Freddie Patek

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-5, 148lb (165cm, 67kg)

Born: October 9, 1944 in Oklahoma City, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 22nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Seguin HS (Seguin, TX)

Debut: June 3, 1968 (Age 23-238d, 12,696th in major league history)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1981 (Age 36-359d)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Frederick Joseph Patek

Nicknames: The Flea or The Cricket

Pronunciation: \PAW-tek\

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.1

5530

1340

.242

736

RBI

490

385

OBP

.309

SLG

.324

OPS

.633

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	KCR		MIN	L,4-6	CG	49	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	KCR		MIN	W,23-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 9	KCR		OAK	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
4	4	Apr 10	KCR		OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 13	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
6	6	Apr 14	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
7	7	Apr 16	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
8	8	Apr 17	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
9	9	Apr 19	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 20	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
11	11	Apr 21	KCR	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	48	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
12	12	Apr 22	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
13	13	Apr 23	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
14	14	Apr 24	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
15	15	Apr 25	KCR	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
16	16	Apr 26	KCR		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	4	SS
17	17	Apr 27	KCR		BOS	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
18	18	Apr 28	KCR		BOS	L,4-5	CG	51	13.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
19	19	Apr 30	KCR		DET	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	3	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	KCR		DET	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
21	21	May 2	KCR		DET	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
22	22	May 3	KCR		NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
23	23	May 4	KCR		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
24	24	May 5	KCR		NYY	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 8	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
26	26	May 9	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
27	27	May 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
28	28	May 11	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
29	29	May 12 (1)	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
30	30	May 12 (2)	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
31	34 (3)	May 16	KCR		TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
32	35	May 17	KCR		TEX	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
33	36	May 18	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
34	37	May 19	KCR		TEX	L,3-8	GS	41	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
35	38	May 21	KCR		CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
36	39	May 22	KCR		CAL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
37	40	May 23	KCR		CAL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
38	41	May 24	KCR		CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
39	42	May 25	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	61	14.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
40	43	May 26	KCR		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
41	44	May 27	KCR		BAL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
42	45	May 28	KCR		BAL	W,9-5	CG	44	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
43	46	May 29	KCR		BAL	L,3-10	GS	34	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
44	47	May 31	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	48	Jun 1	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
46	49	Jun 2	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
47	50	Jun 3	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
48	51	Jun 4	KCR	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
49	52	Jun 5	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	5	2	0	7	1	SS
50	53	Jun 7	KCR		CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
51	54	Jun 9	KCR		CLE	L,6-8	GS	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
52	55	Jun 11	KCR		MIL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
53	56	Jun 12	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	GS	43	10.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
54	57	Jun 13	KCR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
55	58	Jun 14	KCR	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
56	59	Jun 15	KCR	@	DET	L,9-11	CG	44	8.2	1	4	0	5	1	SS
57	60	Jun 16	KCR	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	43	10.2	4	7	0	11	3	SS
58	61	Jun 18	KCR	@	MIL	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
59	62	Jun 19	KCR	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
60	63	Jun 20	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
61	64	Jun 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
62	65	Jun 22	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	5	1	6	2	SS
63	66	Jun 23	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
64	67	Jun 24	KCR		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
65	68	Jun 25	KCR		CHW	L,9-10	CG	56	12.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
66	69	Jun 26	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	4	9	0	13	2	SS
67	70	Jun 27	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
68	71	Jun 28	KCR		OAK	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
69	72	Jun 29	KCR		OAK	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
70	73	Jun 30	KCR		OAK	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	74	Jul 1	KCR	@	CHW	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
72	75	Jul 2	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
73	76	Jul 3	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
74	77	Jul 4	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
75	78	Jul 6	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
76	79	Jul 7 (1)	KCR	@	BOS	W,11-9	GS	34	7.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
77	80	Jul 7 (2)	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
78	81	Jul 8	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
79	82	Jul 9	KCR		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
80	83	Jul 10	KCR		NYY	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
81	84	Jul 11	KCR		NYY	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
82	85	Jul 12	KCR		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
83	86	Jul 13	KCR		DET	L,2-8	GS	34	7.0	0	1	2	3	1	SS
84	87	Jul 14	KCR		DET	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
85	89 (1)	Jul 16	KCR		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
86	90	Jul 17	KCR		BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
87	91	Jul 18	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
88	92	Jul 19	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	3	SS
89	93	Jul 20	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
90	95 (1)	Jul 25	KCR	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
91	96	Jul 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
92	97	Jul 27	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
93	98	Jul 28	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
94	99	Jul 29	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
95	100	Jul 30	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	3	6	0	SS
96	101	Jul 31	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	102	Aug 1	KCR		TEX	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
98	103	Aug 2	KCR		TEX	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	6	0	11	5	SS
99	104	Aug 3	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
100	105	Aug 4 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
101	106	Aug 4 (2)	KCR		CAL	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
102	107	Aug 6	KCR		MIN	W,17-3	GS	28	7.0	2	8	1	11	1	SS
103	108	Aug 7 (1)	KCR		MIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
104	109	Aug 7 (2)	KCR		MIN	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
105	110	Aug 8	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	CG	50	14.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
106	111	Aug 9	KCR		MIL	W,13-3	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
107	112	Aug 10	KCR		MIL	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
108	113	Aug 11	KCR		MIL	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
109	114	Aug 12	KCR	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
110	115	Aug 13	KCR	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	11	0	14	2	SS
111	116	Aug 14	KCR	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
112	117	Aug 16	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
113	118	Aug 17	KCR	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
114	119	Aug 18	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
115	120	Aug 20	KCR	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
116	121	Aug 21	KCR	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
117	122	Aug 22	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
118	123	Aug 23 (1)	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-4	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
119	124	Aug 23 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	49	12.1	2	8	0	10	0	SS
120	125	Aug 24	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
121	126	Aug 25	KCR	@	MIL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
122	127	Aug 26	KCR		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
123	128	Aug 27 (1)	KCR		CLE	L,8-12	GS	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
124	129	Aug 27 (2)	KCR		CLE	W,13-2	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
125	130	Aug 28	KCR		CLE	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
126	131	Aug 30	KCR		BAL	L,2-9	CG	50	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
127	132	Aug 31	KCR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	133	Sep 1	KCR		BAL	L,1-7	GS	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
129	136 (2)	Sep 4	KCR		CHW	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
130	137	Sep 5	KCR		MIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
131	138	Sep 7	KCR		MIN	W,1-0	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
132	139	Sep 8	KCR		MIN	L,4-8	GS	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
133	140	Sep 9 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
134	141	Sep 9 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
135	142	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
136	143	Sep 11	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	1	5	0	6	1	SS
137	148 (4)	Sep 16	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-7	GS	26	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
138	151 (2)	Sep 19	KCR		OAK	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PR SS
139	152	Sep 21 (1)	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-1	GF	27	7.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
140	153	Sep 21 (2)	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
141	154	Sep 22	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
142	155	Sep 24	KCR		CAL	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	3	4	2	9	0	SS
143	156	Sep 25	KCR		CAL	L,0-7	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
144	157	Sep 26	KCR		CAL	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
145	158	Sep 27	KCR		TEX	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR SS
146	159	Sep 28	KCR		TEX	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
147	160	Sep 29	KCR		TEX	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
148	161	Oct 1	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
149	162	Oct 2	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	55	11.2	2	4	1	7	2	SS
							149gm		1293.1	250	493	25	768	108