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: 8-6 / in Starts: 7-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 2

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	540	7	Apr 16(1)	BAL		CLE	W,2-0	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.76	20	6	9	2	0	5	57			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.270	1.85	0.25%	2.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
2	541	13	Apr 21	BAL		TEX	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.60	30	10	14	0	0	5	69			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.19	0.271	1.79	0.25%	1.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
3	542	17	Apr 26	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	3.2	7	4	4	4	3	0	0	2.16	3.00	21	1	6	1	0	7	30			2	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.02	-0.223	1.48	-0.20%	-2.61	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d4
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
4	543	61	Jun 15	BAL	@	MIL	W,11-8	6-8		49	3.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.75	3.62	12	4	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.108	2.31	0.19%	-0.60	6b --- 0 out d5	8b 3 out tie
5	544	65	Jun 19	BAL		BOS	W,6-3	GS-6	W(2-1)	3	5.1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.16	3.32	20	5	9	0	0	2	64			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.230	3.16	0.38%	2.05	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a3
6	545	69	Jun 25	BAL		DET	L,3-9	GS-8	L(2-2)	5	7.1	10	7	7	3	6	2	0	3.62	3.90	36	8	10	0	0	9	33			2	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	.71	-0.326	2.07	-0.57%	-3.97	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d4
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
7	546	120	Aug 21	BAL		KCR	L,3-8	GS-7	L(2-3)	56	6.1	10	4	4	0	3	2	0	3.96	4.23	29	9	8	0	0	9	40			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.127	3.30	-0.28%	-1.07	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
8	547	125	Aug 27	BAL		MIN	W,5-3	GS-7	W(3-3)	5	7.0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.35	4.03	26	12	9	2	0	3	69			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.229	2.73	0.53%	2.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
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
9	548	130	Sep 1	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-5	GS-7	L(3-4)	4	7.0	8	4	4	2	5	3	0	3.59	4.52	28	5	8	1	1	8	48			1	2	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.124	2.94	-0.31%	-0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
10	549	135	Sep 6	BAL		BOS	W,8-1	GS-8	W(4-4)	4	7.1	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.30	4.31	29	11	5	1	0	8	59			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	3	0	0	.67	0.203	2.67	0.49%	2.03	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a7
11	550	147	Sep 18	BAL		MIL	W,10-9	GS-2		11	1.1	6	7	6	1	0	1	0	4.11	4.53	12	6	1	0	0	4	15			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.389	.71	-0.17%	-5.69	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d6
12	551	149	Sep 20	BAL	@	DET	L,1-14	1-GF(5)		1	4.2	9	7	6	2	6	2	0	4.64	4.71	26	5	4	0	0	9		1	1	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	-0.052	.02	-0.02%	-5.54	1b 1-- 1 out d6	5b end d13
13	552	154	Sep 24	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-5	3-6		3	3.2	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.52	4.58	17	4	6	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.004	.01	0.00%	0.89	3b 1-- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d4
14	553	160	Sep 30(2)	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	GS-7	W(5-4)	5	7.0	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	4.23	4.48	26	5	14	3	2	2	66			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.196	.00	0.00%	1.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
							8-6		W-L:5-4	3.8	76.2	86	42	36	19	34	11	0	4.23	4.48	332	0.85		5%	2%	81	50	2	50%	8	2	0	306	11	0	0	7	3	6	.83	0.270	1.88	0.53%	-6.49

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