Mike Patterson (baseball)

Michael Lee Patterson (born January 26, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Patterson played for the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees in 1981 and 1982. He batted left and threw right-handed.

Mike Patterson
Outfielder
Born: (1958-01-26) January 26, 1958 (age 66)
Santa Monica, California
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: April 15, 1981, for the Oakland Athletics
NPB: April 6, 1985, for the Nippon-Ham Fighters
Last appearance
MLB: October 3, 1982, for the New York Yankees
NPB: October 7, 1985, for the Nippon-Ham Fighters
MLB statistics
Batting average.271
Home runs1
Runs batted in2
NPB statistics
Batting average.225
Home runs16
Runs batted in44
Teams

He was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1975. He was traded along with Dave Revering and minor-league left-handed pitcher Chuck Dougherty from the Athletics to the Yankees for Jim Spencer and Tom Underwood on May 20, 1981.[1]

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