Freddie Patek

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-5, 148lb (165cm, 67kg)

Born: October 9, 1944 in Oklahoma City, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 22nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Seguin HS (Seguin, TX)

Debut: June 3, 1968 (Age 23-238d, 12,696th in major league history)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1981 (Age 36-359d)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Frederick Joseph Patek

Nicknames: The Flea or The Cricket

Pronunciation: \PAW-tek\

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.1

5530

1340

.242

736

RBI

490

385

OBP

.309

SLG

.324

OPS

.633

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	12 (11)	Apr 22	PIT		HOU	W,6-1	GF	26	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
2	13	Apr 23	PIT		ATL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
3	14	Apr 24	PIT		ATL	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	26 (11)	May 7	PIT	@	HOU	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
5	27	May 8	PIT	@	HOU	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	3	3	2	8	2	SS
6	28	May 9	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
7	29	May 10	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
8	30	May 11	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
9	31	May 12	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
10	32	May 13	PIT	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
11	33	May 14	PIT	@	STL	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
12	34	May 15	PIT		MON	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	35	May 16	PIT		MON	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
14	36	May 17	PIT		MON	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
15	37	May 18	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
16	38	May 19	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
17	39	May 20	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	51	14.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
18	40	May 21	PIT	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	2	2	2	6	0	SS
19	41	May 22	PIT	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
20	47 (5)	May 29	PIT		SFG	W,6-3	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
21	48	May 30	PIT		SFG	L,11-13	GF	11	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	53 (4)	Jun 5	PIT		LAD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
23	55 (1)	Jun 7	PIT		LAD	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
24	60 (4)	Jun 13	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
25	61	Jun 14	PIT	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
26	62	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
27	63	Jun 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
28	64	Jun 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
29	65	Jun 19	PIT		MON	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
30	66	Jun 20	PIT		MON	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
31	67	Jun 21	PIT		MON	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
32	68	Jun 22 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	97 (28)	Jul 23	PIT		ATL	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
34	98	Jul 24	PIT		HOU	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
35	99	Jul 25	PIT		HOU	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
36	100	Jul 26	PIT		HOU	L,4-6	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
37	103 (2)	Jul 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
38	104	Jul 31	PIT	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	107 (2)	Aug 3	PIT	@	MON	L,0-8	GF	12	3.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
40	109 (1)	Aug 5	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	9	0	9	1	SS
41	110	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
42	111	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
43	112	Aug 7	PIT		NYM	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
44	113	Aug 8	PIT		NYM	L,9-12	CG	51	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
45	114	Aug 9	PIT		NYM	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
46	115	Aug 10	PIT		NYM	L,2-10	CG	49	9.0	2	3	2	7	1	SS
47	119 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	PIT		SDP	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
48	126 (6)	Aug 22	PIT	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	65	16.0	6	8	0	14	1	SS
49	127	Aug 23	PIT	@	LAD	W,11-0	CG	29	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
50	128	Aug 25	PIT	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	4	5	0	9	1	SS
51	129	Aug 26	PIT	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
52	130	Aug 28	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
53	131	Aug 29	PIT	@	SFG	L,9-10	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	135 (3)	Sep 2	PIT	@	MON	L,7-10	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
55	140 (4)	Sep 7 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-9	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
56	142 (1)	Sep 9	PIT		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
57	143	Sep 10	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
58	144	Sep 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	4	SS
59	145	Sep 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	4	5	1	10	1	SS
60	146	Sep 15	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
61	147	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
62	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
63	153 (4)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT		MON	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
64	161 (7)	Sep 30	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	6	0	7	0	SS
65	162	Oct 1	PIT	@	STL	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
							65gm		531.1	122	212	10	344	42