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Corey Patterson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 18, 2000

Born August 13, 1979 in Atlanta, GA

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed September 18, 1998. (All Transactions)

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        Corey oozes with so much talent that he makes the game look easy. He doesn't like to slide back into first on pickoff attempts because they are an insult to him. He never fully extends on his dives in the outfield because he simply does not have to.

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2000 20 CHC NL  11   42    9    7   1  0   2    2   1  1   3  14  .167  .239  .333   45   14   1   0   0   1   0
 2001 21 CHC NL  59  131   26   29   3  0   4   14   4  0   6  33  .221  .266  .336   58   44   2   3   0   3   1
 2002 22 CHC NL 153  592   71  150  30  5  14   54  18  3  19 142  .253  .284  .392   78  232   4   5   1   8   8
 2003 23 CHC NL  83  329   49   98  17  7  13   55  16  5  15  77  .298  .329  .511  114  168   0   2   2   1   5
 2004 24 CHC NL 157  631   91  168  33  6  24   72  32  9  45 168  .266  .320  .452   95  285   5   1   7   5   7
 2005 25 CHC NL 126  451   47   97  15  3  13   34  15  5  23 118  .215  .254  .348   54  157   5   1   3   1   5
 2006 26 BAL AL 135  463   75  128  19  5  16   53  45  9  21  94  .276  .314  .443   94  205   8   1   5   5   0
 2007 27 BAL AL 132  461   65  124  26  2   8   45  37  9  21  65  .269  .304  .386   80  178  13   4   1   4   3
 2008 28 CIN NL 135  366   46   75  17  2  10   34  14  9  16  57  .205  .238  .344   48  126   5   4   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      991 3466  479  876 161 30 104  363 182 50 169 768  .253  .291  .407   79 1409  43  21  19  29  32
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        567   78  143  26  5  17   59  30  8  28 126  .253  .291  .407   79  230   7   3   3   5   5
 Career High    157  631   91  168  33  7  24   72  45  9  45 168  .298  .329  .511  114  285  13   5   7   8   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2000 20 CHC NL   47   37    3   2.2   114| .167  .270| .239  .346| .333  .440| .572  .787|  45  .162  -3.9  -0.4  50%
 2001 21 CHC NL  145  108   13   3.2   107| .221  .263| .266  .333| .336  .430| .602  .763|  58  .306  -8.2  -0.8 100%
 2002 22 CHC NL  628  462   67   3.9   105| .253  .263| .284  .337| .392  .419| .676  .756|  78  .404 -21.4  -2.1  85%
 2003 23 CHC NL  347  243   54   6.0   110| .298  .270| .329  .342| .511  .433| .840  .775| 114  .585   4.7   0.4  76%
 2004 24 CHC NL  687  485   93   5.1   114| .266  .273| .320  .345| .452  .443| .772  .788|  95  .510  -8.1  -0.8  78%
 2005 25 CHC NL  481  370   40   2.9   111| .215  .273| .254  .344| .348  .435| .602  .779|  54  .280 -33.7  -3.3  75%
 2006 26 BAL AL  498  353   69   5.2   110| .276  .274| .314  .339| .443  .436| .757  .775|  94  .499  -6.1  -0.6  83%
 2007 27 BAL AL  503  366   58   4.2   108| .269  .272| .304  .340| .386  .426| .690  .765|  80  .420 -14.3  -1.4  80%
 2008 28 CIN NL  392  312   29   2.5   111| .205  .272| .238  .344| .344  .434| .582  .778|  48  .225 -29.9  -2.9  60%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3728 2736  426   4.2   110| .253  .271| .291  .341| .407  .432| .698  .773|  79  .419 -120.8 -11.9  78%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2000 20 CHC NL CF 11 26 0 1 0 .963 .989 2.36 2.24 2.73 2.64 9 85.7 2001 21 CHC NL OF 54 82 0 2 0 .976 .982 1.52 1.86 2.58 2.20 26 286.3 CF 45 70 0 2 0 .972 .986 1.56 2.18 2.57 2.59 24 244.7 LF 13 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.85 