Overview

• The team confirmed Patterson’s passing and issued a public condolence to his loved ones.
• In his 1968 rookie season he posted a 2.12 ERA over 68 innings with seven saves, then worked three scoreless frames across Games 3 and 4 of the World Series.
• Over 142 MLB appearances he recorded an 11–9 record, a 4.09 ERA, and 142 strikeouts.
• His performance declined in the early 1970s as he moved to the Athletics, Cardinals, and Pirates, highlighted by a 1974 brawl in which Reds pitcher Pedro Borbón allegedly pulled his hair and bit him.
• After retiring in 1975 he built a two-decade career at Pacific Gas & Electric, becoming a chief inspector and, per SABR, contributing to a $7 billion hydroelectric project before settling in Clovis, California.