Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Mike
Patterson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 26, 1958 in Santa Monica, CA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1989   
All-Star Selections 1991   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 23 TEX AL 136 430 42 117 15 5 2 48 0 0 14 88 .272 .292 .344 .636 40.9 4.0
1982 24 TEX AL 89 186 17 45 4 2 1 19 1 3 11 43 .242 .284 .301 .585 13.5 0.5
1983 25 TEX AL 114 380 42 111 19 3 6 45 2 1 20 58 .292 .324 .405 .730 47.8 9.0
1984 26 TEX AL 124 451 52 132 12 7 6 59 3 0 35 54 .293 .342 .390 .732 58.9 11.6
1985 27 TEX AL 135 437 57 118 23 1 7 45 5 1 34 69 .270 .321 .375 .696 51.6 11.1
1986 28 TEX AL 157 565 75 175 28 3 14 91 1 1 43 90 .310 .353 .444 .798 85.9 20.3
1987 29 TEX AL 148 557 81 176 28 6 11 72 1 0 51 86 .316 .371 .447 .818 89.1 20.4
1988 30 TEX AL 112 423 54 121 18 7 6 71 0 1 26 98 .286 .325 .404 .729 51.5 7.8
1989 31 TEX AL 108 398 60 130 22 3 7 52 0 1 39 91 .327 .384 .450 .834 62.1 13.2
1990 32 STL NL 134 325 43 103 15 1 8 49 0 2 29 79 .317 .370 .443 .813 49.8 11.3
1991 33 DET AL 154 607 94 200 45 4 11 93 0 0 35 128 .329 .363 .471 .834 94.1 22.3
1992 34 DET AL 155 589 67 152 41 4 7 83 1 0 45 130 .258 .309 .377 .686 63.3 8.4
1993 35 DET AL 108 387 47 109 20 2 4 52 0 0 27 107 .282 .327 .375 .702 44.4 6.9
13 Years Sim 1674 5735 731 1689 290 48 90 779 14 10 409 1121 .295 .339 .409 .748 752.8 146.9
162 Game Average 555 70 163 28 4 8 75 1 0 39 108 .295 .339 .409 .748 72.9  
Career Highs 157 607 94 200 45 7 14 93 5 3 51 130 .329 .384 .471 .834 94.1  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1981 23 TEX AL RF 106 103 855.7 189 11 1 0 .995 2.10 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    CF 19 15 138.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 11 8 68.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0  
1982 24 TEX AL CF 56 44 389.3 85 2 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 13 0 26.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 5 0 9.7 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 25 TEX AL CF 85 72 643.0 159 5 0 0 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 12 10 84.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.39 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 4 1 18.0 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1984 26 TEX AL LF 103 102 865.3 199 4 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    CF 17 3 50.7 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 1 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 27 TEX AL CF 113 94 848.7 248 8 0 3 1.000 2.71 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    LF 8 0 17.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.55 0 0 .000 0  
1986 28 TEX AL CF 8 0 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
1987 29 TEX AL LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 30 TEX AL CF 5 1 17.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1989 31 TEX AL 3B 2 2 18.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 32 STL NL LF 37 27 258.3 48 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 28 28 243.7 263 22 5 23 .983 10.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 21 0 41.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 5 3 39.7 4 10 1 3 .933 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 2 20.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1991 33 DET AL LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1992 34 DET AL RF 56 53 467.7 91 2 0 1 1.000 1.79 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 2 0 8.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1993 35 DET AL RF 66 65 584.3 106 2 0 0 1.000 1.66 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    CF 5 4 35.0 12 2 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 1 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 9.0 9 0 1 0 .900 9.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
  CF 334 233 2194.3 570 18 0 4 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0 8.1
  RF 249 224 1962.7 399 15 1 1 .998 1.90 0 0 .000 0 4.8
  LF 189 148 1348.3 287 5 0 0 1.000 1.95 0 0 .000 0 2.9
  1B 28 28 243.7 263 22 5 23 .983 10.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 14 4 67.3 9 18 1 5 .964 3.61 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  3B 4 2 20.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 9.0 9 0 1 0 .900 9.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
Career Totals   820 639 5845.3 1537 80 8 33 .995 2.49 1 0 .000 2 16.3
Career Highs   136 126 1061.7 335 32 6 26 1.000 5.47 1 0 .000 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1986 28 TEX AL 11 41 5 17 2 1 1 6 0 0 1 5 .415 .409 .585 .994
1987 29 TEX AL 5 18 2 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 .389 .450 .611 1.061
1989 31 TEX AL 9 34 5 10 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .294 .314 .412 .726
1991 33 DET AL 9 38 6 9 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .237 .293 .316 .608
Career Post-Season Batting 34 131 18 43 11 2 1 13 0 0 7 28 .328 .357 .466 .823
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1986-5-.310
1987-5-.316
1991-4-.329
 On-Base Pct
1987-8-.371
 OPS
1986-10-.798
1991-10-.834
 Hits
1986-8-175
1987-9-176
1991-3-200
 Total Bases
1991-9-286
 Singles
1986-6-130
1987-4-131
Doubles
1991-3-45
 RBIs
1986-10-91
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Glenn Wilson (924)
  2. Tom O'Malley (919)
  3. Jerome Walton (916)
  4. Terry Pendleton (916)
  5. Scott Bullett (916)
  6. Hal Morris (911)
  7. Jim Eisenreich (911)
  8. Kirby Puckett (910)
  9. Gary Matthews (908)
  10. Dave Engle (907)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 127th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1981
Drafted in 2nd round, 48th overall pick, by Texas in 1981
Had first career hit on 4/11/1981, off Fernando Arroyo (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1981, off Reggie Cleveland (MIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1986, hitting .625 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1986, hitting .591 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1988, hitting .538 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Championship with Texas in 1989
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/1/1990 to a 4-year deal worth $7,900,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1990, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from St. Louis to Detroit on 1/31/1991 (Going to STL: 2B Alvaro Espinoza. Going to DET: DH Mike Patterson)
Had 6 hits with 5 RBI against California on 5/1/1991
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1991, hitting .418 with 3 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.