| Pat Patterson | |
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| Infielder | |
| Born: (1911-12-19)December 19, 1911 East Chicago, Indiana | |
| Died: May 16, 1984(1984-05-16) (aged 72) Houston, Texas | |
| Batted: BothThrew: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1934, for the Cleveland Red Sox | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1947, for the Newark Eagles | |
| Teams | |
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Andrew Lawrence Patterson (December 19, 1911 – May 16, 1984) was an American Negro league infielder in the 1930s and 1940s.
A native of East Chicago, Indiana, Patterson attended Washington High School and Wiley College, where he starred in football and baseball. He broke into the Negro leagues in 1934 with the Cleveland Red Sox, and was selected to play in that season's East–West All-Star Game. After serving in the military in World War II, Patterson returned to baseball and played for the 1946 Negro World Series champion Newark Eagles.
Following his baseball career, Patterson was a high school teacher, coach, athletic director, and superintendent of schools in Houston, Texas. He died in Houston in 1984 at age 72.
References
- "Pat Patterson". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- Lester, Larry (2001). Black Baseball's National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953. University of Nebraska Press. p. 429. ISBN 9780803280007.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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