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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	KCR		TOR	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	KCR		TOR	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
3	3	Apr 8	KCR		TOR	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
4	4	Apr 9	KCR		DET	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
5	5	Apr 11	KCR		DET	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 13	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 14	KCR	@	TOR	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 15	KCR	@	TOR	W,12-10	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 16	KCR	@	DET	L,4-10	GS	37	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 17	KCR	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 20	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
12	12	Apr 21	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS	29	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 22	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-6	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 23	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
15	15	Apr 24	KCR		CHW	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
16	16	Apr 25	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
17	17	Apr 26	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	2	5	1	SS
18	18	Apr 27	KCR		CLE	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
19	19	Apr 28	KCR		CLE	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
20	20	Apr 29	KCR		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
21	21	Apr 30	KCR		TEX	L,7-8	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	KCR		TEX	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
23	23	May 2	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
24	24	May 4	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	49	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
25	25	May 5	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
26	26	May 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	SS
27	27	May 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
28	28	May 8	KCR	@	TEX	L,7-8	CG	35	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
29	29	May 9	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
30	30	May 10	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
31	31	May 11	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS	27	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
32	32	May 12	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
33	34 (1)	May 14	KCR	@	SEA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
34	35	May 15 (1)	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
35	37 (1)	May 16	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
36	38	May 17	KCR		MIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
37	39	May 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-10	GS	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
38	40	May 20	KCR		MIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
39	41	May 21	KCR		SEA	L,7-12	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
40	42	May 22	KCR		SEA	L,11-12	GS	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
41	43	May 24	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
42	44	May 25	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
43	48 (3)	May 29	KCR		BAL	L,1-8	GF	12	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
44	49	May 30	KCR		BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	50	Jun 1	KCR		MIL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
46	51	Jun 2	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
47	53 (1)	Jun 4	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
48	54	Jun 5	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
49	55	Jun 6	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
50	56	Jun 7	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
51	57	Jun 8	KCR		NYY	L,10-11	GS	44	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
52	58	Jun 9	KCR		NYY	W,9-8	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
53	63 (4)	Jun 15	KCR	@	MIL	W,14-11	GS	34	5.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
54	67 (3)	Jun 19	KCR	@	OAK	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
55	68	Jun 20	KCR	@	OAK	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
56	69	Jun 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
57	70	Jun 22	KCR	@	CAL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
58	71	Jun 23	KCR	@	CAL	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
59	72	Jun 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
60	73	Jun 26	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	GS	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
61	74	Jun 27	KCR		OAK	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
62	75	Jun 28	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
63	76	Jun 29	KCR		CAL	L,5-6	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	77	Jun 30	KCR		CAL	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	78	Jul 1	KCR		CAL	L,2-14	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
66	79	Jul 3	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
67	80	Jul 4	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS	31	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
68	83 (2)	Jul 7	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
69	84	Jul 8	KCR		CHW	L,2-4	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
70	85	Jul 9	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
71	86	Jul 10	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
72	87	Jul 11	KCR	@	CLE	L,8-9	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
73	88	Jul 12	KCR		TEX	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
74	89	Jul 13	KCR		TEX	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
75	90	Jul 14	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
76	92 (1)	Jul 19	KCR		CLE	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
77	94 (1)	Jul 21	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
78	95	Jul 22	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-6	GS	24	5.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
79	96	Jul 23	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
80	97	Jul 24	KCR	@	CHW	W,11-6	GS	32	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
81	98	Jul 25	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	2	5	1	SS
82	99	Jul 26	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
83	100	Jul 27	KCR		BAL	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
84	101	Jul 28	KCR		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
85	102	Jul 29	KCR		BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
86	103	Jul 30	KCR		TOR	W,9-0	GS	23	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
87	104	Jul 31	KCR		TOR	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	105	Aug 1	KCR		TOR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
89	106	Aug 3 (1)	KCR	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
90	108 (1)	Aug 4	KCR	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
91	109	Aug 5	KCR	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
92	110	Aug 6	KCR	@	TOR	W,16-12	GS	31	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
93	111	Aug 7	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	SS
94	112	Aug 9	KCR	@	TOR	W,10-3	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
95	113	Aug 10 (1)	KCR		DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
96	114	Aug 10 (2)	KCR		DET	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
97	115	Aug 11	KCR		DET	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
98	117 (1)	Aug 13	KCR	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	4	1	6	1	SS
99	118	Aug 14	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
100	119	Aug 15	KCR	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	0	1	1	2	0	SS
101	122 (2)	Aug 18	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-9	GF	19	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
102	123	Aug 19	KCR	@	BAL	W,11-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
103	126 (2)	Aug 22	KCR		NYY	W,3-1	GS	13	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	147 (20)	Sep 14	KCR		SEA	L,5-7	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
							104gm		796.2	153	249	19	421	54