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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	45 (44)	Jun 3	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
2	47 (1)	Jun 5	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
3	51 (3)	Jun 9	PIT	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	54 (2)	Jun 12	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
5	56 (1)	Jun 14	PIT		HOU	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
6	57	Jun 15	PIT		HOU	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
7	58	Jun 16 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
8	59	Jun 16 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
9	60	Jun 17	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	GS	25	5.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
10	61	Jun 18	PIT		LAD	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
11	70 (8)	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
12	71	Jun 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
13	72	Jun 29	PIT	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
14	73	Jun 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	74	Jul 2	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
16	77 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
17	78	Jul 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-0	GF	22	7.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
18	79	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
19	80	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	114 (33)	Aug 8	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
21	115	Aug 9	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
22	116	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-16	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
23	117	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
24	118	Aug 11	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-5	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
25	119	Aug 13	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
26	123 (3)	Aug 17	PIT		LAD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	124	Aug 18	PIT		LAD	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
28	125	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
29	126	Aug 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
30	128 (1)	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	129	Aug 23	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.2	1	8	0	9	0	SS
32	130	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
33	131	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
34	132	Aug 26	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	133	Aug 27	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	52	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
36	134	Aug 28	PIT		STL	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
37	135	Aug 29	PIT		STL	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
38	136	Aug 30	PIT		ATL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
39	137	Aug 31	PIT		ATL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	138	Sep 1	PIT		ATL	L,7-8	CG	0	11.0	4	5	0	9	0
41	139	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	140	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	141	Sep 3	PIT		HOU	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
44	142	Sep 6	PIT		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
45	143	Sep 7	PIT		NYM	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
46	144	Sep 8	PIT		NYM	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
47	145	Sep 9	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	CG	63	15.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
48	146	Sep 11 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,6-8	GS	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
49	147	Sep 11 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
50	148	Sep 13	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
51	149	Sep 14	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
52	150	Sep 15	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
53	154 (3)	Sep 20	PIT		CHC	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
54	155	Sep 21	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
55	156	Sep 22	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
56	159 (2)	Sep 24	PIT		CIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
57	161 (1)	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
58	163 (1)	Sep 29	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
							58gm		478.0	90	166	6	262	23