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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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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 CHC NL 24 LF 2 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -69 171 1.29 0.50 .980 2.06 2.00
2007 CHC NL 24 OF 2 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -69 171 1.29 0.50 .980 2.31 2.30
2008 TOT MLB 25 2B 22 20 18 177.1 104 51 49 4 15 .962 -4 -2 -29 -13 5.08 4.55 .987 5.00 4.95
2008 TOT MLB 25 LF 17 15 11 131.0 33 28 1 4 0 .879 -5 -1 -43 -9 1.99 1.71 .983 1.97 1.95
2008 TOT MLB 25 OF 17 15 11 133.0 33 28 1 4 0 .879 -5 -1 -42 -9 1.96 1.71 .985 2.26 2.24
2008 CHC NL 25 LF 9 8 5 68.0 17 13 1 3 0 .824 -4 0 -74 0 1.85 1.56 .983 1.91 1.89
2008 CHC NL 25 OF 9 8 5 70.0 17 13 1 3 0 .824 -4 0 -72 0 1.80 1.56 .985 2.21 2.20
2008 CHC NL 25 2B 2 1 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -60 0 3.38 1.50 .983 4.84 4.80
2008 CHC NL 25 CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2008 OAK AL 25 2B 20 19 18 169.1 101 48 49 4 15 .960 -4 -2 -28 -14 5.16 4.85 .987 5.01 4.96
2008 OAK AL 25 LF 8 7 6 63.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -0 -1 -10 -19 2.14 1.88 .984 2.04 2.02
2008 OAK AL 25 OF 8 7 6 63.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -0 -1 -10 -19 2.14 1.88 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 OAK AL 25 DH 1 0
2009 OAK AL 26 OF 31 25 20 221.1 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -4 -5 1.71 1.35 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 OAK AL 26 LF 26 20 18 179.1 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -3 7 1.71 1.31 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 OAK AL 26 2B 5 3 3 30.2 20 9 9 2 1 .900 -2 -4 -78 -156 5.28 3.60 .986 4.75 4.70
2009 OAK AL 26 DH 5 0
2009 OAK AL 26 CF 4 4 1 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 -44 -80 1.80 1.50 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 OAK AL 26 RF 2 1 1 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 70 0 1.50 1.00 .980 2.10 2.10
2010 TOT AL 27 OF 65 37 26 371.1 93 87 4 2 0 .978 -2 2 -7 6 2.21 1.40 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 TOT AL 27 LF 47 27 19 268.1 69 65 3 1 0 .986 4 3 17 13 2.28 1.45 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 TOT AL 27 CF 20 10 7 103.0 24 22 1 1 0 .958 -6 -1 -68 -11 2.01 1.15 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 TOT AL 27 2B 14 6 4 72.0 42 22 19 1 3 .976 -1 1 -23 16 5.12 2.93 .984 4.80 4.76
2010 OAK AL 27 OF 30 24 16 215.1 56 54 1 1 0 .982 -2 2 -9 11 2.30 1.83 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 OAK AL 27 LF 25 22 15 191.0 47 45 1 1 0 .979 0 0 0 0 2.17 1.84 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 OAK AL 27 CF 7 2 1 24.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -79 0 3.33 1.29 .990 2.74 2.71
2010 OAK AL 27 2B 5 1 1 16.0 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 5.62 2.00 .984 4.78 4.76
2010 OAK AL 27 DH 3 0
2010 BOS AL 27 OF 35 13 10 156.0 37 33 3 1 0 .973 -0 2 -4 15 2.08 1.03 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 BOS AL 27 LF 22 5 4 77.1 22 20 2 0 0 1.000 4 3 57 47 2.56 1.00 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 BOS AL 27 CF 13 8 6 78.2 15 13 1 1 0 .933 -4 -1 -64 -15 1.60 1.08 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 BOS AL 27 2B 9 5 3 56.0 32 16 15 1 3 .969 -1 1 -30 21 4.98 3.44 .984 4.81 4.76
2011 SDP NL 28 OF 16 13 7 110.0 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -13 0 2.78 2.13 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 SDP NL 28 2B 10 8 4 73.0 41 20 19 2 8 .951 -1 -1 -16 -16 4.81 3.90 .985 4.76 4.75
2011 SDP NL 28 CF 7 6 2 47.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -1 -74 -26 2.30 1.71 .988 2.55 2.54
2011 SDP NL 28 RF 6 5 4 45.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -11 0 3.00 2.50 .983 2.04 2.03
2011 SDP NL 28 LF 4 2 1 18.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 140 67 3.50 1.75 .986 1.85 1.88
5 Seasons OF 131 91 64 842.2 203 191 6 6 0 .970 -9 1 -13 1 2.10 1.50 .986 2.28 2.26
5 Seasons LF 96 65 49 603.2 144 134 5 5 0 .965 0 5 1 9 2.07 1.45 .984 2.06 2.03
4 Seasons 2B 51 37 29 353.0 207 102 96 9 27 .957 -9 -6 -30 -20 5.05 3.88 .986 4.89 4.83
4 Seasons CF 32 20 10 182.0 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -10 -4 -65 -26 2.03 1.28 .990 2.69 2.67
2 Seasons RF 8 6 5 57.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6 0 2.68 2.13 .982 2.05 2.05
5 Seasons TOT 182 128 93 1195.2 410 293 102 15 27 .963 -18 -4 -18 -4 2.97 2.17 .986 3.05 2.98
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2007 CHC NL 24 LF -0 -69 -0 0 -0 0 1 171 1 0
2008 CHC NL 25 LF -4 -74 -3 -1 -2 -1 0 0 1 0
