John Patterson
John Hollis Patterson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: January 30, 1978 in Orange, TX
High School: Stark (West Orange, TX)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed November 7, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 2002
Final Game: May 5, 2007
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 24 ARI NL 2 0 1.000 3.23 7 5 1 0 0 0 30.2 27 11 11 7 7 0 31 1 0 2 123 141 1.109 7.9 2.1 2.1 9.1 4.43
2003 25 ARI NL 1 4 .200 6.05 16 8 3 0 0 1 55.0 61 39 37 7 30 5 43 2 0 4 252 77 1.655 10.0 1.1 4.9 7.0 1.43
2004 26 MON NL 4 7 .364 5.03 19 19 0 0 0 0 98.1 100 58 55 18 46 4 99 8 0 0 445 90 1.485 9.2 1.6 4.2 9.1 2.15
2005 27 WSN NL 9 7 .563 3.13 31 31 0 2 1 0 198.1 172 71 69 19 65 11 185 5 1 9 817 130 1.195 7.8 0.9 2.9 8.4 2.85
2006 28 WSN NL 1 2 .333 4.43 8 8 0 0 0 0 40.2 36 21 20 4 9 1 42 3 0 0 170 96 1.107 8.0 0.9 2.0 9.3 4.67
2007 29 WSN NL 1 5 .167 7.47 7 7 0 0 0 0 31.1 39 26 26 5 22 1 15 0 0 4 152 56 1.947 11.2 1.4 6.3 4.3 0.68
6 Seasons 18 25 .419 4.32 88 78 4 2 1 1 454.1 435 226 218 60 179 22 415 19 1 19 1959 100 1.351 8.6 1.2 3.5 8.2 2.32
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .419 4.32 36 32 2 1 0 0 186 178 93 89 25 73 9 170 8 0 8 802 100 1.351 8.6 1.2 3.5 8.2 2.32
WSN (4 yrs) 15 21 .417 4.15 65 65 0 2 1 0 368.2 347 176 170 46 142 17 341 16 1 13 1584 102 1.326 8.5 1.1 3.5 8.3 2.40
ARI (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 5.04 23 13 4 0 0 1 85.2 88 50 48 14 37 5 74 3 0 6 375 92 1.459 9.2 1.5 3.9 7.8 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 24 ARI NL 7 123 115 11 27 4 0 7 2 0 7 31 .235 .285 .452 .737 .260 52 1 1 0 0 0
2003 25 ARI NL 16 252 217 39 61 18 3 7 7 1 30 43 .281 .371 .488 .859 .320 106 2 2 1 2 5
2004 26 MON NL 19 445 385 58 100 20 2 18 9 3 46 99 .260 .349 .462 .812 .304 178 2 8 4 2 4
2005 27 WSN NL 31 817 738 71 172 33 1 19 26 11 65 185 .233 .298 .358 .656 .284 264 8 5 5 4 11
2006 28 WSN NL 8 170 152 21 36 9 2 4 8 0 9 42 .237 .286 .401 .687 .291 61 1 3 2 4 1
2007 29 WSN NL 7 152 126 26 39 10 1 5 7 1 22 15 .310 .409 .524 .933 .318 66 2 0 3 1 1
6 Seasons 88 1959 1733 226 435 94 9 60 59 16 179 415 .251 .326 .420 .745 .295 727 16 19 15 13 22
162 Game Avg. 36 802 710 93 178 39 4 25 24 7 73 170 .251 .326 .420 .745 .295 298 7 8 6 5 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2002 24 ARI NL 7 5 2 0 3 1 0 4 1 .800 0 1 0 0 3 60% 56 76 14 2 0 0 3 8.8 7.7 5.5 93 0 4 1 0 113
2003 25 ARI NL 16 8 1 4 3 0 1 4 4 .500 0 2 0 0 2 25% 41 59 30 6 2 0 4 5.0 3.0 5.2 93 2 3 3 0 110
2004 26 MON NL 19 19 4 7 8 0 0 7 12 .368 1 4 0 0 6 32% 48 78 26 20 6 0 10 4.2 4.5 5.2 95 1 10 8 0 119
2005 27 WSN NL 31 31 9 7 15 1 3 17 14 .548 3 5 2 1 19 61% 58 92 19 23 4 2 12 3.8 3.4 6.4 102 3 5 23 0 119
2006 28 WSN NL 8 8 1 2 5 0 1 4 4 .500 1 3 0 0 4 50% 53 84 27 1 1 0 4 5.1 2.4 5.1 81 3 3 2 0 108
2007 29 WSN NL 7 7 1 5 1 0 0 1 6 .143 1 0 0 0 1 14% 38 61 20 9 7 0 4 2.3 1.7 4.5 82 3 3 1 0 101
6 Seasons 88 78 18 25 35 2 5 37 41 .474 6 15 2 1 35 45% 51 92 14 61 20 2 37 4.3 3.7 5.6 95 12 28 38 0 119
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2002 24 ARI NL 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.893 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 26
2003 25 ARI NL 16 8 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 6 0.839 1 2 4 3 1 4 0 8 6 0 6 0 5.0 32
2 Seasons 23 10 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0.857 1 2 6 3 1 6 0 10 7 0 7 0 4.9 30

