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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 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	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
2	2	Apr 7	KCR	@	CAL	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	5	5	1	11	1	SS
3	3	Apr 8	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 10	KCR		TEX	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
5	5	Apr 11	KCR		TEX	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
6	6	Apr 12	KCR		TEX	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 13	KCR	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 14	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
9	9	Apr 15	KCR	@	CHW	W,12-5	GS	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 17	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	54	14.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
11	11	Apr 18	KCR		OAK	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
12	12	Apr 19	KCR		OAK	W,16-8	GS	34	7.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
13	13	Apr 20	KCR		CHW	L,2-16	GS	38	6.0	2	3	1	6	3	SS
14	14	Apr 22 (1)	KCR		CHW	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
15	15	Apr 22 (2)	KCR		CHW	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
16	16	Apr 24	KCR		MIL	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
17	17	Apr 25	KCR		MIL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
18	18	Apr 26	KCR		MIL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
19	19	Apr 27	KCR	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
20	20	Apr 28	KCR	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	21	Apr 29	KCR	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
23	23	May 2	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
24	24	May 4	KCR	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
25	25	May 5	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
26	26	May 6	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	27	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
27	27	May 8	KCR		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	10	0	11	4	SS
28	28	May 9	KCR		DET	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
29	29	May 10	KCR		DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
30	30	May 11	KCR		MIN	W,6-2	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
31	32 (1)	May 13	KCR		MIN	L,0-5	GS	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
32	33	May 14	KCR		CAL	L,2-3	GF	26	6.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
33	34	May 15	KCR		CAL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
34	35	May 16	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	2	6	1	9	0	SS
35	36	May 17	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
36	37	May 18	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
37	38	May 19	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	2	9	1	SS
38	39	May 20	KCR	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
39	40	May 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
40	41	May 22	KCR	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
41	42	May 23	KCR	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	44	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
42	43	May 24	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-2	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
43	44	May 25	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	0	6	1	7	1	SS
44	45	May 27 (1)	KCR		BOS	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
45	46	May 27 (2)	KCR		BOS	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
46	47	May 28	KCR		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
47	48	May 29	KCR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
48	49	May 30	KCR		BAL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
49	50	May 31	KCR		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	51	Jun 1	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	SS
51	52	Jun 2	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
52	53	Jun 3	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
53	54	Jun 4	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
54	55	Jun 5	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	0	9	0	9	1	SS
55	56	Jun 6	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	59 (2)	Jun 10	KCR		NYY	W,7-4	GS	24	6.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
57	75 (15)	Jun 26	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
58	76	Jun 27	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	3	7	1	11	2	SS
59	77	Jun 28	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
60	78	Jun 29	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
61	79	Jun 30 (1)	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-3	GS	28	6.0	5	2	2	9	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	81 (1)	Jul 1	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
63	82	Jul 2	KCR		MIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
64	83	Jul 3	KCR		MIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
65	84	Jul 4	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
66	85	Jul 5	KCR	@	MIN	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
67	86	Jul 6	KCR		DET	W,12-1	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
68	87	Jul 7	KCR		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
69	88	Jul 8	KCR		DET	L,0-3	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
70	89	Jul 9	KCR	@	MIL	W,13-6	CG	37	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
71	90	Jul 10	KCR	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	SS
72	91	Jul 11	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
73	92	Jul 12	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
74	94 (1)	Jul 14	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
75	95	Jul 15	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
76	96	Jul 16	KCR	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
77	97	Jul 17	KCR	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
78	98	Jul 18	KCR	@	DET	L,4-14	GS	44	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
79	99	Jul 20	KCR		MIL	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
80	100	Jul 21	KCR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
81	101	Jul 22	KCR		MIL	W,7-5	GS	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
82	102	Jul 26 (1)	KCR		CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	SS
83	103	Jul 26 (2)	KCR		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
84	104	Jul 27	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
85	105	Jul 28	KCR		CAL	L,8-19	GS	40	6.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
86	106	Jul 29 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
87	107	Jul 29 (2)	KCR		CAL	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
88	108	Jul 31	KCR	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	109	Aug 1	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
90	110	Aug 2	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	SS
91	111	Aug 3	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
92	112	Aug 4	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
93	113	Aug 5	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
94	114	Aug 7	KCR		BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
95	115	Aug 8	KCR		BOS	L,4-9	GS	42	8.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
96	116	Aug 9	KCR		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
97	117	Aug 10	KCR		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
98	118	Aug 11	KCR		BAL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
99	119	Aug 12	KCR		BAL	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
100	120	Aug 14	KCR		CLE	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
101	121	Aug 15	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
102	122	Aug 16	KCR		CLE	L,4-10	GS	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
103	123	Aug 17	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
104	124	Aug 18	KCR	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
105	125	Aug 19	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
106	126	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
107	127	Aug 21	KCR		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
108	128	Aug 22	KCR		NYY	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
109	129	Aug 24	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
110	130	Aug 25	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
111	131	Aug 26	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
112	133 (1)	Aug 29	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
113	134	Aug 31	KCR		OAK	L,7-10	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	135	Sep 1	KCR		OAK	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	3	SS
115	136	Sep 2	KCR		OAK	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
116	137	Sep 3	KCR		MIN	L,5-11	CG	50	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
117	138	Sep 4	KCR		MIN	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
118	139	Sep 8 (1)	KCR		CAL	L,6-9	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
119	140	Sep 8 (2)	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	GF	9	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
120	142 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	KCR		CAL	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
121	143	Sep 10	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-13	GS	32	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
122	144	Sep 11	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS	24	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
123	146 (1)	Sep 13	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PR SS
124	147	Sep 14	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
125	148	Sep 15	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
126	149	Sep 16	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
127	150	Sep 17	KCR		MIN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	10	0	12	0	SS
128	152 (1)	Sep 19	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	GS	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
129	153	Sep 20	KCR		CHW	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
130	154	Sep 21	KCR		CHW	L,5-6	CG	56	12.0	2	3	1	6	3	SS
131	155	Sep 22	KCR		TEX	W,5-3	CG	57	14.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
132	156	Sep 23	KCR		TEX	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
133	157	Sep 25	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
134	158	Sep 26	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
135	159	Sep 27	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
							135gm		1133.2	242	503	26	771	115