2008 CHC NL 25 2B -0 -60 -0 -0 -0 0 0 0 0
2008 CHC NL 25 CF 0 0
2008 OAK AL 25 2B -4 -28 -4 -4 0 0 -2 -14 -2 1
2008 OAK AL 25 LF -0 -10 -0 2 -2 0 -1 -19 -1 0
2009 OAK AL 26 LF -0 -3 -0 0 -1 0 1 7 2 -1
2009 OAK AL 26 2B -2 -78 -1 -1 -0 -1 -4 -156 -2 -1
2009 OAK AL 26 CF -1 -44 -0 0 -0 -1 -2 -80 -1 -1
2009 OAK AL 26 RF 1 70 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 OAK AL 27 LF 0 0 1 3 -2 -1 0 0 0 0
2010 OAK AL 27 CF -2 -79 -2 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
2010 OAK AL 27 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 BOS AL 27 LF 4 57 3 3 -0 1 3 47 1 1
2010 BOS AL 27 CF -4 -64 -4 -4 -1 0 -1 -15 -2 1
2010 BOS AL 27 2B -1 -30 -1 -1 0 0 1 21 1 0
2011 SDP NL 28 2B -1 -16 -1 -0 -1 0 -1 -16 0 0
2011 SDP NL 28 CF -3 -74 -4 -2 -2 1 -1 -26 -1 0
2011 SDP NL 28 RF -0 -11 -0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 SDP NL 28 LF 2 140 2 1 1 0 1 67 1 0
5 Seasons LF 0 1 1 8 -6 -1 5 9 5 0
4 Seasons 2B -9 -30 -8 -7 -1 -1 -6 -20 -3 0
4 Seasons CF -10 -65 -10 -4 -6 0 -4 -26 -4 0
2 Seasons RF 0 6 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons TOT -30 -19 -27 -5 -22 -1 -2 -4 -4 -2 0 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2007 CHC NL 24 7 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 0
2008 OAK AL 25 30 26 30 28 0 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 8 1 0 3
2008 CHC NL 25 13 9 13 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 1 0 10 0 4 0
2009 OAK AL 26 39 28 39 34 0 0 0 5 0 0 26 4 2 32 5 0 6
2010 BOS AL 27 45 18 45 43 0 0 0 9 0 0 22 13 0 35 0 4 14
2010 OAK AL 27 45 25 45 33 0 0 0 5 0 0 25 7 0 32 3 9 7
2011 SDP NL 28 47 21 47 26 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 7 6 16 0 22 2
5 Seasons 226 128 226 176 0 0 0 51 0 0 96 32 8 135 9 44 32
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
2007 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 28 93% 93% 32% 2 50%
2008 CHC NL 25 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 7 46.7% 7 1 6.7% 0 306 57% 74% 45% 40 35%
2008 OAK AL 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 271 48% 75% 42% 28 54%
2009 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 13 1 6 2 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 27 18 66.7% 8 1 3.7% 0 765 66% 79% 38% 83 41%
2010 OAK AL 27 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 10 0 10 2 0 6 4 1 3 0 0 4 3 0 34 19 55.9% 14 1 2.9% 0 807 60% 76% 41% 95 48%
2010 BOS AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 7 70.0% 2 1 10.0% 1 347 49% 76% 39% 41 54%
2011 SDP NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 71 59% 70% 30% 9 78%
5 Seasons 5 0 3 2 1 5 0 1 0 3 36 33 1 25 6 2 18 9 1 6 0 0 11 10 0 96 58 60.4% 34 4 4.2% 1 2595 59% 77% 40% 298 47%
MLB Averages 63.8% 2.2% 58% 76% 40% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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
2008 OAK AL 25 751 68% 77% 30% 68 85% 0 48 19 20 9 49 43 5 0 1 4 1 2 1 3 15 3 5 4 0 13 4 9 2 1 1
2008 CHC NL 25 33 73% 76% 21% 2 100% 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 OAK AL 26 140 66% 67% 35% 19 84% 0 9 7 2 0 9 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2010 BOS AL 27 241 56% 73% 29% 21 95% 0 16 8 6 2 15 14 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
2010 OAK AL 27 72 64% 69% 28% 9 100% 0 6 5 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 SDP NL 28 308 66% 78% 28% 20 90% 0 20 4 11 5 19 16 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 8 4 1 2 0 7 2 5 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1545 65% 75% 30% 139 88% 0 102 45 40 17 96 83 12 0 1 9 1 4 4 7 27 8 7 8 0 24 8 16 2 1 1
MLB Averages 58% 76% 31% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
2008 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 83% 67% 17% 0
2009 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 139 60% 72% 41% 19 32%
2010 BOS AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 11 4 36.4% 6 1 9.1% 0 336 60% 73% 33% 38 37%
2010 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 111 56% 81% 42% 18 50%
2011 SDP NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 209 58% 80% 38% 33 36%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14 9 1 11 3 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 36 17 47.2% 18 1 2.8% 0 801 59% 76% 37% 108 38%
MLB Averages 45.5% 1.9% 58% 76% 40% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
2009 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 42 48% 79% 29% 3 67%
2011 SDP NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 185 63% 73% 42% 25 60%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 227 60% 74% 39% 28 61%
MLB Averages 47.4% 2.4% 58% 76% 40% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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