Jim Palmer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: October 15, 1945 in New York, NY us

High School: Scottsdale HS (Scottsdale, AZ)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Towson University (Towson, MD)

Debut: April 17, 1965 (Age 19-184d, 12,341st in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 12, 1984 (Age 38-210d)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1990. (Voted by BBWAA on 411/444 ballots)
View Jim Palmer's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: Ed Keating • Previously: Ron Shapiro?

Full Name: James Alvin Palmer

Nicknames: Cakes

Twitter: @Jim22Palmer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

68.5

268

152

ERA

2.86

558

521

3948.0

2212

WHIP

1.180

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-6 / in Starts: 17-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 1

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	67	5	Apr 13(1)	BAL		WSA	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	3	8	0	0	0.00	1.73	32	5	11	1	2	5	82			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.523	1.50	0.47%	4.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	68	10	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-5	GS-9	W(2-0)	3	8.2	9	5	5	5	6	2	0	2.55	3.75	39	5	14	1	5	9	47			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.120	1.00	0.15%	-1.09	1b start a 2	9b 12- 2 out a4
3	69	15	Apr 21	BAL		CLE	W,11-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	4	0	0	4	5	0	0	1.69	3.41	35	14	9	1	1	3	80			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.319	1.26	0.34%	4.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
4	70	20	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	0	2.41	3.04	31	5	10	3	0	8	49			2	0	0	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.107	2.65	-0.15%	-0.76	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	71	24	May 1	BAL	@	DET	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-1)	4	7.0	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	2.43	3.42	26	3	14	0	1	2	65			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.034	2.08	0.05%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
6	72	29	May 6	BAL		CHW	L,0-1	GS-8	L(3-2)	4	8.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.22	3.10	30	5	12	2	4	4	75			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.265	1.99	0.36%	2.67	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
7	73	33	May 11	BAL		KCR	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.87	2.91	30	6	13	3	0	3	85			0	2	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.369	1.44	0.48%	4.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	74	38	May 17	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	1.89	2.79	33	10	12	2	1	4	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.341	1.51	0.46%	2.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
9	75	43	May 23	BAL		OAK	W,4-3	GS-4		5	4.0	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.04	2.85	17	4	6	1	1	2	45			2	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.055	2.25	-0.08%	-0.17	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	76	50	Jun 1	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	10-GF(11)	W(6-2)	8	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.98	2.76	7	0	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.296	4.72	0.41%	0.85	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
11	77	54	Jun 7	BAL		SEP	W,10-0	SHO	W(7-2)	5	9.0	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	1.76	2.62	31	6	11	0	3	2	89			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.164	.72	0.21%	4.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
12	78	59	Jun 14	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-3	GS-8	W(8-2)	6	8.0	8	3	3	2	5	2	0	1.91	2.85	34	7	12	2	1	8	57			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.38	-0.032	.85	-0.04%	0.86	1b start a 3	8b 3 out a9
13	79	70	Jun 23	BAL		WSA	W,5-3	8-9	W(9-2)	8	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.98	2.83	7	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.052	1.60	0.04%	-0.57	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
14	80	74	Jun 28	BAL		DET	W,6-4	7-8	H(1)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	2.83	2	0	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	0.097	3.04	0.09%	0.63	7t 12- 2 out a2	8t --- 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	81	112	Aug 9	BAL		MIN	W,5-1	GS-6	W(10-2)	41	6.0	4	1	1	5	4	0	0	1.94	2.88	27	4	10	1	0	4	59			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.207	.09	0.01%	1.75	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
16	82	116	Aug 13	BAL		OAK	W,8-0	SHO	W(11-2)	3	9.0	0	0	0	6	8	0	0	1.77	2.87	35	10	11	1	0	0	89			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	.72	0.343	.05	0.01%	4.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
17	83	120	Aug 18	BAL	@	SEP	W,12-3	CG	W(12-2)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	7	2	0	1.87	2.97	35	10	9	0	0	8	65			1	0	0	34	3	1	0	1	0	0	.18	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.97	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
18	84	124	Aug 22	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS-9	W(13-2)	3	9.0	9	3	3	6	5	0	0	1.95	3.00	41	9	12	1	1	9	56			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.031	.04	0.00%	0.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
19	85	130	Aug 28	BAL		SEP	W,4-3	GS-9		5	9.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.02	3.01	35	11	10	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.226	.03	0.00%	1.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	86	135	Sep 1	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-0	SHO	W(14-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	1.89	2.96	34	8	12	1	0	5	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.347	.05	0.01%	4.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
21	87	139	Sep 6	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-1		4	1.0	4	4	4	0	1	1	0	2.13	3.03	7	1	1	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.348	.00	0.00%	-3.52	1b start a 1	1b 3 out d3
22	88	143	Sep 10	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	GS-4		3	3.1	6	4	4	3	2	2	0	2.33	3.23	18	3	4	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-2.03	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d2
23	89	148	Sep 15	BAL	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	L(14-3)	4	8.0	6	3	3	4	2	0	0	2.38	3.24	34	5	17	1	0	6	56			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.325	.00	0.00%	0.05	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out d1
24	90	152	Sep 19	BAL		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(15-3)	3	9.0	9	2	1	2	8	0	0	2.30	3.14	37	13	13	6	5	1	69			0	1	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.346	.00	0.00%	2.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	91	157	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(15-4)	6	7.0	9	4	4	1	5	0	0	2.42	3.08	30	7	8	0	0	9	47			1	0	0	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	.79	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-0.95	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
26	92	162	Oct 1	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(16-4)	4	10.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.34	3.02	36	10	15	2	0	6	79			0	1	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.585	.00	0.00%	3.59	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
							20-6		W-L:16-4,Hld:1	4.4	181.0	131	48	47	64	123	11	1	2.34	3.02	723	0.65		8%	6%	120	64	2	0%	9	7	0	656	27	4	1	8	0	6	.93	3.424	.80	2.84%	34.81

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