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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	5-10 / in Starts: 5-10
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	2 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1970	NLCS g3	Oct 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	1	1.62	-0.241	29.12	-2.49%	-2.14	SS
1976 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	1976	ALCS g1	Oct 9	KCR		NYY	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.30	-0.069	40.63	-1.41%	-0.38	SS
3	1976	ALCS g2	Oct 10	KCR		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8	1.10	0.012	31.54	0.11%	0.95	SS
4	1976	ALCS g3	Oct 12	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	8	1.06	-0.067	44.03	-1.68%	-0.63	SS
5	1976	ALCS g4	Oct 13	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.571	1.000	8	.55	0.235	21.08	5.83%	2.64	SS
6	1976	ALCS g5	Oct 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.389	.500	.889	8	1.15	-0.096	95.63	-4.60%	-0.57	SS
1977 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	1977	ALCS g1	Oct 5	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	1	.57	0.165	17.94	3.34%	2.62	SS
8	1977	ALCS g2	Oct 6	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.429	.444	.714	1.159	1	.98	0.014	28.11	0.16%	-0.25	SS
9	1977	ALCS g3	Oct 7	KCR		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.455	.667	1.121	8	.84	0.131	34.90	3.01%	1.02	SS
10	1977	ALCS g4	Oct 8	KCR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	4	4	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.538	.533	.923	1.456	8	1.27	0.179	48.94	4.44%	2.10	SS
11	1977	ALCS g5	Oct 9	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.389	.400	.667	1.067	1	1.05	-0.180	87.83	-9.16%	-1.51	SS
1978 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	1978	ALCS g1	Oct 3	KCR		NYY	L,1-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.42	-0.104	44.27	-2.11%	-1.00	SS
13	1978	ALCS g2	Oct 4	KCR		NYY	W,10-4	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.571	.714	8	.51	0.126	14.66	1.99%	2.99	SS
14	1978	ALCS g3	Oct 6	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.182	.400	.582	8	1.24	-0.126	51.43	-3.13%	-0.95	SS
15	1978	ALCS g4	Oct 7	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.308	.451	8	1.71	-0.172	65.61	-3.69%	-1.10	SS
									58	52	8	15	5	1	1	11	3	0	9	0	2	1		2	0	5	.288	.321	.481	.802

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