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Danny Patterson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: February 17, 1971 in San Gabriel, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 47th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Gabriel HS (San Gabriel, CA).

High School: San Gabriel HS (San Gabriel, CA)

School: Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA)

Debut: July 26, 1996 (Age 25-160d, 16,939th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 1, 2004 (Age 33-166d)
vs. CHW 2.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Full Name: Danny Shane Patterson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

W

L

ERA

4.14

G

350

GS

SV

IP

384.1

SO

250

WHIP

1.379

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1990	19	TEX-min	Rk	0	3	.000	6.35	13	3	2	0	0	1	28.1	36	23	20	3	14	1	18	1	1	3				1.765	11.4	1.0	4.4	5.7	1.29	BTE PION
1991	20	TEX-min	Rk	5	3	.625	3.24	11	9	0	0	0	0	50.0	43	21	18	0	12	0	46	3	3	4	199			1.100	7.7	0.0	2.2	8.3	3.83	RGS GULF
1992	21	TEX-min	A	4	6	.400	3.59	23	21	0	3	1	0	105.1	106	47	42	9	33	3	84	4	13	5	447			1.320	9.1	0.8	2.8	7.2	2.55	GST SALL
1993	22	TEX-min	A+	5	6	.455	2.51	47	0	24	0	0	7	68.0	55	22	19	2	28	4	41	1	0	5	286			1.221	7.3	0.3	3.7	5.4	1.46	CHT FLOR
1994	23	TEX-min	AA,A+	2	4	.333	2.34	37	1	23	0	0	6	57.2	48	20	15	3	22	1	42	1	2	6	238			1.214	7.5	0.5	3.4	6.6	1.91	TUL,CHT TL,FLOR
1995	24	TEX-min	AA,AAA	3	2	.600	4.24	40	0	25	0	0	7	63.2	68	35	30	2	22	4	33	3	0	9	274			1.414	9.6	0.3	3.1	4.7	1.50	TUL,OKC TL,AA
1996	25	TEX-min	AAA	6	2	.750	1.68	44	0	34	0	0	10	80.1	79	22	15	5	15	3	53	7	0	5	334			1.170	8.9	0.6	1.7	5.9	3.53	OKC AA
1996	25	TEX	AL	0	0		0.00	7	0	5	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	38		3.06	1.500	10.4	0.0	3.1	5.2	1.67
1997	26	TEX-min	AA	0	0		4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13			2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		TUL TL
1997	26	TEX	AL	10	6	.625	3.42	54	0	17	0	0	1	71.0	70	29	27	3	23	4	69	0	1	7	296	141	2.69	1.310	8.9	0.4	2.9	8.7	3.00
1998	27	TEX-min	AA,AAA	0	0		4.50	3	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	25			1.333	10.5	1.5	1.5	9.0	6.00	TUL,OKC TL,PCL
1998	27	TEX	AL	2	5	.286	4.45	56	0	21	0	0	2	60.2	64	31	30	11	19	2	33	2	0	3	257	108	5.45	1.368	9.5	1.6	2.8	4.9	1.74
1999	28	TEX-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	11			0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00	OKC PCL
1999	28	TEX	AL	2	0	1.000	5.67	53	0	18	0	0	0	60.1	77	38	38	5	19	3	43	1	0	2	275	90	3.78	1.591	11.5	0.7	2.8	6.4	2.26
2000	29	DET	AL	5	1	.833	3.97	58	0	12	0	0	0	56.2	69	26	25	4	14	2	29	2	0	1	244	118	3.88	1.465	11.0	0.6	2.2	4.6	2.07
2001	30	DET	AL	5	4	.556	3.06	60	0	16	0	0	1	64.2	64	24	22	4	12	5	27	4	0	2	258	140	3.76	1.175	8.9	0.6	1.7	3.8	2.25
2002	31	DET-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	5	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15			0.200	1.8	0.0	0.0	5.4		TOL IL
2002	31	DET	AL	0	2	.000	15.00	6	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	17	32	5.30	2.333	15.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
2003	32	DET-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.45	10	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	8	3	3	0	5	1	6	1	0	2	45			1.182	6.5	0.0	4.1	4.9	1.20	TOL IL
2003	32	DET	AL	0	0		4.08	19	0	9	0	0	3	17.2	15	8	8	1	4	0	19	1	0	0	73	108	2.46	1.075	7.6	0.5	2.0	9.7	4.75
2004	33	STL-DET-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.73	12	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	11	7	7	0	9	1	10	3	1	1	56			1.818	9.0	0.0	7.4	8.2	1.11	MEM,TOL PCL,IL
2004	33	DET	AL	0	4	.000	4.75	37	0	16	0	0	2	41.2	44	24	22	7	16	2	24	5	0	3	179	94	5.59	1.440	9.5	1.5	3.5	5.2	1.50
2005	34	SDP-min	AAA	1	1	.500	9.82	9	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	17	13	12	1	5	0	4	0	1	0	55			2.000	13.9	0.8	4.1	3.3	0.80	POR PCL
9 Yrs				24	22	.522	4.14	350	0	115	0	0	9	384.1	418	189	177	35	112	19	250	16	1	18	1637	114	3.98	1.379	9.8	0.8	2.6	5.9	2.23
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.522	4.14	68	0	22	0	0	2	75	81	37	34	7	22	4	49	3	0	3	318	114	3.98	1.379	9.8	0.8	2.6	5.9	2.23

DET (5 yrs)				10	11	.476	4.02	180	0	54	0	0	6	183.2	197	87	82	16	48	9	100	13	0	6	771	111	4.11	1.334	9.7	0.8	2.4	4.9	2.08
TEX (4 yrs)				14	11	.560	4.26	170	0	61	0	0	3	200.2	221	102	95	19	64	10	150	3	1	12	866	116	3.87	1.420	9.9	0.9	2.9	6.7	2.34

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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