Freddie Patek

Shortstop

1968—1981

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
NR

Player Detail

Frederick Joseph
GIVEN NAME
Patek
SURNAME
October 9, 1944, in Oklahoma City, OK
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1968—1981
Playing Career
Played from 23-36
PLAYING AGE
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kansas City Royals
California Angels
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
Kansas City Royals
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
The Flea, The Cricket
NICKNAME
2
UNIFORM NUMBER
#8 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-5 / 148
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
June 3, 1968
Major League Debut
October 3, 1981
FINAL GAME

Related Content

30

HITTING

20

POWER

70

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1650
1340
41
490
.242
3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
22.1
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.633
.622
102.1

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.242
.309
.324

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Freddie Patek Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Patek
531
129
71
21
5
4
47
50
76
37
172
182
.242
.309
.324
633
AVG SS
540
132
61
19
4
5
43
68
11
173
178
.245
.302
.321
.622

Freddie Patek Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
109
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
96
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Freddie Patek PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
24.1
20.2
14.3
10.8
2.36
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Freddie Patek
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
145.9
105.7
UNK
54.1
14.3
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Freddie Patek
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS