Born: (1944-10-09) October 9, 1944 (age 79) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 3, 1968, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1981, for the California Angels
MLB statistics
Batting average
.242
Home runs
41
Runs batted in
490
Stolen bases
385
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1968–1970)
Kansas City Royals (1971–1979)
California Angels (1980–1981)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star (1972, 1976, 1978)
AL stolen base leader (1977)
Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame
Freddie Joseph Patek (/ˈpɑːtɛk/; born October 9, 1944), nicknamed "the Flea" or "the Cricket", is an American former professional baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals and California Angels. At 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm) tall, he was the shortest MLB player of his time.
Freddie Joseph Patek (/ˈpɑːtɛk/; born October 9, 1944), nicknamed "the Flea" or "the Cricket", is an American former professional baseball shortstop who...
never looked back. Hal McRae hit a two-run home run in the first and FreddiePatek had a two-run double in the second. John Mayberry hit a two-run home...
North 395 81 Jesse Burkett * 389 82 Tommy Corcoran 387 83 Tom Daly 385 FreddiePatek 385 85 George Burns 383 Hugh Nicol 383 Fred Pfeffer 383 Walt Wilmot...
be 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), an inch or two shorter than established star FreddiePatek. He was one of the shortest players in Major League history, although...
Bob Johnson from the Kansas City Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for FreddiePatek, Bruce Dal Canton and Jerry May at the Winter Meetings on December 2...
Illustrated that McSherry "makes your average sumo wrestler look like FreddiePatek." More than 1,000 people attended McSherry's funeral mass at St. Nicholas...
Mayberry, who provided power, second baseman Cookie Rojas, shortstop Fred Patek, and designated hitter Hal McRae. The Royals also invested in a strong farm...
Rivers California Angels 70 1976 Billy North Oakland Athletics 75 1977 FreddiePatek Kansas City Royals 53 1978 Ron LeFlore Detroit Tigers 68 1979 Willie...
splitting time at shortstop over the next two seasons with Jim Anderson and FreddiePatek before playing as a reserve third baseman in 1981. After spending 1982...
runners tagged to advance a base, but Kelly threw to Belanger, who caught FreddiePatek in a rundown between first and second base and tagged him out. While...
Pat Gillick Manny Mota Gene Michael Richie Hebner Milt May Al Oliver FreddiePatek Dave Roberts Manny Sanguillén Billy Shantz Willie Stargell Bob Veale...
League outfielder and first baseman for 18 seasons between 1970 and 1987 FreddiePatek (born 1944), Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates...
Foster, CIN 52 RBIs Larry Hisle, MIN 119 George Foster, CIN 149 SB FreddiePatek, KC 68 Frank Taveras, PIT 70 Wins Dave Goltz, MIN Dennis Leonard, KC...
George Brett Al Cowens Pete LaCock John Mayberry Hal McRae Amos Otis FreddiePatek Darrell Porter Paul Splittorff Frank White May 27, 1977: Tim Ireland...
League Player of the Month July 1967 Succeeded by Orlando Cepeda Preceded by Tommie Agee Hitting for the cycle July 8, 1970 Succeeded by FreddiePatek...
Unser Washington Senators 8 1970 César Tovar Minnesota Twins 13 1971 FreddiePatek Kansas City Royals 11 1972 Carlton Fisk Joe Rudi Boston Red Sox Oakland...
Rockies Box Score". MLB. August 14, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015. "Freddie takes a ride on the Free-cycle". "Davis secures 8th cycle in Indians history"...
Championship Series and Game of the Week announcer from 1978-1979) FreddiePatek (1982–1983) Van Patrick (1948 World Series) Bob Prince (1960 World Series...
hitting stars were Darrell Porter, Frank White, and Fred Patek with two RBIs each, Patek's on a home run. Yankee starter Catfish Hunter pitched a fine...
Brett, 3B John Mayberry, 1B Hal McRae, LF Al Cowens, RF Fran Healy, C FreddiePatek, SS Frank White, 2B May 16, 1976: Fran Healy is traded by the Royals...
Infielders 5 George Brett 3 Harmon Killebrew 7 John Mayberry 2 FreddiePatek 1 Cookie Rojas 25,44 Rodney Scott 8 Tony Solaita 20 Frank White Outfielders...