Patrik Kolkus

• Bats Left, Throws Left

• Born April 12, 1977

Biographical Information

Patrik Kolkus was 7-2 with two saves and a 5.12 ERA for Krč Altron in the 2001 Extraliga, hitting .387/.438/.783 with 33 RBI in 28 games. He tied for 8th with 41 hits, was 8th with 9 homers, ranked 6th with 83 total bases (between Tomáš Přibyl and David Winkler), was 9th in slugging (between Petr Pacas and Lubomír Janda), tied for 9th in RBI, was 6th in complete games (3), tied Aleš Keprta and Radek Procházka for the win lead, tied for the save lead and was second with 60 K (13 behind Jakub Vančura). While it was an excellent campaign, it was his only season playing regularly in the Czech Extraliga, seeing limited action two other campaigns. In the 2001 European Championship, he played well for the Czech national team. In his debut, he relieved Pavel Budský in the 6th against Ukraine and struck out two in a scoreless inning, yielding a hit. Jan Homolka succeeded him. He started the 5th/6th place game against Spain and gave up only one hit in 5 2/3 innings, walking five and striking out nine, before Richard Prokop closed it out; he got the win over Juan Tellechea. Only Budský had more strikeouts for the Czechs and only Pacas pitched more innings without giving up an earned run.