Ken Patterson
Kenneth Brian Patterson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 8, 1964 in Costa Mesa, CA
High School: McGregor (McGregor, TX)
School: Baylor University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1988
Final Game: April 24, 1994
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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
1988 23 CHW AL 0 2 .000 4.79 9 2 3 0 0 1 20.2 25 11 11 2 7 0 8 0 1 1 92 83 1.548 10.9 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.14
1989 24 CHW AL 6 1 .857 4.52 50 1 18 0 0 0 65.2 64 37 33 11 28 3 43 2 1 3 284 84 1.401 8.8 1.5 3.8 5.9 1.54
1990 25 CHW AL 2 1 .667 3.39 43 0 15 0 0 2 66.1 58 27 25 6 34 1 40 2 0 2 283 113 1.387 7.9 0.8 4.6 5.4 1.18
1991 26 CHW AL 3 0 1.000 2.83 43 0 13 0 0 1 63.2 48 22 20 5 35 1 32 1 0 2 265 141 1.304 6.8 0.7 4.9 4.5 0.91
1992 27 CHC NL 2 3 .400 3.89 32 1 4 0 0 0 41.2 41 25 18 7 27 6 23 1 1 3 191 93 1.632 8.9 1.5 5.8 5.0 0.85
1993 28 CAL AL 1 1 .500 4.58 46 0 9 0 0 1 59.0 54 30 30 7 35 5 36 0 0 2 255 99 1.508 8.2 1.1 5.3 5.5 1.03
1994 29 CAL AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
7 Seasons 14 8 .636 3.88 224 4 62 0 0 5 317.2 290 152 137 38 166 16 183 6 3 13 1372 102 1.435 8.2 1.1 4.7 5.2 1.10
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .636 3.88 67 1 18 0 0 1 95 86 45 41 11 50 5 55 2 1 4 409 102 1.435 8.2 1.1 4.7 5.2 1.10
CHW (4 yrs) 11 4 .733 3.70 145 3 49 0 0 4 216.1 195 97 89 24 104 5 123 5 2 8 924 105 1.382 8.1 1.0 4.3 5.1 1.18
CAL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.53 47 0 9 0 0 1 59.2 54 30 30 7 35 5 37 0 0 2 257 100 1.492 8.1 1.1 5.3 5.6 1.06
CHC (1 yr) 2 3 .400 3.89 32 1 4 0 0 0 41.2 41 25 18 7 27 6 23 1 1 3 191 93 1.632 8.9 1.5 5.8 5.0 0.85
AL (6 yrs) 12 5 .706 3.88 192 3 58 0 0 5 276.0 249 127 119 31 139 10 160 5 2 10 1181 104 1.406 8.1 1.0 4.5 5.2 1.15
NL (1 yr) 2 3 .400 3.89 32 1 4 0 0 0 41.2 41 25 18 7 27 6 23 1 1 3 191 93 1.632 8.9 1.5 5.8 5.0 0.85

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
1988 23 CHW AL 9 92 85 11 25 4 0 2 2 0 7 8 .294 .348 .412 .760 .307 35 2 0 0 0 0
1989 24 CHW AL 50 284 249 37 64 10 4 11 4 2 28 43 .257 .332 .462 .794 .266 115 6 2 1 4 3
1990 25 CHW AL 43 283 240 27 58 9 1 6 5 3 34 40 .242 .335 .363 .697 .261 87 5 2 2 5 1
1991 26 CHW AL 43 265 224 22 48 7 2 5 5 3 35 32 .214 .321 .330 .651 .228 74 6 1 3 2 1
1992 27 CHC NL 32 191 153 25 41 9 2 7 2 3 27 23 .268 .373 .490 .863 .268 75 1 1 6 4 6
1993 28 CAL AL 46 255 217 30 54 9 0 7 7 3 35 36 .249 .352 .387 .739 .269 84 8 0 2 1 5
1994 29 CAL AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 224 1372 1170 152 290 48 9 38 25 14 166 183 .248 .340 .402 .742 .261 470 28 6 14 16 16
162 Game Avg. 67 409 349 45 86 14 3 11 7 4 50 55 .248 .340 .402 .742 .261 140 8 2 4 5 5
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
