	behind 2-9	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .SX	1	6	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1990-04-18	Randy Kutcher	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 6-1	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) ..BFBBX	1	9	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	2	1	1990-05-18	Cecil Fielder	DET	@	CHW	ahead 7-2	t 7	1	---	5,(2-2) BBFSX	1	5	3	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	3	1	1990-06-16	Terry Steinbach	OAK	@	CHW	ahead 7-0	t 4	0	1--	7,(3-2) BFBSBFX	2	5	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); M. McGwire Scores
17	17	4	2	1990-06-16	Rickey Henderson	OAK	@	CHW	ahead 9-0	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
18	18	5	1	1990-06-30	Jim Leyritz	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 9-7	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	5	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	6	1	1990-07-04	Mike Heath	DET	@	CHW	tied 7-7	t 12	1	12-		3	9	2	38%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Lusader Scores; G. Ward Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1991-04-18	Rob Deer	DET	@	CHW	ahead 10-0	t 4	1	-2-	6,(2-2) BSFBFX	2	7	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball); M. Tettleton Scores; R. Deer Scores
21	21	2	2	1991-04-18	Tony Phillips	DET	@	CHW	ahead 12-0	t 4	1	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	1	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Shelby Scores; T. Fryman Scores; T. Phillips Scores
22	22	3	1	1991-04-23	Tim Hulett	BAL	@	CHW	behind 3-10	t 9	1	---	9,(3-2) BBSSFBFFX	1	9	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Hulett Scores
23	23	4	1	1991-08-13 (1)	Cecil Fielder	DET		CHW	ahead 7-1	b 4	0	1-3	4,(1-2) FFBX	3	4	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Whitaker Scores; T. Phillips Scores; C. Fielder Scores/unER
24	24	5	1	1991-09-27	Tino Martinez	SEA	@	CHW	behind 3-8	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	7	3	3%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Martinez Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1992-04-08	Wes Chamberlain	PHI		CHC	ahead 6-3	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	7	7	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. Chamberlain Scores
26	26	2	2	1992-04-08	Rubén Amaro	PHI		CHC	ahead 7-3	b 6	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	1	8	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Amaro Scores
27	27	3	3	1992-04-08	Dave Hollins	PHI		CHC	ahead 8-3	b 6	2	1--	5,(0-2) CS1FFX	2	3	5	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Duncan Scores; D. Hollins Scores
28	28	4	1	1992-05-30	Eric Karros	LAD	@	CHC	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	16%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball); E. Karros Scores
29	29	5	1	1992-08-25	Benito Santiago	SDP		CHC	behind 3-4	b 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	6	2	39%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Jackson Scores; B. Santiago Scores
30	30	6	1	1992-09-09	Jeff King	PIT		CHC	tied 7-7	b 6	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	5	4	25%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bell Scores; A. Van Slyke Scores; B. Bonds Scores; J. King Scores
31	31	7	1	1992-09-19 (2)	Andrés Galarraga	STL	@	CHC	behind 4-5	t 3	0	1--	4,(1-2) BS11FX	2	5	3	20%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. José Scores; A. Galarraga Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1993-04-24	Mo Vaughn	BOS	@	CAL	behind 3-5	t 7	1	---	5,(3-1) .BBFBX	1	5	DH	11%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	2	1	1993-05-10	Shane Mack	MIN	@	CAL	ahead 6-2	t 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	8	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Muñoz Scores
34	34	3	1	1993-06-06	Cecil Fielder	DET		CAL	ahead 6-1	b 6	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	3	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Phillips Scores; L. Whitaker Scores
35	35	4	1	1993-06-08	John Olerud	TOR		CAL	ahead 10-4	b 6	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	5	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. Molitor Scores; J. Carter Scores
36	36	5	1	1993-06-17	Juan González	TEX	@	CAL	ahead 10-0	t 5	2	123	3,(2-0) BBX	4	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Hulse Scores; D. Peltier Scores; J. Canseco Scores
37	37	6	1	1993-06-22	Gary Gaetti	KCR		CAL	ahead 4-3	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	11%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
38	38	7	1	1993-08-26	Harold Baines	BAL		CAL	behind 2-4	b 7	2	--3	2,(1-0) ..BX	2	4	DH	32%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. McLemore Scores