Dave Patterson

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1956)}}

{{about|the baseball player||David Patterson (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dave Patterson

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1956|7|25}}

|birth_place=Springfield, Missouri, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 9

|debutyear=1979

|debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 27

|finalyear=1979

|finalteam=Los Angeles Dodgers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=4–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.26

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=34

|teams=

• Los Angeles Dodgers ({{mlby|1979}})

}}

David Glenn Patterson (born July 25, 1956) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who made 36 relief appearances for the Los Angeles Dodgers in its 1979 season. Listed at 6' 0", 170 lb., Patterson batted and threw right handed. He was born in Springfield, Missouri.

Patterson attended Cerritos College and was drafted by the Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB Draft.

He is a resident of Raytown, Missouri since 2016.