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Eric Patterson

Eric Scott Patterson

Positions: Leftfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 8, 1983 in Tallahassee, FL
High School: Harrison HS (Kennesaw, GA)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed August 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 2007
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Padres/RedSox/Cubs 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.050, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
Relatives: Brother of Corey Patterson
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2005	22	CHC-min	A,AA	119	537	462	95	150	28	11	13	73	43	13	59	101	.325	.400	.517	.917		239	7	4	4	8	3		PEO,WTN · MIDW,SOUL
2006	23	CHC-min	AA,AAA	138	577	508	80	140	23	10	10	60	46	12	52	98	.276	.339	.419	.758		213	4	1	7	9	2		WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2007	24	CHC-min	AAA	128	582	516	94	153	28	6	14	65	24	9	54	85	.297	.362	.455	.817		235	3	2	4	6	2		IWA · PCL
2007	24	CHC	NL	7	9	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	56	3	0	0	1	0	0	/7
2008	25	OAK-CHC-min	AAA	77	344	312	51	101	24	5	10	47	19	2	21	73	.324	.366	.529	.895		165	2	2	5	4	0		SAC,IWA · PCL
2008	25	TOT	MLB	43	148	130	16	25	4	0	1	15	10	1	17	36	.192	.284	.246	.530	44	32	1	0	0	1	0	47/8D
2008	25	CHC	NL	13	44	38	5	9	1	0	1	7	2	1	5	12	.237	.318	.342	.660	69	13	1	0	0	1	0	/748
2008	25	OAK	AL	30	104	92	11	16	3	0	0	8	8	0	12	24	.174	.269	.207	.476	33	19	0	0	0	0	0	4/7D
2009	26	OAK-min	AAA	110	530	466	91	143	29	11	12	56	43	6	52	81	.307	.376	.494	.870		230	2	2	6	4	3		SAC · PCL
2009	26	OAK	AL	39	110	94	15	27	5	1	1	11	6	1	14	25	.287	.373	.394	.766	104	37	0	0	0	2	0	7/4D89
2010	27	BOS-min	AAA	4	18	17	4	4	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	7	.235	.278	.471	.748		8	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
2010	27	TOT	AL	90	204	187	26	40	8	5	6	16	11	1	14	62	.214	.272	.406	.679	81	76	2	1	2	0	0	784/D
2010	27	OAK	AL	45	111	103	13	21	5	2	4	9	6	0	7	31	.204	.255	.408	.662	78	42	1	0	1	0	0	7/84D
2010	27	BOS	AL	45	93	84	13	19	3	3	2	7	5	1	7	31	.226	.293	.405	.698	84	34	1	1	1	0	0	78/4
2011	28	SDP-min	AAA,A+	53	209	194	31	48	12	4	3	14	4	3	11	30	.247	.288	.397	.685		77	2	1	1	2	1		TUC,LEL · PCL,CALL
2011	28	SDP	NL	47	104	89	8	16	2	1	2	8	8	2	12	22	.180	.272	.292	.564	61	26	1	0	0	2	0	4/897
2012	29	DET-min	AAA	50	217	179	21	45	5	2	2	22	11	2	33	44	.251	.370	.335	.706		60	1	2	1	2	0		TOL · IL
5 Yrs				226	575	508	65	110	20	7	10	50	35	5	57	148	.217	.294	.343	.637	72	174	4	1	3	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	412	364	47	79	14	5	7	36	25	4	41	106	.217	.294	.343	.637	72	125	3	1	2	4	0

OAK (3 yrs)				114	325	289	39	64	13	3	5	28	20	1	33	80	.221	.299	.339	.638	73	98	1	0	1	2	0
CHC (2 yrs)				20	53	46	5	11	2	0	1	7	2	1	5	15	.239	.308	.348	.656	67	16	1	0	1	1	0
BOS (1 yr)				45	93	84	13	19	3	3	2	7	5	1	7	31	.226	.293	.405	.698	84	34	1	1	1	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				47	104	89	8	16	2	1	2	8	8	2	12	22	.180	.272	.292	.564	61	26	1	0	0	2	0

AL (3 yrs)				159	418	373	52	83	16	6	7	35	25	2	40	111	.223	.298	.354	.652	75	132	2	1	2	2	0
NL (3 yrs)				67	157	135	13	27	4	1	3	15	10	3	17	37	.200	.284	.311	.595	63	42	2	0	1	3	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2007	24	CHC	NL	7	9	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/7
2008	25	CHC	NL	13	44	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/748
2008	25	OAK	AL	30	104	-9	2	1	-3	-0	-10	-0.9	4	-6	-0.6	.468	.494	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$	4/7D
2009	26	OAK	AL	39	110	2	1	0	-5	-2	-4	-0.3	4	0	0.0	.491	.498	0.5	-0.6	5	$	7/4D89
2010	27	OAK	AL	45	111	-3	1	0	0	-1	-4	-0.3	4	0	0.0	.492	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$405,000	7/84D
2010	27	BOS	AL	45	93	-3	2	0	3	-1	1	0.2	3	4	0.5	.503	.501	0.1	0.3	1	$	78/4
2011	28	SDP	NL	47	104	-4	-0	0	-1	-0	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.487	.496	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$423,300	4/897
5 Seasons				226	575	-20	5	2	-5	-4	-22	-2.2	19	-4	-0.4	.490	.498	-0.0	-0.7	1	$828,300