1988 23 CHW AL 9 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 45 50 40 4 2 1 0 4.0 1.0 5.0 80 1 1 0 0 87
1989 24 CHW AL 50 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 27 27 27 14 6 0 0 7.0 3.0 2.3 63 1 0 0 0 63
1992 27 CHC NL 32 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31 31 31 15 2 0 1 9.0 22.5 3.0 71 1 0 0 0 71
3 Seasons 91 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 .250 0 3 0 0 1 25% 37 50 27 33 10 1 1 6.1 4.5 3.8 73 3 1 0 0 87
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
1988 23 CHW AL 9 7 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 4 50% 8 0.990 2 1 4 1 1 5 4 3 3 2 3 1 4.6 20
1989 24 CHW AL 50 49 18 6 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 41 10 24% 8 0.621 10 10 29 9 6 34 25 24 20 14 22 11 3.9 20
1990 25 CHW AL 43 43 15 2 1 2 2 0 100% 8 4 54 17 31% 8 0.707 17 6 19 12 7 24 29 14 19 12 23 8 4.6 26
1991 26 CHW AL 43 43 13 3 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 49 14 29% 7 0.520 13 8 22 9 5 29 28 15 21 15 25 6 4.4 24
1992 27 CHC NL 32 31 4 2 3 2 0 2 0% 6 2 23 7 30% 6 0.828 9 9 12 8 4 19 14 17 12 12 14 6 3.7 21
1993 28 CAL AL 46 46 9 1 1 2 1 1 50% 7 4 53 10 19% 7 0.698 11 6 28 9 4 33 29 17 22 17 29 6 3.8 21
1994 29 CAL AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.710 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0 6
7 Seasons 224 220 62 14 7 10 5 5 50% 29 14 228 62 27% 0.687 62 41 114 48 27 145 129 91 97 73 116 38 4.1 22

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%
1988 23 CHW AL 92 73% 2.2% 8.7% 7.6% 6.5% 24% 0.95 1.08 82% 22% 8.3% 38% 25 2 8%
1989 24 CHW AL 284 73% 3.9% 15.1% 9.9% 8.8% 39% 0.54 0.76 70% 20% 10.1% 19% 44 6 14%
1990 25 CHW AL 283 72% 2.1% 14.1% 12.0% 5.7% 28% 0.60 0.77 70% 20% 5.7% 15% 65 5 8%
1991 26 CHW AL 265 71% 1.9% 12.1% 13.2% 5.3% 29% 0.38 0.46 71% 17% 4.7% 25% 54 6 11%
1992 27 CHC NL 191 59% 3.7% 12.0% 14.1% 9.4% 44% 0.64 0.90 66% 20% 9.7% 11% 31 1 3%
1993 28 CAL AL 255 64% 2.8% 14.1% 13.7% 6.3% 30% 0.99 1.38 69% 17% 9.0% 12% 49 8 16%
1994 29 CAL AL 2 50% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 50% 0% 100% 0 0
7 Seasons 1372 69% 2.8% 13.3% 12.1% 6.9% 33% 0.62 0.81 70% 19% 7.7% 19% 268 28 10%
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
1988 23 CHW AL 77 278 3.61 168 61% 21% 11% 29% 39% 79% 0% 47% 86% 58% 6% 5 2 18% 14 9 3 33% 1 3 15 1 0
1989 24 CHW AL 278 1022 3.68 637 62% 21% 16% 30% 33% 79% 3% 49% 79% 61% 5% 15 8 20% 55 31 5 20% 8 4 6 2 3
1990 25 CHW AL 270 1052 3.90 627 60% 22% 13% 33% 31% 78% 0% 46% 83% 55% 7% 20 14 13% 36 16 3 26% 1 5 13 0 2
1991 26 CHW AL 265 1039 3.92 608 59% 23% 12% 32% 32% 77% 0% 45% 84% 53% 7% 18 11 14% 37 12 1 22% 5 6 0 0 0
1992 27 CHC NL 191 717 3.75 396 55% 24% 13% 28% 35% 76% 7% 42% 83% 47% 7% 13 3 10% 20 10 2 26% 2 4 0 0 0
