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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	KCR	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
2	2	Apr 9	KCR	@	DET	W,16-2	GS	25	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 10	KCR	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 11	KCR		NYY	W,5-4	CG	47	13.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
5	5	Apr 13	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 15	KCR		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 16	KCR		DET	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	2	SS
8	8	Apr 17	KCR		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
9	9	Apr 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
10	10	Apr 19	KCR		MIN	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 20	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
12	12	Apr 22	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
13	13	Apr 23	KCR	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
14	14	Apr 24 (1)	KCR	@	SEA	W,16-1	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
15	15	Apr 24 (2)	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
16	16	Apr 26	KCR		TEX	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
17	17	Apr 27	KCR		TEX	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
18	18	Apr 29	KCR		TOR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
19	19	Apr 30	KCR		TOR	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	KCR		TOR	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
21	21	May 2	KCR		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
22	22	May 3	KCR		CHW	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
23	23	May 4	KCR		CHW	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
24	24	May 5	KCR		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
25	25	May 6	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
26	26	May 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
27	27	May 8	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
28	28	May 9	KCR		CAL	L,3-5	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
29	29	May 10	KCR		CAL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
30	30	May 12	KCR		TEX	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
31	31	May 13	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
32	32	May 14	KCR		TEX	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
33	33	May 15	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
34	34	May 18	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
35	35	May 19	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-8	GS	30	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
36	36	May 20	KCR		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
37	37	May 21	KCR		CLE	L,7-12	CG	55	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
38	38	May 22	KCR		CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
39	39	May 25 (1)	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
40	40	May 25 (2)	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
41	41	May 27	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
42	42	May 28	KCR	@	BOS	L,12-17	GS	42	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
43	43	May 29	KCR	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
44	44	May 30	KCR	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1	KCR	@	TOR	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
46	46	Jun 3	KCR		BAL	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
47	47	Jun 4 (1)	KCR		BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
48	50 (2)	Jun 6	KCR		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
49	51	Jun 7	KCR		BOS	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
50	52	Jun 8	KCR	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
51	53	Jun 9	KCR	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
52	54	Jun 10	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
53	55	Jun 11	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	56	Jun 12	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
55	57	Jun 13	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
56	58	Jun 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
57	59	Jun 16	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
58	60	Jun 17	KCR		MIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
59	61	Jun 18	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
60	62	Jun 19	KCR		MIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
61	63	Jun 20	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
62	64	Jun 21	KCR		SEA	W,13-3	GS	22	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
63	65	Jun 22	KCR		SEA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	66	Jun 23	KCR		SEA	L,6-8	CG	48	10.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
65	67	Jun 24	KCR	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
66	68	Jun 25	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
67	69	Jun 26 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
68	70	Jun 26 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
69	71	Jun 27	KCR	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
70	72	Jun 28	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	28	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
71	73	Jun 29	KCR	@	CAL	L,0-7	GS	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	74	Jul 1	KCR	@	CLE	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
73	75	Jul 2	KCR	@	CLE	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
74	76	Jul 3	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-6	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
75	77	Jul 4	KCR	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
76	78	Jul 5	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
77	79	Jul 6	KCR		MIL	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
78	80	Jul 8	KCR		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
79	81	Jul 9	KCR		OAK	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
80	82	Jul 10	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
81	83	Jul 11	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	2	6	1	SS
82	84	Jul 12	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
83	85	Jul 13	KCR		DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	2	5	0	SS
84	86	Jul 14	KCR		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
85	87	Jul 15	KCR		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
86	88	Jul 16	KCR		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
87	89	Jul 17	KCR		NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
88	90	Jul 21	KCR	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
89	91	Jul 22	KCR	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
90	92	Jul 23	KCR	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
91	93	Jul 24	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
92	94	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
93	95	Jul 28	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
94	96	Jul 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,8-11	CG	47	8.0	5	2	1	8	2	SS
95	97	Jul 30	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
96	98	Jul 31 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
97	99	Jul 31 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	100	Aug 1	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-9	GS	27	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
99	101	Aug 2	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
100	102	Aug 3	KCR		TOR	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
101	103	Aug 4	KCR		TOR	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
102	104	Aug 5	KCR		CHW	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
103	105	Aug 6	KCR		CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
104	106	Aug 7	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
105	107	Aug 8 (1)	KCR		CAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
106	108	Aug 8 (2)	KCR		CAL	L,2-7	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
107	109	Aug 10	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
108	110	Aug 11	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
109	111	Aug 12	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
110	112	Aug 13	KCR	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
111	113	Aug 14	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
112	114	Aug 15	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
113	115	Aug 16	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
114	116	Aug 17	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
115	118 (1)	Aug 19	KCR		BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
116	119	Aug 20	KCR		BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
117	120	Aug 21	KCR		BOS	W,6-4	GS	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
118	121	Aug 22	KCR		BAL	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
119	122	Aug 23	KCR		BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
120	123	Aug 24	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-3	GF	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR SS
121	124	Aug 25	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
122	125	Aug 26	KCR	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
123	126	Aug 27	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
124	127	Aug 28	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
125	128	Aug 29	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
126	129	Aug 30	KCR		TEX	L,2-8	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
127	130	Aug 31	KCR		TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	131	Sep 2 (1)	KCR		MIL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	2	SS
129	132	Sep 2 (2)	KCR		MIL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
130	133	Sep 3	KCR		MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
131	134	Sep 4	KCR		MIL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
132	135	Sep 5	KCR	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
133	136	Sep 6	KCR	@	SEA	W,10-0	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
134	137	Sep 7	KCR	@	SEA	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
135	138	Sep 8	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
136	139	Sep 9	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS	24	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
137	140	Sep 10	KCR	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
138	141	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
139	142	Sep 14 (1)	KCR		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
140	143	Sep 14 (2)	KCR		OAK	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
141	144	Sep 15 (1)	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
142	145	Sep 15 (2)	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
143	147 (1)	Sep 17	KCR		SEA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
144	148	Sep 18	KCR		SEA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
145	149	Sep 20	KCR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
146	150	Sep 21	KCR		MIN	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
147	153 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
148	155 (1)	Sep 26	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
149	156	Sep 27 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	GF	30	7.2	1	2	0	3	0	PR SS
150	157	Sep 27 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
151	158	Sep 28	KCR	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	3	5	0	8	0	SS
152	160 (1)	Sep 30	KCR		CAL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
153	161	Oct 1	KCR		CAL	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
154	162	Oct 2	KCR		CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
							154gm		1304.2	252	413	29	694	70