Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 2007
- Draft
- 2004Rd 8, Pk 246
- College
- Georgia Tech
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 2007
- Draft
- 2004Rd 8, Pk 246
- College
- Georgia Tech
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 226
- AB
- 508
- R
- 65
- H
- 110
- HR
- 10
- RBI
- 50
- SB
- 35
- AVG
- .217
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | CHC | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 2008 |  CHC/ATH | 43 | 130 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 10 | .192 |
| 2009 | ATH | 39 | 94 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 6 | .287 |
| 2010 |  ATH/BOS | 90 | 187 | 26 | 40 | 6 | 16 | 11 | .214 |
| 2011 | SD | 47 | 89 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 8 | .180 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 575
- TB
- 174
- XBH
- 37
- HBP
- 1
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 4
- P/PA
- 4.18
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | CHC | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 |
| 2008 | CHC/ATH | 148 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.1 |
| 2009 | ATH | 110 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | ATH/BOS | 204 | 76 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | SD | 104 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.4
- RC
- 58.4
- RC/27
- 3.80
- ISOP
- .126
- SECA
- .297
- BB/K
- 0.39
- AB/HR
- 50.8
- GO/FO
- 0.60
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | CHC | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3 | .125 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | CHC/ATH | -0.7 | 11.1 | 2.8 | .054 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 130 | 0.7 |
| 2009 | ATH | 0.0 | 16.1 | 6.2 | .106 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 94 | 0.5 |
| 2010 | ATH/BOS | 0.5 | 22.3 | 4 | .193 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 31.2 | 0.6 |
| 2011 | SD | -0.3 | 8.2 | 2.8 | .112 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 44.5 | 0.6 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Eric Patterson's career stats?
Eric Patterson played 5 seasons for the Cubs, the Athletics and the Padres. He was a career .217 hitter with 110 hits, 10 home runs and 50 RBI. His best season was 2009: a .287 batting average, 1 home run and 11 RBI.
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