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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	KCR	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	5	4	1	10	1	SS
2	3 (1)	Apr 10	KCR		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
3	4	Apr 12	KCR		BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
4	5	Apr 14	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
5	6	Apr 15	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
6	7	Apr 16	KCR		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	8	Apr 17	KCR	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
8	9	Apr 18	KCR	@	TOR	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
9	10	Apr 21	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	11	Apr 22	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
11	12	Apr 23	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
12	13	Apr 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
13	14	Apr 25	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
14	15	Apr 26	KCR		TOR	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
15	16	Apr 27	KCR		TOR	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
16	17	Apr 28	KCR		MIL	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	18	Apr 29	KCR		MIL	W,11-2	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
18	19	Apr 30	KCR		MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
20	21	May 2	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
21	22	May 3	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
22	23	May 5	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-9	GS	29	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
23	24	May 6	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
24	25	May 7	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
25	26	May 8	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
26	27	May 9	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	34	7.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
27	28	May 12	KCR		NYY	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
28	29	May 13	KCR		NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
29	30	May 14	KCR		NYY	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
30	31	May 15	KCR		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
31	32	May 16	KCR		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	5	3	1	9	3	SS
32	33	May 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
33	34	May 19	KCR		MIN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
34	35	May 20	KCR		MIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
35	36	May 21	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	GS	14	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
36	37	May 22	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-10	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
37	39 (1)	May 23 (2)	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
38	40	May 24	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
39	41	May 25	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
40	42	May 28	KCR	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	54	12.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
41	43	May 29	KCR		SEA	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
42	44	May 31	KCR		SEA	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	45	Jun 1	KCR		SEA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
44	46	Jun 2	KCR		CHW	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
45	47	Jun 3	KCR		CHW	L,5-9	GS	35	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
46	48	Jun 4	KCR		CHW	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
47	49	Jun 6	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
48	50	Jun 8 (1)	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
49	55 (4)	Jun 12	KCR		TEX	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
50	56	Jun 13	KCR		TEX	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	9	0	11	3	SS
51	57	Jun 14	KCR		DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
52	58	Jun 15	KCR		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
53	59	Jun 16	KCR	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
54	60	Jun 17	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS	35	7.0	0	2	1	3	2	SS
55	61	Jun 18 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
56	62	Jun 18 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-11	GS	28	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
57	63	Jun 19	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
58	64	Jun 20	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
59	65	Jun 21	KCR		CLE	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
60	66	Jun 23 (1)	KCR		OAK	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS
61	67	Jun 23 (2)	KCR		OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
62	68	Jun 24	KCR		OAK	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
63	69	Jun 25	KCR		OAK	L,3-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
64	70	Jun 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
65	71	Jun 27	KCR	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
66	72	Jun 28	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
67	73	Jun 29	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
68	74	Jun 30	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	75	Jul 1	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
70	76	Jul 2 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
71	77	Jul 2 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-9	GS	40	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
72	78	Jul 3	KCR		CAL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
73	79	Jul 4	KCR		CAL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
74	80	Jul 5	KCR		CAL	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
75	81	Jul 6	KCR		CAL	L,2-9	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
76	82	Jul 7	KCR		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
77	84 (1)	Jul 9	KCR		BAL	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
78	85	Jul 13	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-13	GS	35	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
79	86	Jul 14	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
80	87	Jul 15	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
81	88	Jul 16	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
82	89	Jul 17	KCR	@	NYY	W,9-7	CG	49	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
83	90	Jul 19	KCR		TEX	W,11-4	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
84	91	Jul 20	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
85	92	Jul 21	KCR		BOS	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
86	93	Jul 22	KCR		BOS	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
87	94	Jul 23	KCR		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
88	95	Jul 24	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
89	96	Jul 25	KCR		NYY	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
90	97	Jul 26	KCR		SEA	W,12-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
91	98	Jul 27	KCR		SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
92	99	Jul 28	KCR	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
93	100	Jul 29	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	101	Jul 30	KCR	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	105 (3)	Aug 4	KCR		TOR	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	109 (3)	Aug 8	KCR		CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
97	110	Aug 9	KCR	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
98	111	Aug 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
99	112	Aug 11	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
100	113	Aug 12	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
101	114	Aug 13	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	5	1	0	6	1	SS
102	115	Aug 14	KCR	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	50	8.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
103	116	Aug 15	KCR	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
104	117	Aug 16 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS	32	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
105	118	Aug 16 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
106	119	Aug 17	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.2	2	3	0	5	1	SS
107	120	Aug 18	KCR		TEX	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	4	1	11	3	SS
108	121	Aug 19	KCR		TEX	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
109	122	Aug 20	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
110	124 (1)	Aug 23	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
111	125	Aug 24	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
112	126	Aug 25	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
113	127	Aug 26	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
114	128	Aug 27	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
115	129	Aug 28	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
116	130	Aug 29	KCR		CHW	L,3-9	GS	29	7.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
117	131	Aug 30	KCR		CHW	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	132	Sep 1	KCR		DET	L,2-6	GS	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
119	142 (9)	Sep 11	KCR		OAK	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
120	143	Sep 12	KCR		OAK	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
121	144	Sep 13	KCR		OAK	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
122	145	Sep 14	KCR		OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
123	146	Sep 15	KCR		CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
124	147	Sep 16	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
125	148	Sep 17	KCR		CAL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
126	149	Sep 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
127	150	Sep 19	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
128	151	Sep 20	KCR		MIL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
129	152	Sep 21	KCR		MIL	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
130	153	Sep 22 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
131	154	Sep 22 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
132	155	Sep 23	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
133	156	Sep 24	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
134	157	Sep 25	KCR		SEA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
135	158	Sep 26	KCR		SEA	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	11	0	14	3	SS
136	159	Sep 27	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
137	161 (1)	Sep 30	KCR		MIN	L,3-7	GS	23	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
138	162	Oct 1	KCR		MIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
							137gm		1136.1	240	350	32	622	84