Bob Patterson
San Diego Padres 1985; Pittsburgh Pirates 1986–1987; Pittsburgh Pirates 1989–1992; Texas Rangers 1993; California Angels 1994–1995; Chicago Cubs 1996–1998
Percentile snapshot
No qualified season. This player never reached the qualification floor — 3.1 plate appearances, or one inning, per game his team played — in any archived season, so there is no season population to rank him inside.
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -50.4 | -31.4 | .116 | -0.2 |
| 1987 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | -74.3 | -55.7 | .076 | -0.9 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 8.8 | -20.9 | .187 | 0.0 |
| 1990 | 55 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | -89.0 | -70.3 | .049 | 1.6 |
| 1991 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 36.9 | 43.2 | .231 | 0.3 |
| 1992 | 60 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .500 | .929 | 176.3 | 163.8 | .429 | 1.2 |
| 1993 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.8 |
| 1995 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 79 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 74.5 | 75.4 | .303 | 1.3 |
| 1997 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128.7 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.2 |
| 1998 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.5 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 | 24.75 | 4.000 | 2.25 | 10.87 | 306.8 | 14.3 | -1.0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 36.3 | 4.95 | 1.486 | 4.95 | 2.06 | 53.9 | 77.1 | -0.2 |
| 1987 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 32 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 43.0 | 6.70 | 1.651 | 5.65 | 4.73 | 114.9 | 61.5 | -0.9 |
| 1989 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 26.7 | 4.05 | 1.163 | 6.75 | 3.52 | 103.9 | 83.7 | 0.0 |
| 1990 | 55 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 31 | 21 | 70 | 9 | 94.7 | 2.95 | 1.151 | 6.65 | 3.33 | 90.7 | 124.4 | 1.6 |
| 1991 | 54 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 30 | 15 | 57 | 7 | 65.7 | 4.11 | 1.249 | 7.81 | 3.13 | 86.7 | 87.7 | 0.3 |
| 1992 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 21 | 23 | 43 | 7 | 64.7 | 2.92 | 1.268 | 5.98 | 3.92 | 112.3 | 119.4 | 1.2 |
| 1993 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 28 | 11 | 46 | 8 | 52.7 | 4.78 | 1.329 | 7.86 | 3.91 | 93.2 | 87.8 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 42.0 | 4.07 | 1.190 | 6.43 | 4.84 | 99.5 | 119.4 | 0.8 |
| 1995 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 18 | 13 | 41 | 6 | 53.3 | 3.04 | 1.144 | 6.92 | 3.85 | 82.2 | 154.3 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 19 | 22 | 53 | 6 | 54.7 | 3.13 | 1.244 | 8.73 | 3.84 | 89.1 | 137.9 | 1.3 |
| 1997 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 22 | 10 | 58 | 9 | 59.3 | 3.34 | .961 | 8.80 | 3.60 | 83.7 | 128.8 | 1.2 |
| 1998 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 20.3 | 7.52 | 2.361 | 7.52 | 4.44 | 101.4 | 58.3 | -0.5 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-05-29 | SF @ PIT Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992-04-19 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1986-09-13 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1987-05-09 | PIT @ SF Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990-07-31 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-09-28 | NYM @ PIT Gameday | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989-09-26 | STL @ PIT Gameday | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990-05-29 | LAD @ PIT Gameday | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991-05-25 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987-04-17 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.