Freddie Patek
Frederick Joseph Patek (The Flea)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 5" , Weight: 148 lb.

Born: October 9, 1944 in Seguin, TX
High School: Seguin (Seguin, TX)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 22nd round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1968
Final Game: October 3, 1981
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 PIT NL 23 SS 52 49 432.0 250 80 164 6 23 .976 7.1 19.7 7.1 1.7 5.5 0 5.08 4.69 .962 4.98 4.50
1968 PIT NL 23 OF 5 4 38.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.13 1.80 .978 2.01 1.82
1968 PIT NL 23 RF 3 3 29.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 24.8 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 2.79 3.00 .978 2.02 1.77
1968 PIT NL 23 LF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -93.3 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.60 1.40
1968 PIT NL 23 3B 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.90 2.70
1969 PIT NL 24 SS 146 141 1233.0 656 227 399 30 81 .954 -10.7 -10.4 -10.7 -4.9 -5.8 0 4.57 4.29 .963 4.93 4.21
1970 PIT NL 25 SS 65 57 531.1 344 122 212 10 42 .971 5.9 13.3 3.9 -0.6 4.5 2 5.66 5.14 .965 5.05 4.23
1971 KCR AL 26 SS 147 145 1259.2 785 301 459 25 107 .968 -2.0 -1.9 -5.0 -4.4 -0.6 3 5.43 5.17 .965 4.90 4.32 MVP-6
1972 KCR AL 27 SS 136 133 1182.0 762 230 510 22 113 .971 18.3 18.6 15.3 5.4 9.9 3 5.63 5.44 .967 4.99 4.51 AS
1973 KCR AL 28 SS 135 131 1133.2 771 242 503 26 115 .966 9.6 10.2 7.6 3.5 4.0 2 5.91 5.52 .963 5.10 4.43
1974 KCR AL 29 SS 149 145 1293.1 768 250 493 25 108 .967 1.4 1.3 0.4 1.3 -0.9 1 5.17 4.99 .965 4.98 4.24
1975 KCR AL 30 SS 136 133 1173.0 663 231 405 27 78 .959 0.4 0.4 1.4 -2.3 3.8 -1 4.88 4.68 .959 4.85 4.09
1975 KCR AL 30 DH 1
1976 KCR AL 31 SS 143 140 1210.2 685 233 426 26 87 .962 7.0 6.9 7.0 2.3 4.7 0 4.90 4.61 .967 4.99 4.40 AS
1976 KCR AL 31 DH 1 AS
1977 KCR AL 32 SS 154 148 1304.2 694 252 413 29 70 .958 0.1 0.1 0.1 -2.7 2.8 0 4.59 4.32 .963 4.82 4.07
1978 KCR AL 33 SS 137 134 1136.1 622 240 350 32 84 .949 -4.9 -5.2 -7.9 -12.6 4.7 3 4.67 4.31 .965 4.92 4.19 AS
1979 KCR AL 34 SS 104 95 796.2 421 153 249 19 54 .955 -9.5 -14.3 -10.5 -8.4 -2.1 1 4.54 3.87 .965 5.01 4.10
1980 CAL AL 35 SS 81 75 663.0 344 129 199 16 42 .953 -7.5 -13.6 -8.5 -0.6 -8.0 1 4.45 4.05 .963 4.99 4.26
1981 CAL AL 36 2B 16 10 103.0 59 27 31 1 8 .983 -0.2 -2.3 -1.2 -0.1 -1.1 1 5.07 3.63 .981 5.54 4.93
1981 CAL AL 36 3B 7 0 14.2 8 0 7 1 0 .875 -0.2 -16.4 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 4.30 1.00 .950 2.95 2.51
1981 CAL AL 36 SS 3 1 9.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.7 93.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 4.00 1.33 .975 5.00 4.20
14 Seasons SS 1588 1527 13358.1 7769 2690 4786 293 1004 .962 15.9 1.4 0.9 -21.6 22.5 15 5.04 4.71 .964 4.95 4.26
1 Season 2B 16 10 103.0 59 27 31 1 8 .983 -0.2 -2.3 -1.2 -0.1 -1.1 1 5.07 3.63 .981 5.54 4.93
2 Seasons 3B 8 1 23.2 11 1 9 1 0 .909 -0.4 -20.3 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 0 3.80 1.25 .955 2.93 2.54
1 Season OF 5 4 38.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.13 1.80 .978 2.01 1.82
1 Season RF 3 3 29.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 24.8 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 2.79 3.00 .978 2.02 1.77
2 Seasons DH 2
1 Season LF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -93.3 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.60 1.40
14 Seasons TOT 1617 1542 13523.0 7848 2727 4826 295 1012 .962 15.2 1.3 -0.8 -22.4 21.6 0 16 5.03 4.67 .927 4.95 4.26
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 PIT NL 23 61 54 61 61 0 0 0 0 1 52 2 0 3 5 2 3
1969 PIT NL 24 147 141 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 2
1970 PIT NL 25 84 57 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 13 7
