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: 27-11 / in Starts: 26-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	205	3	Apr 11	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	GS-7		99	7.0	4	1	1	4	4	1	0	1.29	4.99	29	8	9	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	0.263	1.89	0.28%	2.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
2	206	7	Apr 15(1)	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-10		3	10.0	11	2	2	1	2	1	0	1.59	4.27	40	10	16	2	3	11	63			1	1	0	38	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.78	0.325	3.53	0.39%	2.63	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
3	207	11	Apr 19	BAL		NYY	L,1-6	GS-2	L(0-1)	3	1.2	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.86	4.17	12	1	2	0	0	7	21			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.244	2.60	-0.30%	-2.54	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d3
4	208	18	Apr 28	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	7	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.93	3.18	35	11	8	0	2	7	76			2	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.52	0.680	2.43	0.65%	3.09	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
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	209	21	May 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	3	6.0	5	4	3	4	6	0	0	3.21	3.07	26	10	1	0	0	5	50			1	1	0	21	2	1	0	0	1	0	.73	-0.014	1.15	-0.01%	-0.40	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d3
6	210	24	May 6	BAL		CAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	2.53	2.89	33	12	12	1	1	5	80			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.83	0.404	1.06	0.31%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	211	27	May 11	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.09	2.72	30	9	15	1	3	3	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.438	1.43	0.47%	4.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	212	32	May 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	3	1	1	5	4	1	1	1.93	3.08	34	12	9	0	0	3	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.92	0.445	1.49	0.43%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	213	35	May 21	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	GS-9	L(4-3)	3	8.1	10	4	4	6	7	0	0	2.22	3.07	39	6	10	0	1	10	48			1	0	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.41	-0.072	2.77	-0.09%	-0.40	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out d3
10	214	39	May 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	W(5-3)	7	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.19	3.05	35	10	12	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	32	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.442	2.44	0.41%	2.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
11	215	43	Jun 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-3	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	7	3	3	6	6	0	0	2.28	3.07	38	14	5	1	0	7	61			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.73	0.104	1.19	0.10%	1.09	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
12	216	47	Jun 7	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	L(6-4)	4	7.1	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.39	3.10	31	6	11	2	1	7	51			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.17	-0.082	2.17	-0.09%	-0.37	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d2
13	217	51	Jun 12	BAL		KCR	W,6-4	GS-7		4	6.0	4	3	3	6	2	1	0	2.51	3.33	28	11	5	0	1	4	48			0	0	0	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.018	2.05	0.02%	-0.08	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out a2
14	218	55	Jun 16	BAL		TEX	W,9-1	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	2	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.39	3.19	29	7	13	1	0	2	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.131	.31	0.14%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
15	219	59	Jun 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-4		4	3.0	4	3	3	6	1	1	0	2.56	3.43	18	1	6	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.108	3.09	-0.13%	-1.48	1b start a 2	4b --- 0 out a2
16	220	64	Jun 26	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	2.37	3.41	35	8	13	0	3	4	79			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.235	1.36	0.33%	4.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
Jul				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
17	221	69	Jul 1(1)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-8	L(8-5)	4	7.2	9	5	5	2	2	1	1	2.58	3.50	34	7	14	2	0	8	41			0	1	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	1	.89	-0.249	2.29	-0.39%	-1.39	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d2
18	222	72	Jul 3(1)	BAL		MIL	W,9-7	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	3.49	4	0	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	0.143	7.32	0.18%	0.85	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
19	223	75	Jul 6(1)	BAL		OAK	L,5-7	GS-6	L(8-6)	2	5.1	9	7	3	3	4	0	0	2.66	3.46	27	5	6	0	0	9	31			1	1	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	1	.76	-0.370	1.74	-0.51%	-5.32	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d6
