Eric Patterson
Eric Scott Patterson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 8, 1983 in Tallahassee, FL
High School: Harrison (Kennesaw, GA)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed August 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 2007
Relatives: Brother of Corey Patterson
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Standard Batting

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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
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 TOT MLB 43 148 130 16 25 4 0 1 15 10 1 17 36 .192 .284 .246 .530 43 32 1 0 0 1 0 47/8
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 32 19 0 0 0 0 0 4/7
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 7/489
3 Seasons 89 267 232 31 54 10 1 2 26 16 2 31 64 .233 .320 .310 .630 69 72 1 0 1 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 486 422 56 98 18 2 4 47 29 4 56 116 .233 .320 .310 .630 69 131 2 0 2 5 0
OAK (2 yrs) 69 214 186 26 43 8 1 1 19 14 1 26 49 .231 .322 .301 .624 69 56 0 0 0 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
AL (2 yrs) 69 214 186 26 43 8 1 1 19 14 1 26 49 .231 .322 .301 .624 69 56 0 0 0 2 0
NL (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

Advanced Batting

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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 2.7 105 .255 .192 .266 .284 .335 .246 .420 .530 .756 43 .252 -10.5 -1.0 .542 .254 .054 1.8
2008 25 CHC NL 44 32 4 3.4 115 .308 .237 .276 .318 .350 .342 .441 .660 .791 69 .333 -1.8 -0.2 .613 .263 .105 1.3
2008 25 OAK AL 104 76 7 2.5 101 .235 .174 .262 .269 .329 .207 .412 .476 .741 32 .217 -8.7 -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
3 Seasons 267 185 28 4.0 106 .308 .233 .266 .320 .335 .310 .423 .630 .758 69 .405 -9.7 -0.9 .646 .272 .078 3.6
162 Game Avg. 486 337 51 4.0 106 .308 .233 .266 .320 .335 .310 .423 .630 .758 69 .405 -9.7 -0.9 .646 .272 .078 7
OAK (2 yrs) 214 146 23 4.2 104 .304 .231 .263 .322 .331 .301 .419 .624 .750 69 .421 -7.4 -0.7 .660 .280 .070 1.9
CHC (2 yrs) 53 39 5 3.4 115 .323 .239 .277 .308 .349 .348 .442 .656 .791 67 .341 -2.3 -0.2 .595 .239 .109 1.3
AL (2 yrs) 214 146 23 4.2 104 .304 .231 .263 .322 .331 .301 .419 .624 .750 69 .421 -7.4 -0.7 .660 .280 .070 1.9
NL (2 yrs) 53 39 5 3.4 115 .323 .239 .277 .308 .349 .348 .442 .656 .791 67 .341 -2.3 -0.2 .595 .239 .109 1.3

Ratio Batting*

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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%
3 Seasons 267 0.8% 24.0% 11.6% 4.9% 24% 2.06 3.6 116.0 8.9 0.59 0.70 63% 17% 2.4% 19%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 0 0 0 0
2008 25 TOT MLB 0 0 37% 51 10 1 91% 10 1 0 0 0 0 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 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 0 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 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 39% 7 5 2 3 1 2 3 2 1
3 Seasons 2 0 35% 106 16 2 89% 16 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 48% 14 10 4 4 1 3 9 3 6
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.60 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0% 30 1 3% 17 5 29% 103 14 14% 14 10 71% 8 3 38% 0
2008 25 CHC NL 44 95% 9 1 0 4 0 0 0 0.60 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 6 3 50% 35 6 17% 5 4 80% 2 0 0% 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% 6 3 50% 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% 4 2 50% 0
3 Seasons 267 84% 54 6 1 9 1 0 0 0.70 2 0 10 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 25% 51 1 2% 27 9 33% 172 25 15% 19 13 68% 12 5 42% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
3 Seasons 267 1128 4.22 722 64% 26% 16% 34% 24% 74% 0% 48% 78% 28% 6% 16 0 13% 36 15 9% 23 11 23% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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 IBB
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 0
2008 25 50 157 138 16 27 5 0 1 15 10 1 17 39 .196 .282 .254 .536 44 35 1 0 1 1 0
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 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 24 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 7
2008 25 43 153 133 15 28 4 0 1 14 11 19 36 .211 .307 .263 .570 11 43
2009 26 39 115 97 16 30 6 1 1 11 7 16 25 .309 .400 .423 .823 17 39
3 Seasons 89 276 238 31 58 10 1 2 25 18 35 64 .244 .337 .319 .656 29 89
162 Game Avg. 162 502 433 56 106 18 2 4 46 33 64 116 .244 .337 .319 .656 53 89

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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