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Pat Putnam

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: December 3, 1953 in Bethel, VT us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 12th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1975 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL).

High School: Fort Myers HS (Fort Myers, FL)

Schools: Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), Miami Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL), University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)

Debut: September 2, 1977 (Age 23-273d, 13,933rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 20, 1984 (Age 30-292d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Steve Comte

Full Name: Patrick Edward Putnam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

1989

508

.255

223

RBI

255

OBP

.306

SLG

.406

OPS

.712

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
2	2	Apr 11	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 12	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
4	4	Apr 14	TEX		CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
5	5	Apr 15	TEX		CLE	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	13	4	0	17	1	1B
6	6	Apr 17	TEX		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 18	TEX		NYY	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
8	8	Apr 19	TEX		NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
9	9	Apr 20	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
10	11 (1)	Apr 22	TEX	@	BOS	W,16-8	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
11	12	Apr 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
12	13	Apr 26	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	11	1	0	12	1	1B
13	14	Apr 27	TEX		BOS	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
14	15	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
15	16	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
16	17	Apr 30	TEX		KCR	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	17	0	0	17	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19 (1)	May 2	TEX		KCR	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
18	20	May 3	TEX		KCR	W,9-8	GS	44	10.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B LF
19	21	May 5	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
20	22	May 6	TEX		CHW	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
21	24 (1)	May 9 (1)	TEX		BAL	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
22	25	May 9 (2)	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
23	26	May 10	TEX		BAL	W,7-3	GS	40	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	LF RF 1B
24	27	May 11	TEX	@	KCR	W,9-1	GF	15	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
25	28	May 12	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	12	0	0	12	2	1B
26	29	May 14	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
27	30	May 15	TEX	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
28	31	May 16	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
29	33 (1)	May 18	TEX	@	DET	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
30	34	May 19	TEX	@	DET	L,1-14	CG	46	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
31	35	May 20	TEX	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
32	36	May 22	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
33	37	May 23	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
34	38	May 24	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
35	39	May 25	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
36	40	May 26	TEX		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
37	42 (1)	May 28	TEX		MIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
38	43	May 29	TEX		SEA	L,4-5	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
39	44	May 30	TEX		SEA	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
40	45	May 31	TEX		SEA	L,3-5	GS	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	46	Jun 2	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
42	47	Jun 3	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
43	48	Jun 4	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
44	49	Jun 5	TEX		TOR	W,5-4	GS	34	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
45	50	Jun 6	TEX		TOR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
46	51	Jun 7	TEX		TOR	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
47	53 (1)	Jun 9	TEX		DET	L,0-5	GS	27	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
48	54	Jun 10	TEX	@	MIL	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
49	55	Jun 11	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	56	Aug 10	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
51	57	Aug 11	TEX	@	NYY	W,1-0	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
52	58	Aug 12	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
53	59	Aug 14	TEX		BOS	W,3-2	GF	14	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
54	60	Aug 15	TEX		BOS	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
55	61	Aug 16	TEX		BOS	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
56	62	Aug 18 (1)	TEX		MIL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
57	63	Aug 18 (2)	TEX		MIL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	1B
58	64	Aug 19	TEX		MIL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
59	65	Aug 21	TEX	@	DET	L,4-7	GS	21	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
60	66	Aug 22	TEX	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
61	67	Aug 23	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
62	68	Aug 24	TEX	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
63	69	Aug 25	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
64	70	Aug 27	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-1	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
65	71	Aug 28	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
66	72	Aug 29	TEX	@	MIL	W,8-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
67	73	Aug 30	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
68	74	Aug 31	TEX		TOR	L,0-3	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	75	Sep 1	TEX		TOR	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
70	76	Sep 2	TEX		TOR	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
71	78 (1)	Sep 4	TEX		DET	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
72	80 (1)	Sep 6	TEX		DET	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
73	82 (1)	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
74	83	Sep 9	TEX	@	OAK	W,9-4	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
75	84	Sep 11	TEX	@	CAL	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
76	85	Sep 12	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
77	86	Sep 13	TEX	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG	53	11.2	14	0	0	14	0	1B
78	87	Sep 14	TEX		OAK	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	11	4	0	15	0	1B
79	88	Sep 15	TEX		OAK	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	1	10	3	1B
80	89	Sep 16	TEX		OAK	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
81	90	Sep 18	TEX		MIN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
82	91	Sep 19	TEX		MIN	W,6-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
83	92	Sep 20	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
84	93	Sep 21	TEX		SEA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
85	94	Sep 22	TEX		SEA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
86	95	Sep 23	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
87	96	Sep 24	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
88	97	Sep 25	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
89	98	Sep 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
90	99	Sep 27	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
91	100	Sep 28	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	12	3	0	15	0	1B
92	101	Sep 29	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
93	103 (1)	Oct 2	TEX		CAL	W,8-6		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PR 1B
94	105 (1)	Oct 4	TEX		CAL	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
							98gm		709.0	771	64	7	842	65