OAK (3 yrs)				114	325	-10	4	1	-8	-3	-17	-1.6	11	-6	-0.6	.485	.497	0.2	-1.0	2	$405,000
CHC (2 yrs)				20	53	-3	0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.2	1	0	0.0	.493	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$
BOS (1 yr)				45	93	-3	2	0	3	-1	1	0.2	3	4	0.5	.503	.501	0.1	0.3	1	$
SDP (1 yr)				47	104	-4	-0	0	-1	-0	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.487	.496	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$423,300

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2007	24	CHC	NL	9	7	1	3.8	115	.400	.250	.279	.250	.349	.375	.445	.625	.794	56	.375	-0.5	-0.1	.500	.125	.125
2008	25	TOT	MLB	148	108	11	2.7	104	.255	.192	.265	.284	.334	.246	.418	.530	.752	44	.252	-10.3	-1.0	.542	.254	.054	1.8
2008	25	CHC	NL	44	32	4	3.4	114	.308	.237	.275	.318	.348	.342	.439	.660	.788	69	.333	-1.7	-0.2	.613	.263	.105	1.3
2008	25	OAK	AL	104	76	7	2.5	100	.235	.174	.261	.269	.328	.207	.410	.476	.738	33	.217	-8.6	-0.8	.513	.250	.033	.0
2009	26	OAK	AL	110	70	16	6.1	106	.371	.287	.265	.373	.334	.394	.425	.766	.759	104	.584	1.3	0.1	.824	.309	.106	1.7
2010	27	TOT	AL	204	152	23	4.0	102	.286	.214	.263	.272	.331	.406	.411	.679	.742	81	.434	-6.3	-0.6	.673	.321	.193	7.8
2010	27	OAK	AL	111	84	12	3.8	99	.250	.204	.259	.255	.327	.408	.406	.662	.733	78	.408	-3.8	-0.4	.663	.330	.204	4.8
2010	27	BOS	AL	93	68	11	4.3	105	.333	.226	.267	.293	.336	.405	.418	.698	.754	84	.464	-2.5	-0.2	.687	.310	.179	2.9
2011	28	SDP	NL	104	78	8	2.8	91	.209	.180	.250	.272	.316	.292	.389	.564	.704	61	.295	-4.4	-0.4	.579	.315	.112	3.2
5 Yrs				575	415	59	3.8	102	.282	.217	.262	.294	.330	.343	.412	.637	.742	72	.398	-20.2	-2.0	.644	.297	.126	15.6
162 Game Avg.				412	297	42	3.8	102	.282	.217	.262	.294	.330	.343	.412	.637	.742	72	.398	-20.2	-2.0	.644	.297	.126	11

OAK (3 yrs)				325	230	35	4.1	102	.286	.221	.262	.299	.329	.339	.413	.638	.743	73	.416	-11.0	-1.1	.661	.298	.118	8.0
CHC (2 yrs)				53	39	5	3.4	114	.323	.239	.276	.308	.348	.348	.440	.656	.789	67	.341	-2.2	-0.2	.595	.239	.109	1.3
BOS (1 yr)				93	68	11	4.3	105	.333	.226	.267	.293	.336	.405	.418	.698	.754	84	.464	-2.5	-0.2	.687	.310	.179	2.9
SDP (1 yr)				104	78	8	2.8	91	.209	.180	.250	.272	.316	.292	.389	.564	.704	61	.295	-4.4	-0.4	.579	.315	.112	3.2

