Career
Listed at 5 ft 11.5 in (182 m), 170 pounds, Patterson batted and threw right-handed. He was born in San Francisco. Little is known about this utility who played on a Boston Red Sox uniform late in the 1932 season.
On September 5, 1932, Patterson appeared in a game against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium.
He went hitless in his only at-bat and never appeared in a major league game again. Patterson died at the age of 63 in Panorama City, California.