1971 KCR AL 26 147 145 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 1 1
1972 KCR AL 27 136 133 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 KCR AL 28 135 131 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 KCR AL 29 149 145 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1975 KCR AL 30 136 133 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1976 KCR AL 31 144 140 144 143 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1977 KCR AL 32 154 148 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1978 KCR AL 33 138 134 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1979 KCR AL 34 106 95 106 104 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1980 CAL AL 35 86 75 86 81 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
1981 CAL AL 36 27 11 27 26 0 0 0 16 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
14 Seasons 1650 1542 1650 1641 0 0 0 16 8 1589 2 0 3 5 0 24 38
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1968 PIT NL 23 1348 59% 74% 29% 147 95% 1 54 29 21 4 119 96 20 1 0 5 0 4 1 5 15 6 2 5 0 1 14 8 6 1 1 0
1969 PIT NL 24 5010 62% 71% 26% 473 89% 6 210 104 81 26 336 244 80 2 1 30 1 26 3 23 72 34 5 14 5 2 66 41 22 5 4 1
1970 PIT NL 25 2333 61% 75% 29% 260 94% 1 124 57 50 17 208 157 43 1 2 10 0 10 0 9 47 21 4 13 3 3 45 26 19 2 2 0
1971 KCR AL 26 5430 62% 78% 28% 582 92% 0 298 138 134 27 463 379 67 0 10 25 1 19 5 19 107 35 9 33 18 2 101 44 54 6 3 2
1972 KCR AL 27 5053 62% 79% 28% 586 93% 7 227 94 111 23 515 404 94 6 5 22 1 13 8 18 113 41 14 21 19 8 108 55 48 3 0 1
1973 KCR AL 28 5140 59% 78% 30% 598 91% 5 239 105 105 29 500 378 103 2 9 26 1 19 6 18 116 49 9 29 12 6 110 58 49 6 4 1
1974 KCR AL 29 5695 58% 81% 31% 614 91% 5 253 119 108 27 489 385 91 1 7 25 2 12 11 18 106 39 8 33 12 1 98 48 46 7 1 6
1975 KCR AL 30 5165 53% 80% 28% 500 93% 5 231 108 98 25 404 314 76 2 5 26 1 18 7 18 77 25 8 23 8 7 73 33 38 3 2 1
1976 KCR AL 31 5235 56% 80% 28% 525 96% 5 235 102 105 27 431 320 104 2 1 26 1 19 6 18 87 37 5 23 10 5 83 42 38 3 2 1
1977 KCR AL 32 5724 57% 78% 26% 535 94% 8 251 114 100 37 415 327 72 3 10 29 2 19 8 23 71 24 7 24 6 2 66 31 33 4 2 2
1978 KCR AL 33 4906 61% 81% 25% 469 92% 2 241 122 92 27 349 280 62 0 1 32 4 23 5 21 84 33 11 30 3 2 80 44 35 4 3 1
1979 KCR AL 34 3625 62% 81% 26% 321 93% 2 153 71 65 17 248 185 57 0 2 19 0 15 4 16 54 28 7 9 4 0 49 35 14 3 2 1
1980 CAL AL 35 3045 49% 80% 22% 269 90% 1 130 64 50 18 201 147 42 0 7 16 1 14 1 13 42 20 0 13 0 2 38 20 15 4 2 2
1981 CAL AL 36 36 92% 67% 22% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 57745 59% 79% 27% 5883 92% 48 2646 1227 1120 304 4682 3620 911 20 60 291 15 211 65 219 991 392 89 270 100 41 931 485 417 51 28 19
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 CAL AL 36 450 57% 85% 27% 42 90% 0 27 10 12 5 32 31 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 2 1 1 2 8 4 4 0 0 0
1 Season 450 57% 85% 27% 42 90% 0 27 10 12 5 32 31 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 2 1 1 2 8 4 4 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 PIT NL 23 32 81% 75% 38% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CAL AL 36 71 65% 87% 28% 10 70% 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 103 70% 84% 31% 12 75% 0 1 1 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 PIT NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 39 64% 77% 21% 5 80%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 39 64% 77% 21% 5 80%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 PIT NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 40 65% 83% 25% 2 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 40 65% 83% 25% 2 0%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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