Freddie Patek
1968–1981 · bats R / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates
1,650G
.242AVG
.309OBP
.324SLG
More career statistics
1,340H
41HR
490RBI
385SB
12Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · RBI | 490 | 489 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,650 | 6,247 | 5,530 | 736 | 1,340 | 216 | 55 | 41 | 490 | 523 | 787 | 385 | 131 | 31 | 43 | 1,789 | .242 | .309 | .324 | .633 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1971-04-18 to 1971-05-02
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1971-07-09 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1980-06-20 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1980-06-20 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 844 | 3171 | 720 | 15 | 263 | 257 | 376 | .257 | .308 | .337 |
| Away | 806 | 3076 | 620 | 26 | 226 | 266 | 411 | .227 | .288 | .310 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 205 | 802 | 197 | 3 | 74 | 87 | 78 | .281 | .354 | .373 |
| May | 282 | 1097 | 228 | 3 | 78 | 75 | 145 | .231 | .276 | .301 |
| June | 297 | 1123 | 235 | 10 | 106 | 97 | 153 | .240 | .296 | .318 |
| July | 284 | 1088 | 254 | 12 | 89 | 83 | 131 | .262 | .310 | .362 |
| August | 310 | 1206 | 277 | 7 | 86 | 95 | 153 | .256 | .308 | .336 |
| September | 256 | 880 | 143 | 6 | 56 | 83 | 120 | .187 | .257 | .259 |
| October | 16 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .130 | .176 | .130 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 143 | 560 | 107 | 5 | 33 | 51 | 68 | .218 | .282 | .291 |
| minnesota-twins | 137 | 543 | 110 | 5 | 52 | 37 | 67 | .223 | .271 | .312 |
| athletics | 133 | 496 | 110 | 3 | 34 | 41 | 61 | .251 | .304 | .346 |
| california-angels | 124 | 486 | 92 | 3 | 32 | 46 | 66 | .220 | .284 | .298 |
| texas-rangers | 117 | 422 | 96 | 3 | 38 | 25 | 53 | .250 | .287 | .349 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 108 | 419 | 81 | 0 | 34 | 40 | 48 | .221 | .289 | .279 |
| baltimore-orioles | 104 | 384 | 72 | 0 | 18 | 42 | 36 | .216 | .297 | .270 |
| cleveland-guardians | 103 | 400 | 82 | 2 | 35 | 25 | 49 | .229 | .268 | .307 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 61 | 208 | 53 | 2 | 18 | 18 | .255 | – | – |
| 1969 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 147 | 460 | 110 | 5 | 32 | 15 | .239 | – | – |
| 1970 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 237 | 58 | 1 | 19 | 8 | .245 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Kansas City Royals | 147 | 591 | 158 | 6 | 36 | 49 | .267 | – | – |
| 1972 | Kansas City Royals | 136 | 518 | 110 | – | 31 | 33 | .212 | – | – |
| 1973 | Kansas City Royals | 135 | 501 | 117 | 5 | 45 | 36 | .234 | – | – |
| 1974 | Kansas City Royals | 149 | 537 | 121 | 3 | 38 | 33 | .225 | – | – |
| 1975 | Kansas City Royals | 136 | 483 | 110 | 5 | 45 | 32 | .228 | – | – |
| 1976 | Kansas City Royals | 144 | 432 | 104 | 1 | 43 | 51 | .241 | – | – |
| 1977 | Kansas City Royals | 154 | 497 | 130 | 5 | 60 | 53 | .262 | – | – |
| 1978 | Kansas City Royals | 138 | 440 | 109 | 2 | 46 | 38 | .248 | – | – |
| 1979 | Kansas City Royals | 106 | 306 | 77 | 1 | 37 | 11 | .252 | – | – |
| 1980 |  California Angels | 86 | 273 | 72 | 5 | 34 | 7 | .264 | – | – |
| 1981 | California Angels | 27 | 47 | 11 | – | 5 | 1 | .234 | – | – |