AL (3 yrs)				418	298	46	4.1	102	.296	.223	.263	.298	.331	.354	.415	.652	.745	75	.426	-13.5	-1.3	.667	.300	.131	10.9
NL (3 yrs)				157	117	13	3.0	99	.245	.200	.259	.284	.327	.311	.406	.595	.733	63	.312	-6.6	-0.6	.584	.289	.111	4.6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2007	24	CHC	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	11.1%	50%		2.7			1.00		56%	17%	0.0%	0%
2008	25	TOT	MLB	148	0.7%	24.3%	11.5%	3.4%	20%	2.12	3.6	130.0	8.7	0.65	0.70	64%	15%	2.4%	24%
2008	25	CHC	NL	44	2.3%	27.3%	11.4%	4.6%	22%	2.40	3.2	38.0	5.4	0.59	0.73	59%	22%	7.1%	18%
2008	25	OAK	AL	104	0.0%	23.1%	11.5%	2.9%	19%	2.00	3.8		11.5	0.68	0.69	65%	12%	0.0%	26%
2009	26	OAK	AL	110	0.9%	22.7%	12.7%	6.4%	26%	1.79	3.8	94.0	8.5	0.49	0.56	64%	20%	2.5%	15%
2010	27	TOT	AL	204	2.9%	30.4%	6.9%	9.3%	48%	4.43	3.0	31.2	11.7	0.50	0.65	58%	17%	9.0%	16%
2010	27	OAK	AL	111	3.6%	27.9%	6.3%	9.9%	52%	4.43	3.3	25.8	11.4	0.56	0.83	61%	18%	11.1%	20%
2010	27	BOS	AL	93	2.2%	33.3%	7.5%	8.6%	42%	4.43	2.7	42.0	12.0	0.43	0.44	55%	17%	6.5%	11%
2011	28	SDP	NL	104	1.9%	21.2%	11.5%	4.8%	31%	1.83	4.0	44.5	11.1	0.60	0.59	64%	12%	5.7%	17%
5 Yrs				575	1.7%	25.7%	9.9%	6.4%	34%	2.60	3.4	50.8	10.2	0.56	0.66	62%	16%	5.4%	18%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.9%	8.6%	7.8%	33%	2.10	5.0	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	24	CHC	NL	-0.5	-0.1	9	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	1.34	-0.0	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.07	-0.6	0.79	5
2008	25	TOT	MLB	-10.5	-1.0	160	-0.6	1.9	-2.5	.94	-0.8	0.2	-9.9	-1.0	1.00	-10.7	0.57	4
2008	25	CHC	NL	-1.8	-0.2	47	-0.0	0.7	-0.8	.98	-0.2	0.1	-1.7	-0.2	1.08	-2.0	0.57	4
2008	25	OAK	AL	-8.7	-0.8	113	-0.5	1.2	-1.7	.92	-0.7	0.1	-8.2	-0.8	0.98	-8.7		0
2009	26	OAK	AL	1.2	0.1	122	0.2	1.7	-1.5	.81	0.2	0.1	4.8	0.4	0.92	3.5		0
2010	27	TOT	AL	-6.3	-0.6	225	-0.2	3.3	-3.6	.95	-0.1	-0.1	-5.0	-0.5	0.93	-0.9	0.84	11
2010	27	OAK	AL	-3.8	-0.4	122	-0.3	1.5	-1.8	.83	-0.2	-0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.91	-1.4	0.79	7
2010	27	BOS	AL	-2.5	-0.2	103	0.0	1.8	-1.8	1.09	0.1	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.96	0.5	0.92	4
2011	28	SDP	NL	-4.5	-0.5	118	-0.1	2.0	-2.1	1.17	-0.2	0.1	-2.9	-0.3	1.01	-1.8	1.61	16
5 Yrs				-20.6	-2.0	634	-0.9	9.0	-9.9	.97	-1.0	0.1	-14.1	-1.4	0.97	-10.6	1.14	36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	24	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	TOT	MLB	0	0	37%	51	10	1	91%	10	1	0	0	1	1	57%	7	5	2	1	0	1	6	1	5
2008	25	CHC	NL	0	0	31%	11	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	100%	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1
2008	25	OAK	AL	0	0	39%	40	8	0	100%	8	0	0	0	1	1	40%	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	1	4
2009	26	OAK	AL	2	0	35%	49	6	1	86%	6	1	0	2	2	7	39%	7	5	2	3	1	2	3	2	1
2010	27	TOT	AL	1	0	41%	76	11	1	92%	10	1	1	0	4	9	33%	6	6	0	4	1	2	2	0	2
2010	27	OAK	AL	1	0	38%	36	6	0	100%	5	0	1	0	3	5	29%	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	2
2010	27	BOS	AL	0	0	44%	40	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	1	4	40%	2	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0
2011	28	SDP	NL	1	1	23%	32	8	2	80%	7	2	1	3	3	2	67%	3	0	3	1	1	0	2	0	1
5 Yrs				4	1	35%	214	35	5	88%	33	5	2	5	10	19	47%	23	16	7	9	3	5	13	3	9

