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 Freddie Patek had a two-run double in the second. John Mayberry hit a two-run home...

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...

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

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...

patek, Patek, or pátek in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Patek is a surname with multiple etymologies. In the Czech Republic, it is spelled Pátek (feminine:...

North 395 81 Jesse Burkett* 389 82 Tommy Corcoran 387 83 Tom Daly 385 Freddie Patek 385 85 George Burns 383 Hugh Nicol 383 Fred Pfeffer 383 Walt Wilmot...

Retrieved 2011-07-25. "Freddie Patek Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-25. "Freddie Patek". baseballbiography.com....

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...

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...

Rivers California Angels 70 1976 Billy North Oakland Athletics 75 1977 Freddie Patek Kansas City Royals 53 1978 Ron LeFlore Detroit Tigers 68 1979 Willie...

shortest active player in Major League Baseball, and the shortest since Freddie Patek retired following the 1981 season. Inspired by broadcasters debating...

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...

George Brett Al Cowens Pete LaCock John Mayberry Hal McRae Amos Otis Freddie Patek Darrell Porter Paul Splittorff Frank White May 27, 1977: Tim Ireland...

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...

runners tagged to advance a base, but Kelly threw to Belanger, who caught Freddie Patek in a rundown between first and second base and tagged him out. While...

League outfielder and first baseman for 18 seasons between 1970 and 1987 Freddie Patek (born 1944), Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates...

Jackie Hernández and Jim Campanis from the Royals to the Pirates for Freddie Patek, Bruce Dal Canton and Jerry May at the Winter Meetings on December 2...

85–76 record in 1971. CF Amos Otis (1970), P Paul Splittorff (1970), SS Freddie Patek (1971), 1B John Mayberry (1972) and P Steve Busby (1972) were a core...

White 143 461 127 .275 7 50 3B George Brett 128 510 150 .294 9 62 SS Freddie Patek 138 440 109 .248 2 46 LF Willie Wilson 127 198 43 .217 0 16 CF Amos...

Brett, 3B John Mayberry, 1B Hal McRae, LF Al Cowens, RF Fran Healy, C Freddie Patek, SS Frank White, 2B May 16, 1976: Fran Healy is traded by the Royals...

Independence, 1795–1871 John Park, inventor, builder using concrete, 1814–1872 Freddie Patek, MLB shortstop for the Kansas City Royals, three times American League...

Orioles started for Aparicio SS Toby Harrah Texas Rangers injured SS Freddie Patek Kansas City Royals injured OF Carlos May Chicago White Sox OF Amos Otis...

summary @baseball almanac.com; accessed 11 November 2008 "Fans choose Brett, Patek". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. July 5, 1978. p. 14...

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...

Unser Washington Senators 8 1970 César Tovar Minnesota Twins 13 1971 Freddie Patek Kansas City Royals 11 1972 Carlton Fisk Joe Rudi Boston Red Sox Oakland...

is the first out, but it scores Al Cowens from third base; however, Freddie Patek, the runner on first, is caught in a run-down on the throw (out #2)...

Archived from the original on August 17, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015. "Freddie takes a ride on the Free-cycle".[dead link] "Davis secures 8th cycle in...

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...

Lucas (1989–1994) (play-by-play) Bob Carpenter (1986–89) (play-by-play) Freddie Patek (1985) (color analyst) Phil Stone (1985) (play-by-play) Merle Harmon...