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Freddie Patek
Shortstop
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 runs41
Runs batted in490
Stolen bases385
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.

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1977 American League Championship Series

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never looked back. Hal McRae hit a two-run home run in the first and Freddie Patek had a two-run double in the second. John Mayberry hit a two-run home...

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Harry Chappas

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be 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), an inch or two shorter than established star Freddie Patek. He was one of the shortest players in Major League history, although...

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Jim Campanis

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Bob Johnson from the Kansas City Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Freddie Patek, Bruce Dal Canton and Jerry May at the Winter Meetings on December 2...

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John McSherry

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Illustrated that McSherry "makes your average sumo wrestler look like Freddie Patek." More than 1,000 people attended McSherry's funeral mass at St. Nicholas...

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Kansas City Royals

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Mayberry, who provided power, second baseman Cookie Rojas, shortstop Fred Patek, and designated hitter Hal McRae. The Royals also invested in a strong farm...

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Bert Campaneris

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splitting time at shortstop over the next two seasons with Jim Anderson and Freddie Patek before playing as a reserve third baseman in 1981. After spending 1982...

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Mark Belanger

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1977 Major League Baseball season

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Foster, CIN 52 RBIs Larry Hisle, MIN 119 George Foster, CIN 149 SB Freddie Patek, KC 68 Frank Taveras, PIT 70 Wins Dave Goltz, MIN Dennis Leonard, KC...

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1977 Kansas City Royals season

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League Player of the Month July 1967 Succeeded by Orlando Cepeda Preceded by Tommie Agee Hitting for the cycle July 8, 1970 Succeeded by Freddie Patek...

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1970 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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10 George Kopacz 15 José Martínez  9 Bill Mazeroski 11 José Pagán  2 Freddie Patek 6,7 Bob Robertson Outfielders 18 Matty Alou 21 Roberto Clemente 15 Gene...

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Championship Series and Game of the Week announcer from 1978-1979) Freddie Patek (1982–1983) Van Patrick (1948 World Series) Bob Prince (1960 World Series...

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1978 American League Championship Series

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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...

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1976 Kansas City Royals season

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1975 Kansas City Royals season

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Infielders  5 George Brett  3 Harmon Killebrew  7 John Mayberry  2 Freddie Patek  1 Cookie Rojas 25,44 Rodney Scott  8 Tony Solaita 20 Frank White Outfielders...

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1978 New York Yankees season

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R H E New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 12 1 Kansas City 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 X 10 16 1 W: Larry Gura (1-0)  L: Ed Figueroa (0-1) HRs: KCR – Freddie Patek (1)...

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