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2007	24	CHC	NL	9	100%	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.79	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	25	TOT	MLB	148	84%	25	3	1	4	0	0	0	0.57	1	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0%	30	1	3%	17	5	29%	103	14	14%	14	10	71%	6	4	67%	0
2008	25	CHC	NL	44	95%	9	1	0	4	0	0	0	0.57	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	6	3	50%	35	6	17%	5	4	80%	2	1	50%	0
2008	25	OAK	AL	104	80%	16	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	19	0	0%	11	2	18%	68	8	12%	9	6	67%	4	3	75%	0
2009	26	OAK	AL	110	83%	27	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	19	0	0%	8	2	25%	64	11	17%	5	3	60%	1	0	0%	0
2010	27	TOT	AL	204	83%	40	10	2	11	1	1	1	0.84	6	0	4	6	0	2	4	0	6	2	33%	44	2	5%	17	4	24%	112	11	10%	8	3	38%	6	3	50%	0
2010	27	OAK	AL	111	79%	21	3	0	7	1	1	1	0.79	4	0	2	4	0	2	2	0	2	1	50%	23	1	4%	8	2	25%	60	5	8%	4	1	25%	2	0	0%	0
2010	27	BOS	AL	93	87%	19	7	2	4	0	0	0	0.92	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	4	1	25%	21	1	5%	9	2	22%	52	6	12%	4	2	50%	4	3	75%	0
2011	28	SDP	NL	104	92%	16	1	1	16	1	0	2	1.61	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0%	19	1	5%	11	4	36%	51	7	14%	8	5	63%	2	2	100%	0
5 Yrs				575	85%	110	17	4	36	3	1	3	1.14	10	0	15	10	0	6	4	0	12	3	25%	114	4	4%	55	17	31%	335	43	13%	35	21	60%	15	9	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2007	24	CHC	NL	9	38	4.22	26	68%	19%	19%	38%	23%	81%	0%	55%	76%	33%	0%	0	0	11%	1	1	11%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
2008	25	TOT	MLB	148	601	4.06	387	64%	23%	17%	35%	25%	77%	0%	49%	77%	32%	4%	6	0	10%	15	9	7%	10	5	25%	0	0	0
2008	25	CHC	NL	44	161	3.66	106	66%	31%	15%	28%	25%	69%	0%	45%	78%	30%	7%	3	0	9%	4	1	9%	4	2	33%	0	0	0
2008	25	OAK	AL	104	440	4.23	281	64%	20%	18%	37%	24%	80%	0%	51%	77%	34%	3%	3	0	11%	11	8	6%	6	3	21%	0	0	0
2009	26	OAK	AL	110	489	4.45	309	63%	29%	15%	33%	23%	71%	0%	45%	79%	23%	9%	10	0	18%	20	5	11%	12	5	24%	0	0	0
2010	27	TOT	AL	204	860	4.22	557	65%	30%	18%	30%	23%	70%	0%	46%	74%	23%	3%	6	0	12%	24	11	5%	11	9	35%	0	0	0
2010	27	OAK	AL	111	452	4.07	303	67%	30%	18%	28%	24%	70%	0%	47%	74%	28%	3%	3	0	8%	9	5	3%	3	3	26%	0	0	0
2010	27	BOS	AL	93	408	4.39	254	62%	30%	18%	31%	21%	70%	0%	44%	75%	16%	3%	3	0	16%	15	6	9%	8	6	45%	0	0	0
2011	28	SDP	NL	104	416	4.00	276	66%	25%	20%	30%	25%	75%	0%	50%	74%	27%	5%	5	0	13%	14	6	13%	13	7	27%	0	0	1
5 Yrs				575	2404	4.18	1555	65%	27%	17%	32%	24%	73%	0%	47%	76%	26%	5%	27	0	13%	74	32	8%	47	27	29%	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2007	24	7	9	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	56	3	0	0	1	0
2008	25	50	157	138	16	27	5	0	1	15	10	1	17	39	.196	.282	.254	.536	45	35	1	0	1	1
2009	26	89	267	232	31	54	10	1	2	26	16	2	31	64	.233	.320	.310	.630	69	72	1	0	1	3
2010	27	179	471	419	57	94	18	6	8	42	27	3	45	126	.224	.299	.353	.652	75	148	3	1	3	3
2011	28	226	575	508	65	110	20	7	10	50	35	5	57	148	.217	.294	.343	.637	72	174	4	1	3	5

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	24	7	9	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	1	7
2008	25	43	148	130	15	25	4	0	1	14	10	17	36	.192	.284	.246	.530	9	43
2009	26	39	110	94	15	27	5	1	1	11	6	14	25	.287	.373	.394	.766	14	39
2010	27	90	205	188	27	41	8	5	6	16	11	14	62	.218	.276	.410	.685	21	90
2011	28	47	105	90	9	17	2	1	2	9	8	13	22	.189	.286	.300	.586	8	47
5 Yrs		226	577	510	66	112	20	7	10	50	35	58	148	.220	.298	.345	.643	53	226
162 Game Avg.		162	414	366	47	80	14	5	7	36	25	42	106	.220	.298	.345	.643	38	226

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