{{short description|American baseball player (born 1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Refimprove-BLP|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ken Patterson |image= |width= |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= }} '''Kenneth Brian Patterson''' (born July 8, 1964), is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball from 1988–1994.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.
==See also== * Chicago White Sox all-time roster
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/patteke01.shtml Baseball Reference]
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