1993 28 CAL AL 245 928 3.79 520 56% 25% 15% 26% 34% 75% 3% 42% 79% 47% 8% 19 9 12% 29 12 2 33% 3 6 10 0 0
1994 29 CAL AL 2 6 3.00 4 67% 25% 50% 0% 25% 75% 0% 50% 33% 50% 0% 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1328 5042 3.80 2960 59% 23% 14% 30% 33% 77% 2% 45% 82% 53% 7% 90 47 14% 192 91 16 25% 21 28 44 3 5
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
1988 23 CHW AL 92 25 4 1 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 9 6 0 67% 1 1 0 41 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 24 CHW AL 284 64 5 2 11 0 15 7 4 3 8 17 9 3 53% 3 3 1 102 4 2 67% 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 12 0
1990 25 CHW AL 283 58 3 1 6 0 18 6 0 6 0 33 15 6 45% 1 2 0 113 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1991 26 CHW AL 265 48 19 0 5 0 7 4 1 4 1 15 9 0 60% 3 2 1 109 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1992 27 CHC NL 191 41 17 0 7 1 7 7 0 2 5 18 11 1 61% 1 3 1 68 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 0
1993 28 CAL AL 255 54 7 3 7 1 9 4 3 3 4 18 5 5 28% 4 2 2 94 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
1994 29 CAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1372 290 55 7 38 2 60 30 8 20 18 110 55 15 50% 13 13 5 527 25 14 64% 22 10 3 4 0 0 4 1 52 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+
1988 23 0 2 .000 4.79 9 2 3 0 0 1 20.2 25 11 11 2 7 0 8 0 1 1 92 83 1.548 10.9 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.14 83
1989 24 6 3 .667 4.59 59 3 21 0 0 1 86.1 89 48 44 13 35 3 51 2 2 4 376 84 1.436 9.3 1.4 3.6 5.3 1.46 84
1990 25 8 4 .667 4.07 102 3 36 0 0 3 152.2 147 75 69 19 69 4 91 4 2 6 659 95 1.415 8.7 1.1 4.1 5.4 1.32 95
1991 26 11 4 .733 3.70 145 3 49 0 0 4 216.1 195 97 89 24 104 5 123 5 2 8 924 105 1.382 8.1 1.0 4.3 5.1 1.18 105
1992 27 13 7 .650 3.73 177 4 53 0 0 4 258.0 236 122 107 31 131 11 146 6 3 11 1115 103 1.422 8.2 1.1 4.6 5.1 1.11 103
1993 28 14 8 .636 3.89 223 4 62 0 0 5 317.0 290 152 137 38 166 16 182 6 3 13 1370 102 1.438 8.2 1.1 4.7 5.2 1.10 102
1994 29 14 8 .636 3.88 224 4 62 0 0 5 317.2 290 152 137 38 166 16 183 6 3 13 1372 102 1.435 8.2 1.1 4.7 5.2 1.10 102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1988 23 1 1 .500 5.40 20.0 26 13 12 2 7 8 0 1.650 11.7 3.2 3.6 1.14 0.9 9
1989 24 2 4 .333 5.46 61.0 68 41 37 12 30 40 2 1.607 10.0 4.4 5.9 1.33 1.8 50
1990 25 3 3 .500 4.13 61.0 61 31 28 6 36 37 2 1.590 9.0 5.3 5.5 1.03 0.9 43
1991 26 4 2 .667 3.36 59.0 50 24 22 5 36 30 1 1.458 7.6 5.5 4.6 0.83 0.8 43
1992 27 2 2 .500 4.62 39.0 44 22 20 8 29 22 1 1.872 10.2 6.7 5.1 0.76 1.8 32
1993 28 3 3 .500 4.66 56.0 53 32 29 7 34 34 0 1.554 8.5 5.5 5.5 1.00 1.1 46
1994 29 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
7 Seasons 15 15 .500 4.48 297.0 302 163 148 40 172 172 6 1.596 9.2 5.2 1.00 1.2 224

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