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2002 24 ARI NL 123 48% 5.7% 25.2% 5.7% 8.9% 41% 0.36 0.39 63% 29% 13.7% 9% 18 1 6%
2003 25 ARI NL 252 44% 2.8% 17.1% 11.9% 11.1% 46% 0.53 0.68 67% 24% 6.9% 11% 35 2 6%
2004 26 MON NL 445 44% 4.0% 22.3% 10.3% 9.0% 40% 0.49 0.62 61% 19% 10.7% 10% 68 2 3%
2005 27 WSN NL 817 51% 2.3% 22.6% 8.0% 6.5% 31% 0.43 0.52 66% 18% 5.9% 17% 131 8 6%
2006 28 WSN NL 170 45% 2.4% 24.7% 5.3% 8.8% 42% 0.43 0.43 65% 16% 5.6% 9% 26 1 4%
2007 29 WSN NL 152 49% 3.3% 9.9% 14.5% 10.5% 41% 0.56 0.81 70% 20% 7.9% 13% 27 2 7%
6 Seasons 1959 48% 3.1% 21.2% 9.1% 8.3% 38% 0.46 0.56 65% 20% 7.7% 13% 305 16 5%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2002 24 ARI NL 123 516 4.20 326 63% 28% 17% 29% 26% 72% 0% 45% 76% 59% 2% 2 1 19% 23 10 1 35% 5 1 0 0 0
2003 25 ARI NL 252 1000 3.97 596 60% 32% 13% 26% 30% 68% 5% 40% 81% 55% 8% 19 9 22% 56 27 1 33% 8 5 0 0 0
2004 26 MON NL 445 1811 4.07 1147 63% 27% 14% 33% 25% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 6% 26 18 26% 117 72 9 34% 20 4 0 0 0
2005 27 WSN NL 817 3174 3.88 2047 64% 26% 16% 30% 27% 74% 4% 47% 78% 59% 5% 39 22 24% 200 117 8 38% 37 7 0 0 0
2006 28 WSN NL 170 650 3.82 421 65% 30% 15% 27% 28% 70% 2% 45% 78% 60% 6% 10 7 28% 48 27 4 40% 11 2 0 0 0
2007 29 WSN NL 152 571 3.76 324 57% 31% 10% 23% 35% 69% 2% 39% 86% 49% 9% 13 9 16% 25 12 2 27% 2 3 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1959 7722 3.94 4861 63% 28% 15% 29% 28% 72% 3% 45% 79% 58% 6% 109 66 24% 469 265 25 36% 83 22 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2002 24 ARI NL 123 27 4 0 7 0 0 2 5 2 5 1 0 1 0% 0 2 0 40 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2003 25 ARI NL 252 61 2 0 7 0 6 5 2 4 3 7 6 0 86% 1 4 0 96 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2004 26 MON NL 445 100 8 5 18 0 7 16 2 7 11 11 5 4 45% 3 0 0 168 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0
2005 27 WSN NL 817 172 7 1 19 1 15 10 9 10 9 19 10 6 53% 2 9 0 289 26 11 70% 24 10 2 1 0 0 2 2 19 0
2006 28 WSN NL 170 36 2 0 4 0 4 2 2 0 4 10 5 0 50% 2 0 1 56 8 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2007 29 WSN NL 152 39 2 0 5 0 5 3 2 2 3 17 5 2 29% 1 4 0 57 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
6 Seasons 1959 435 25 6 60 1 37 38 22 25 35 65 31 13 48% 9 19 1 706 59 16 79% 55 15 4 1 0 0 5 3 42 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2002 24 2 0 1.000 3.23 7 5 1 0 0 0 30.2 27 11 11 7 7 0 31 1 0 2 123 141 1.109 7.9 2.1 2.1 9.1 4.43 141
2003 25 3 4 .429 5.04 23 13 4 0 0 1 85.2 88 50 48 14 37 5 74 3 0 6 375 92 1.459 9.2 1.5 3.9 7.8 2.00 92
2004 26 7 11 .389 5.04 42 32 4 0 0 1 184.0 188 108 103 32 83 9 173 11 0 6 820 91 1.473 9.2 1.6 4.1 8.5 2.08 91
2005 27 16 18 .471 4.05 73 63 4 2 1 1 382.1 360 179 172 51 148 20 358 16 1 15 1637 106 1.329 8.5 1.2 3.5 8.4 2.42 106
2006 28 17 20 .459 4.09 81 71 4 2 1 1 423.0 396 200 192 55 157 21 400 19 1 15 1807 105 1.307 8.4 1.2 3.3 8.5 2.55 105
2007 29 18 25 .419 4.32 88 78 4 2 1 1 454.1 435 226 218 60 179 22 415 19 1 19 1959 100 1.351 8.6 1.2 3.5 8.2 2.32 100

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2002 24 2 1 .667 3.00 30.0 26 11 10 7 7 30 1 1.100 7.8 2.1 9.0 4.29 2.1 7
2003 25 2 4 .333 5.50 54.0 58 37 33 7 29 42 2 1.611 9.7 4.8 7.0 1.45 1.2 16
2004 26 4 6 .400 4.59 98.0 97 56 50 17 45 99 8 1.449 8.9 4.1 9.1 2.20 1.6 19
2005 27 12 9 .571 3.41 190.0 176 80 72 19 67 177 5 1.279 8.3 3.2 8.4 2.64 0.9 31
2006 28 2 2 .500 4.17 41.0 36 21 19 4 9 42 3 1.098 7.9 2.0 9.2 4.67 0.9 8
2007 29 1 2 .333 7.80 30.0 40 29 26 5 23 14 0 2.100 12.0 6.9 4.2 0.61 1.5 7
6 Seasons 23 24 .489 4.27 443.0 433 234 210 59 180 404 19 1.384 8.8 8.2 2.24 1.2 88

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2005 NL  3.131 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 NL  7.805 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 NL  8.395 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 NL  185 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2005 NL  1 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2005 NL  9 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2005 NL  130 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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