Mike Patterson

Michael Lee Patterson

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 26, 1958 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: Dorsey (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1981
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1981-1982

Final Game: October 3, 1982
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1975	17	OAK-min	A-	35	74	74		20	1	0	0						.270	.270	.284	.554		21						BOI · NORW
1976	18	OAK-min	A	80	236	236		62	7	3	6						.263	.263	.394	.657		93						MOD · CALL
1977	19	OAK-min	A	111	474	430	83	118	23	1	13	79	37	8	38	58	.274	.333	.423	.757		182		2	0	4		MOD · CALL
1978	20	OAK-min	A,AA	116	479	420	64	109	24	10	8	56	16	6	53	89	.260	.342	.421	.763		177		1	2	3		MOD,JER · CALL,EL
1979	21	OAK-min	AA,AAA	131	517	465	70	136	18	10	17	74	20	8	49	78	.292	.359	.484	.843		225		0	2	1		WBY,OGD · EL,PCL
1980	22	OAK-min	AA,AAA	131	505	448	57	120	16	4	16	55	15	10	53	74	.268	.346	.429	.774		192		1	2	1		WHA,OGD · EL,PCL
1981	23	NYY-min	AAA	94	353	320	53	81	18	4	15	54	10	4	29	77	.253	.315	.475	.790		152		1	1	2	2	CLB · IL
1981	23	TOT	AL	16	34	32	6	10	1	3	0	1	0	1	2	5	.313	.353	.531	.884	157	17	0	0	0	0	1	/79D
1981	23	OAK	AL	12	25	23	4	8	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	5	.348	.400	.478	.878	159	11	0	0	0	0	1	/D79
1981	23	NYY	AL	4	9	9	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.667	.889	150	6	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1982	24	NYY-min	AAA	96	391	326	61	82	14	12	13	37	19	6	58	75	.252	.364	.488	.852		159		1	4	2	6	CLB · IL
1982	24	NYY	AL	11	18	16	3	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	6	.188	.278	.438	.715	95	7	0	0	0	0	0	/879
1983	25	NYY-min	AAA	80	300	256	45	73	17	5	10	54	5	3	39	51	.285	.378	.508	.886		130		1	1	3	1	CLB · IL
1984	26	NYY-min	AAA	100	347	301	44	76	14	4	8	34	6	5	42	60	.252	.344	.405	.749		122		1	1	2	2	CLB · IL
2 Seasons				27	52	48	9	13	2	3	1	2	1	1	4	11	.271	.327	.500	.827	135	24	0	0	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	312	288	54	78	12	18	6	12	6	6	24	66	.271	.327	.500	.827	135	144	0	0	0	0	6

NYY (2 yrs)				15	27	25	5	5	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	6	.200	.259	.520	.779	114	13	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				12	25	23	4	8	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	5	.348	.400	.478	.878	159	11	0	0	0	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1981	23	OAK	AL	25	2	-1	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	/D79
1981	23	NYY	AL	9	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/79
1982	24	NYY	AL	18	0	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$	/879
2 Seasons				52	2	-1	0	0	-4	0	2	0	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$

NYY (2 yrs)				27	0	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$
OAK (1 yr)				25	2	-1	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

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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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1981	TOT	AL	23	OF	9	4	2	51.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-40	2.29	1.44	.983	2.49	2.47
1981	TOT	AL	23	LF	5	3	1	38.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-51	2.13	1.80	.980	2.39	2.38
1981	TOT	AL	23	RF	3	1	1	13.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-9	2.08	1.00	.980	2.15	2.17
1981	OAK	AL	23	OF	5	3	1	29.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-58	2.17	1.40	.983	2.48	2.46
1981	OAK	AL	23	DH	2	2
1981	OAK	AL	23	LF	2	2	0	18.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-93	2.00	2.00	.980	2.40	2.40
1981	OAK	AL	23	RF	2	1	1	11.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.45	1.50	.980	2.13	2.15
1981	NYY	AL	23	OF	4	1	1	22.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-16	2.45	1.50	.983	2.50	2.48
1981	NYY	AL	23	LF	3	1	1	20.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-12	2.25	1.67	.980	2.38	2.37
1981	NYY	AL	23	RF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
1982	NYY	AL	24	OF	9	2	2	41.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-61	1.10	0.56	.982	2.48	2.46
1982	NYY	AL	24	CF	7	2	2	35.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-55	1.29	0.71	.984	2.83	2.83
1982	NYY	AL	24	LF	2	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-96	0.00	0.00		2.34	2.30
1982	NYY	AL	24	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.30
	2 Seasons			OF	18	6	4	92.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	-4	-50	1.76	1.00	.983	2.48	2.46
	2 Seasons			LF	7	3	1	43.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-56	1.88	1.29	.980	2.39	2.36
	1 Season			CF	7	2	2	35.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-55	1.29	0.71	.984	2.83	2.83
	2 Seasons			RF	4	1	1	14.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-17	1.93	0.75	.980	2.19	2.20
	2 Seasons			TOT	18	6	4	92.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	-4	-50	1.76	1.00	.983	2.48	2.46

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 30, 1975: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent.
May 20, 1981: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Chuck Dougherty (minors) and Dave Revering to the New York Yankees for Jim Spencer and Tom Underwood.

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