Midwest League Managers

Rick Patterson

evidently played as Ricky

Two Midwest League seasons:

Manager, South Bend [White Sox] (1989-90)

Playing Career

Signed: Mets, apparently a free agent, 1975 (University of South Alabama)
Professional Career: Three minor league seasons, mostly spent at Wausau in the MWL.
Midwest League: Played for Wausau in 1975, 1976, and 1977.

Management style

Patterson's teams were exceptionally aggressive on the basepaths; they attempted lots of steals, and he often called for bunts. In contrast, his pitching decisions were quite conventional.

According to the 1989 SB yearbook, Patterson worked at University of South Alabama for five years. I need more detail before I can fit that into this page.

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Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
William O. Patterson
DOB: August 15, 1953

2006	New York	National (ML)	Mets	Minor League Outfield/Baserunning/Bunting Coordinator
2005	New York	National (ML)	Mets	Minor League Pitching Coordinator
2004	Bishop State CC	Alabama Community College Conference (Collegiate)	Wildcats	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2003	Bishop State CC	Alabama Community College Conference (Collegiate)	Wildcats	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2002	Bishop State CC	Alabama Community College Conference (Collegiate)	Wildcats	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2001	Bishop State CC	Alabama Community College Conference (Collegiate)	Wildcats	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2000	Bishop State CC	Alabama Community College Conference (Collegiate)	Wildcats	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1999	Bishop State CC	Alabama Community College Conference (Collegiate)	Wildcats	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1998	Bishop State CC	Alabama Community College Conference (Collegiate)	Wildcats	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1997	Altoona	Heartland (Indy)	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1997	Bishop State CC	Alabama Community College Conference (Collegiate)	Wildcats	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1996*	Greensboro	South Atlantic (A)	Yankees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
1995
1994	Iowa	American Association (AAA)	Cubs	143	11	41	172	.53	72	69	74	.483
1993
1992	Sarasota	Florida State (A+)	White Sox	133	12	28	339	.63	75	85	48	.639
			Best Record, Playoff Qualifier, Manager of the Year
1991-92	Oriente	Venezuelan (--)	Winter	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1991	Sarasota	Florida State (A+)	White Sox	131	20	31	248	.62	95	75	56	.573
			Playoff Qualifier
1990-91	LaGuaira	Venezuelan (--)	Winter	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1990	South Bend	Midwest (A)	White Sox	134	15	17	281	.55	79	77	57	.575
			Playoff Qualifier
1989	South Bend	Midwest (A)	White Sox	132	17	16	339	.60	54	85	47	.644
			Best Record, Playoff Qualifier, League Champion
1988	Utica	New York- Pennsylvania (A-)	White Sox	76	9	5	367	.74	32	47	29	.618
1987	Livingston University	Gulf South (Collegiate)	Tigers	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1986	Livingston University	Gulf South (Collegiate)	Tigers	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1978-85
1977	Wausau	Midwest (A)	Mets	Player/Coach
1975-77				Playing Career

Minors	7 Seasons			749	84	138	1746	.62	407	438	311	.585
Coach	3 Seasons
College	10 Seasons			---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Independent	1 Season			---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Winter	2 Seasons			---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

Total	7 (21) Seasons			749	84	138	1746	.62	407	438	311	.585
*Patterson shared the manager's post on this team.
Some statistics are not currently available.

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Key to the Manager Statistics
G	= games
CG	= complete games
IBB	= intentional walks
SBA	= stolen base attempts
SB%	= stolen base percentage
SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
W	= wins
L	= losses
PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here. 1989 & 1990 South Bend White Sox yearbook Thanks to David Malamut for his assistance

1990 Midwest League Managers
Breeden	Champion	Derksen	Liddle	Little
Long	Mahlberg	Miley	Mull	Parsons
Patterson	Quade	Saul	Young

1989 Midwest League Managers
Bodie	Jones	Liddle	Moreno	Miley
Mills	Nettles	Patterson	Poldberg	Quade
Radison	Rodriguez	Saul	Taveras

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Midwest League Managers

Rick Patterson

evidently played as Ricky

Playing Career

Management style

William O. Patterson

Key to the Manager Statistics

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