1.48 2.56 1.91 2 38.7 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 3.00 2.10 0 3.0 2002 22 CHC NL CF 147 303 5 3 1 .990 .988 2.10 2.13 2.28 2.57 136 1217.3 2003 23 CHC NL CF 82 152 3 4 1 .975 .988 1.89 2.14 1.96 2.50 79 710.3 2004 24 CHC NL CF 157 324 8 1 5 .997 .987 2.11 2.26 2.18 2.53 152 1367.7 2005 25 CHC NL CF 122 239 6 5 2 .980 .987 2.01 2.15 2.23 2.51 111 986.7 2006 26 BAL AL CF 134 345 7 4 4 .989 .989 2.63 2.29 2.94 2.65 122 1078.7 2007 27 BAL AL CF 132 281 8 3 1 .990 .989 2.19 2.42 2.46 2.71 118 1057.3 2008 28 CIN NL CF 124 242 3 3 1 .988 .990 1.98 2.26 2.76 2.61 82 798.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 20 CHC NL CF 11 26 0 1 0 .963 .989 2.36 2.24 2.73 2.64 9 85.7 2001 21 CHC NL CF 45 70 0 2 0 .972 .986 1.56 2.18 2.57 2.59 24 244.7 2002 22 CHC NL CF 147 303 5 3 1 .990 .988 2.10 2.13 2.28 2.57 136 1217.3 2003 23 CHC NL CF 82 152 3 4 1 .975 .988 1.89 2.14 1.96 2.50 79 710.3 2004 24 CHC NL CF 157 324 8 1 5 .997 .987 2.11 2.26 2.18 2.53 152 1367.7 2005 25 CHC NL CF 122 239 6 5 2 .980 .987 2.01 2.15 2.23 2.51 111 986.7 2006 26 BAL AL CF 134 345 7 4 4 .989 .989 2.63 2.29 2.94 2.65 122 1078.7 2007 27 BAL AL CF 132 281 8 3 1 .990 .989 2.19 2.42 2.46 2.71 118 1057.3 2008 28 CIN NL CF 124 242 3 3 1 .988 .990 1.98 2.26 2.76 2.61 82 798.0 2001 21 CHC NL LF 13 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.85 1.48 2.56 1.91 2 38.7 2000 20 CHC NL OF 11 26 0 1 0 .963 .981 2.36 1.86 2.73 2.25 9 85.7 2001 21 CHC NL OF 54 82 0 2 0 .976 .982 1.52 1.86 2.58 2.20 26 286.3 2002 22 CHC NL OF 147 302 5 3 1 .990 .983 2.09 1.84 2.27 2.19 136 1217.3 2003 23 CHC NL OF 82 152 3 4 1 .975 .984 1.89 1.85 1.96 2.17 79 710.3 2004 24 CHC NL OF 157 324 8 1 5 .997 .982 2.11 1.85 2.18 2.16 152 1367.7 2005 25 CHC NL OF 122 239 6 5 2 .980 .984 2.01 1.86 2.23 2.19 111 986.7 2006 26 BAL AL OF 134 345 7 4 4 .989 .986 2.63 1.99 2.94 2.30 122 1078.7 2007 27 BAL AL OF 132 281 8 3 1 .990 .987 2.19 2.00 2.46 2.30 118 1057.3 2001 21 CHC NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 3.00 2.10 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total CF* 954 1982 40 26 15 .987 .988 2.12 2.24 2.41 2.59 833 7546.3 OF* 839 1751 37 23 14 .987 .984 2.13 1.90 2.37 2.22 753 6790.0 13 954 1# LF* 13 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.85 1.48 2.56 1.91 2 38.7 RF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 3.00 2.10 0 3.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 839 1751 37 23 14 .987 .984 2.13 1.90 2.37 2.22 753 6790
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats
2004 NL-631-7

Triples
2003 NL-7-5

Strikeouts
2002 NL-142-9
2004 NL-168-3

Stolen Bases
2004 NL-32-6
2006 AL-45-3
2007 AL-37-4

Sac. Hits
2006 AL-8-10
2007 AL-13-1

Caught Stealing
2004 NL-9-6
2006 AL-9-6
2007 AL-9-4
2008 NL-9-10

Power/Speed Number
2004 NL-27.4-2
2006 AL-23.6-4

Outs
2002 NL-462-8
2004 NL-485-7

Youngest Player
2000 NL-20-1
2001 NL-21-10

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2141) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed September 18, 1998.

January 9, 2006: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles for Carlos Perez (minors) and Nate Spears (minors).

October 31, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

March 3, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2002Chicago Cubs$227,500
2003Chicago Cubs$365,000
2004Chicago Cubs$480,000
2005Chicago Cubs$2,800,000
2006Baltimore Orioles$2,800,000
2007Baltimore Orioles$4,300,000
2008Cincinnati Reds$3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$13,972,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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