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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
3	3	Apr 8	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
4	4	Apr 9	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	3	6	0	9	0	SS
6	6	Apr 11	KCR	@	OAK	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
7	7	Apr 12	KCR		MIN	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
8	8	Apr 13	KCR		MIN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
9	9	Apr 14	KCR		CAL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
10	10	Apr 15	KCR		CAL	L,2-5	CG	48	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 17	KCR	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 18 (1)	KCR	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
13	13	Apr 18 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	46	12.1	3	4	0	7	1	SS
14	14	Apr 19	KCR	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
15	15	Apr 20	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
16	16	Apr 23	KCR		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
17	17	Apr 24	KCR		CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
18	18	Apr 25	KCR		CLE	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
19	19	Apr 26	KCR		DET	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
20	20	Apr 27	KCR		DET	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
21	21	Apr 28	KCR		DET	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
22	22	Apr 30	KCR		BAL	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	23	May 1	KCR		BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
24	24	May 2	KCR		BAL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
25	25	May 4	KCR	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
26	26	May 5	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
27	27	May 7	KCR	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
28	28	May 8	KCR	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
29	29	May 9	KCR	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
30	30	May 10	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
31	31	May 11	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	1	4	0	5	2	SS
32	32	May 12	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
33	33	May 13	KCR		OAK	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	34	May 14	KCR		OAK	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	4	SS
35	35	May 15	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
36	36	May 16 (1)	KCR		OAK	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
37	37	May 16 (2)	KCR		OAK	W,10-4	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
38	39 (1)	May 22	KCR		MIL	L,0-12	GS	24	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
39	40	May 23	KCR		MIL	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
40	41	May 25	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
41	42	May 26	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
42	43	May 28	KCR	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
43	44	May 31 (1)	KCR	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
44	45	May 31 (2)	KCR	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 1	KCR	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
46	47	Jun 4	KCR	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
47	48	Jun 5	KCR	@	NYY	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
48	49	Jun 6	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
49	50	Jun 8	KCR		WSA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
50	51	Jun 9	KCR		WSA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
51	52	Jun 11	KCR		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
52	53	Jun 12	KCR		BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	4	SS
53	54	Jun 13	KCR		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	55	Jun 14	KCR		NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
55	56	Jun 15	KCR		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
56	59 (2)	Jun 18	KCR		CAL	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
57	60	Jun 19	KCR		CAL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
58	61	Jun 20 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
59	62	Jun 20 (2)	KCR		CAL	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
60	63	Jun 21	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
61	64	Jun 22	KCR	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
62	65	Jun 23	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-12	GS	32	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
63	66	Jun 25	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
64	67	Jun 26	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
65	68	Jun 27 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-3	GS	25	7.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	74 (5)	Jul 2	KCR		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
67	75	Jul 3	KCR		CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
68	76	Jul 4	KCR		CHW	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
69	77	Jul 5 (1)	KCR		CHW	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
70	78	Jul 5 (2)	KCR		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
71	79	Jul 6	KCR	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
72	80	Jul 7	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
73	81	Jul 8	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
74	82	Jul 9	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
75	83	Jul 11 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	3	3	1	7	0	SS
76	84	Jul 11 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	SS
77	85	Jul 15	KCR		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	4	SS
78	86	Jul 16	KCR		CLE	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
79	87	Jul 17	KCR		CLE	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
80	88	Jul 18 (1)	KCR		DET	W,8-2	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
81	89	Jul 18 (2)	KCR		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
82	90	Jul 19	KCR		DET	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
83	91	Jul 20	KCR		BAL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
84	92	Jul 21	KCR		BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
85	93	Jul 22	KCR		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
86	94	Jul 23	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
87	95	Jul 24	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-1	GS	14	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
88	96	Jul 25 (1)	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
89	97	Jul 25 (2)	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
90	98	Jul 27	KCR	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	47	10.1	4	7	0	11	3	SS
91	99	Jul 28	KCR	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	4	2	0	6	1	SS
92	100	Jul 29	KCR	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	45	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
93	101	Jul 30	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	13	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
94	102	Jul 31	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	103	Aug 2	KCR		OAK	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
96	104	Aug 3	KCR		OAK	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
97	105	Aug 4 (1)	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
98	106	Aug 4 (2)	KCR		MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
99	107	Aug 5	KCR		MIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
100	108	Aug 6	KCR		MIL	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
101	109	Aug 7	KCR		MIL	L,5-6	CG	33	7.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
102	110	Aug 8	KCR		MIL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
103	111	Aug 10 (1)	KCR	@	WSA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
104	112	Aug 10 (2)	KCR	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
105	113	Aug 11	KCR	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	17	5.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
106	114	Aug 12 (1)	KCR	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
107	115	Aug 12 (2)	KCR	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
108	116	Aug 13	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
109	117	Aug 14	KCR	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
110	118	Aug 15	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
111	119	Aug 17 (1)	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
112	120	Aug 17 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
113	121	Aug 18	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
114	122	Aug 20 (1)	KCR		WSA	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
115	123	Aug 20 (2)	KCR		WSA	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
116	124	Aug 21	KCR		WSA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
117	125	Aug 22	KCR		WSA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	10	0	14	3	SS
118	126	Aug 24	KCR		BOS	W,5-4	CG	59	13.0	3	7	1	11	2	SS
119	127	Aug 25	KCR		BOS	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
120	128	Aug 26	KCR		BOS	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
121	129	Aug 27	KCR		NYY	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
122	130	Aug 28	KCR		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
123	131	Aug 29	KCR		NYY	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
124	132	Aug 31	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	133	Sep 1	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	2	6	2	10	1	SS
126	134	Sep 2	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
127	135	Sep 3 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
128	136	Sep 3 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
129	137	Sep 4	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
130	141 (3)	Sep 7	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
131	142	Sep 8	KCR		MIL	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
132	143	Sep 10	KCR		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
133	144	Sep 11	KCR		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
134	145	Sep 12	KCR		CHW	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
135	146	Sep 13	KCR		OAK	L,1-2	CG	40	11.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
136	147	Sep 14	KCR		OAK	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
137	148	Sep 15	KCR		CAL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
138	149	Sep 16	KCR		CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
139	150	Sep 17	KCR	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
140	151	Sep 18	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
141	152	Sep 19 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
142	154 (1)	Sep 21	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
143	155	Sep 22	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
144	156	Sep 25 (1)	KCR		MIN	L,2-7	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH SS
145	157	Sep 25 (2)	KCR		MIN	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
146	158	Sep 26 (1)	KCR		MIN	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
							147gm		1259.2	301	459	25	785	107