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Willie "Pat" Patterson
Willie "Pat" Patterson
	Infielder / Catcher
	Born: April 1, 1919; Americus, Georgia
	Died: August 20, 2004 (aged 85); Mobile, Alabama
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1946, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Last appearance
	1955, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Teams
	Birmingham Black Barons (1946–1947); Memphis Red Sox (1948); Chicago American Giants (1949); New York Cubans (1950); Birmingham Black Barons (1951); Chicago American Giants (1951–1952); Philadelphia Stars (1952); Memphis Red Sox (1953); Birmingham Black Barons (1955);

Willie Lee Patterson, Jr. (April 1, 1919 – August 20, 2004) was an American Negro league infielder and catcher in the 1940s and 1950s.

A native of Americus, Georgia, Patterson began his Negro league career in 1946 with the Birmingham Black Barons, and was named to the 1952 and 1953 East–West All-Star Games.^[1] After his baseball career, Patterson worked as a longshoreman in Mobile, Alabama until his retirement in 1981.^[2] He died in Mobile in 2004 at age 85.

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