20	224	80	Jul 10	BAL		CAL	L,8-10	GS-9		3	8.1	9	7	6	2	3	3	0	2.88	3.68	35	9	12	0	0	9	40			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.209	1.36	-0.27%	-2.24	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d3
21	225	84	Jul 14	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-9	W(9-6)	3	8.0	7	4	4	2	9	1	0	2.97	3.63	33	6	9	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.100	1.21	0.12%	0.59	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 0 out a2
22	226	88	Jul 18	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	W(10-6)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.91	3.62	32	7	14	1	0	6	70			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.337	2.14	0.46%	2.09	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
23	227	92	Jul 22	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	8	2	2	4	5	1	0	2.86	3.65	39	13	10	0	2	7	64			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.171	1.24	0.26%	1.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
24	228	95	Jul 27(1)	BAL		CLE	W,9-0	SHO	W(12-6)	4	9.0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.72	3.59	31	15	7	0	0	1	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.276	1.39	0.46%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
25	229	100	Jul 31	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(13-6)	3	9.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	0	2.64	3.57	29	10	12	2	0	3	81			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.267	1.28	0.46%	3.39	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
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
26	230	105	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(14-6)	3	9.0	11	1	1	2	11	0	0	2.56	3.44	40	4	12	1	0	11	70			0	1	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.419	5.11	0.96%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	231	110	Aug 8	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	8	0	0	2.49	3.37	36	7	12	2	0	6	76			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.271	2.01	0.50%	3.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
28	232	114	Aug 12	BAL	@	KCR	W,10-6	GS-7	W(16-6)	3	6.0	7	5	4	4	5	0	0	2.59	3.35	29	5	8	0	1	7	41			0	1	0	24	1	2	0	0	1	1	.88	-0.024	2.61	-0.04%	-1.80	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out a7
29	233	118	Aug 17	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	W(17-6)	4	8.1	8	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.58	3.31	33	11	5	0	0	8	62			0	2	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.306	4.01	0.67%	1.76	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
30	234	122	Aug 21	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	GS-8		3	7.0	4	1	1	5	3	0	0	2.54	3.33	29	9	8	1	0	4	63			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.189	4.84	0.43%	1.94	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
31	235	126	Aug 26	BAL		KCR	W,10-1	GS-8	W(18-6)	4	8.0	4	1	1	4	0	0	0	2.49	3.35	31	7	16	1	3	4	66			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.109	1.83	0.21%	2.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out a9
32	236	130	Aug 31	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-8	L(18-7)	4	7.1	7	5	5	4	2	0	0	2.60	3.36	30	10	7	0	0	7	42			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.157	1.85	-0.21%	-0.98	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d2
Sept				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
33	237	135	Sep 4	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(12)	L(18-8)	3	11.0	6	2	2	4	4	1	0	2.56	3.39	42	17	11	2	0	6	77			2	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.505	3.76	0.79%	3.57	1b start a 1	12b --- 0 out d1
34	238	138	Sep 8	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(19-8)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.50	3.38	31	6	15	2	0	4	73			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	.83	0.228	1.98	0.33%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
35	239	143	Sep 12(1)	BAL		MIL	W,4-1	CG	W(20-8)	3	9.0	8	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.45	3.35	36	14	6	1	0	8	69			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.394	1.00	0.25%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	240	147	Sep 16(1)	BAL		NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(21-8)	3	9.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.38	3.32	32	7	13	1	0	2	85			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.74	0.386	.33	0.10%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
37	241	152	Sep 20	BAL	@	DET	W,9-0	SHO	W(22-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.30	3.29	32	9	14	0	1	5	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.31	0.166	.03	0.01%	4.56	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
38	242	159	Sep 28(1)	BAL		CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	L(22-9)	7	7.0	9	5	5	3	2	2	0	2.40	3.38	33	11	8	0	0	9	38			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.24	-0.393	.00	0.00%	-1.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
							27-11		W-L:22-9,Sv:1	3.6	296.1	225	86	79	113	158	16	3	2.40	3.38	1190	0.88		3%	3%	222	62	1	0%	16	10	0	1064	36	9	5	22	5	12	.95	5.830	2.01	7.68%	57.75

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