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Freddie Patek

Royals Career team 1971 to 1979
Position SS
Born Oct 9, 1944

Key Insights

1981
One opponent brings the best out of him

Patek has hit .500/.500/.833 against Don Wilson in 12 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

6 for 12 with 1 home run and 1 strikeout, against a .614 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Patek is 14 for 26 against Mike Kekich, a .538 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

29 career plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Patek more often than Nolan Ryan Jr.: 103 plate appearances, in which Patek has hit .123/.252/.160.

10 hits, 0 home runs and 31 strikeouts across 103 plate appearances.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Ken Sanders has struck Patek out 6 times in 12 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 12 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Patek swings through more against Rich Gossage than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

35 plate appearances between them. 96th percentile of the 20 matchups on his own record.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Chris Short walks Patek in 30.8% of their meetings, 4 times in 13 plate appearances.

4 walks in 13 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 9, 1944