Ken Patterson

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1964)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ken Patterson

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|position=Relief pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1964|7|8}}

|birth_place=Costa Mesa, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 8

|debutyear=1988

|debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 24

|finalyear=1994

|finalteam=California Angels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=14–8

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.88

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=183

|teams=

• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1988}}–{{mlby|1991}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1992}})
• California Angels ({{mlby|1993}}–{{mlby|1994}})

|highlights=

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Kenneth Brian Patterson (born July 8, 1964), is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball from 1988–1994.{{Cite web |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=patteke01 |title=Baseball Almanac: Ken Patterson Stats |accessdate=10 June 2021 |author= |work=Baseball Almanac}} He taught private lessons in the Central Texas area from 1998–2004 before beginning his coaching career as a rookie league pitching coach for the Batavia Muckdogs of the Philadelphia Phillies organization in 2005. Patterson then coached the Arkansas Travelers, a Los Angeles of Anaheim affiliate, from 2006 to 2010. He won the Texas League Mike Coolbaugh Coach of the Year Award in 2009. Ken Patterson currently serves as a pitching coach for the McLennan Community College Highlanders in Waco, Texas, where he was a member of the 1983 NJCAA National Championship team.