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: 22-15 / in Starts: 22-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	132	3	Apr 10	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.00	2.78	37	10	14	0	4	7	69			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.499	2.44	0.54%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
2	133	7	Apr 15	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	4	4	5	7	1	1	2.50	3.56	38	6	13	1	4	6	61			2	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.237	2.56	0.31%	0.24	1b start a 3	9b 3 out tie
3	134	11	Apr 20	BAL	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-5		4	5.0	3	5	4	3	2	1	1	3.52	4.23	23	6	8	0	2	3	42			2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.189	2.31	-0.25%	-2.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
4	135	15	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	1	0	0	2.81	4.04	37	10	16	0	6	6	68			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.218	1.15	0.24%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
5	136	19	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.63	3.87	36	9	11	2	2	8	67			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.477	3.03	0.51%	1.81	1b start a 2	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
6	137	23	May 4	BAL		CAL	W,4-1	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	7	1	1	2.34	3.89	39	6	14	1	1	7	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.275	2.15	0.31%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	138	27	May 9(2)	BAL		OAK	L,1-2	GS-7	L(5-1)	4	7.0	4	2	2	0	11	0	0	2.37	3.33	25	5	5	0	2	4	72			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.042	2.02	-0.05%	0.99	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
8	139	31	May 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(5-2)	4	8.0	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	2.35	3.34	31	10	10	0	1	5	62			0	1	0	25	0	1	1	1	1	0	.97	0.081	2.68	0.13%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
9	140	35	May 19	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	5	1	0	2.19	3.44	36	6	16	1	4	5	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.505	2.62	0.63%	2.62	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
10	141	38	May 23(1)	BAL		BOS	W,12-3	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	8	3	3	0	6	2	0	2.28	3.50	35	9	12	0	3	8	65			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.004	1.33	0.01%	0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
11	142	41	May 27	BAL		CLE	L,5-10	GS-3		3	2.2	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	2.42	3.50	16	3	6	0	1	6	33			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.285	2.35	-0.37%	-3.11	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d4
12	143	45	May 31(1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-7	L(7-3)	3	7.0	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.23	3.42	29	7	12	1	2	5	66			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.09	0.167	2.10	0.19%	2.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
13	144	49	Jun 5	BAL	@	MIL	W,12-4	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	5	4	4	7	5	1	0	2.39	3.57	39	9	13	0	2	5	59			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.090	1.30	-0.12%	-0.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
14	145	53	Jun 10	BAL		MIN	W,12-0	SHO	W(9-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.20	3.42	33	11	10	0	3	6	79			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.110	.50	0.16%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
15	146	57	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,5-6	GS-6		4	5.2	7	5	4	4	4	2	0	2.40	3.63	28	7	6	2	1	7	37			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.237	2.80	-0.35%	-2.52	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out tie
16	147	61	Jun 19	BAL		NYY	L,4-6	GS-9		3	8.1	12	4	4	4	2	0	0	2.53	3.61	38	12	8	1	0	12	41			1	2	0	33	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.68	-0.335	4.39	-0.52%	-1.04	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out d1
17	148	66	Jun 23	BAL	@	WSA	W,7-5	GS-9	W(10-3)	3	8.2	8	5	4	3	2	1	0	2.63	3.67	35	8	14	1	3	8	49			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.83	0.277	1.92	0.39%	-0.66	1b start a 2	9b -2- 2 out a3
18	149	71	Jun 27	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-7	L(10-4)	3	7.0	7	3	3	4	10	0	0	2.69	3.56	31	3	7	0	2	7	57			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.093	2.43	-0.19%	0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
19	150	76	Jul 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-8		3	8.0	7	2	2	5	13	0	0	2.67	3.42	34	3	6	0	0	7	68			0	2	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.73	0.089	4.41	0.14%	1.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
20	151	84	Jul 9	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(11-4)	7	9.0	5	1	1	2	9	1	0	2.57	3.37	34	6	12	1	8	5	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.303	1.79	0.46%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	152	90	Jul 17	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-10	GS-4	L(11-5)	7	4.0	5	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.62	3.34	19	6	3	0	1	4	44			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.188	1.81	-0.25%	-1.41	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
22	153	94	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-7	GS-6	L(11-6)	3	6.0	9	7	7	5	5	1	0	2.90	3.41	30	4	7	1	0	9	26			2	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	2	0	1.06	-0.430	2.54	-0.62%	-4.46	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d5
23	154	98	Jul 25(2)	BAL		CAL	L,6-9	GS-6		3	5.1	6	4	4	4	3	1	0	3.02	3.49	26	6	7	0	1	6	39			1	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.47	-0.309	3.71	-0.47%	-1.92	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d1
24	155	102	Jul 30	BAL		KCR	W,1-0	SHO(5)	W(12-6)	4	5.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.94	3.44	17	5	5	0	1	2	66			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.272	2.24	0.31%	2.14	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
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
25	156	105	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.01	3.40	24	6	5	0	2	5	47			1	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.140	3.73	-0.36%	-0.86	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
26	157	108	Aug 7	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(13-6)	2	9.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.91	3.37	35	9	13	1	3	4	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.422	3.10	0.63%	2.66	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
27	158	112	Aug 12	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	W(14-6)	4	9.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.87	3.36	31	9	12	1	1	4	75			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.272	.80	0.22%	2.01	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
28	159	116	Aug 16	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	6	2	0	4	5	0	0	2.75	3.33	35	12	8	0	0	6	72			0	1	0	30	0	0	1	1	1	1	1.65	0.483	1.54	0.27%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	160	120	Aug 21	BAL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.68	3.28	32	11	13	1	0	7	70			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.374	.49	0.11%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	161	124	Aug 26	BAL		CHW	W,8-7	GS-6		4	5.1	5	4	4	3	4	1	0	2.77	3.33	24	4	8	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.043	.06	0.00%	-2.55	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a2
31	162	129	Aug 31	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	L(16-7)	4	8.2	9	4	4	5	6	0	0	2.82	3.31	39	11	14	1	0	3	51			2	1	1	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	-0.212	.11	-0.01%	-0.28	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out d1
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
32	163	133	Sep 4	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	W(17-7)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	10	1	0	2.79	3.26	38	7	11	0	0	9	70			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.154	.09	0.01%	1.62	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
33	164	138	Sep 9	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	CG	W(18-7)	4	9.0	6	2	1	4	7	1	0	2.73	3.27	37	10	10	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.395	.14	0.03%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	165	142	Sep 14	BAL		DET	L,1-6	GS-7	L(18-8)	4	6.1	11	5	5	0	1	1	0	2.84	3.30	30	10	8	0	0	11	32			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.327	.01	0.00%	-2.47	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d4
35	166	147	Sep 18	BAL	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-7	L(18-9)	3	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	1	2.83	3.28	28	7	7	0	0	7	57			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	2	0	0	.95	0.011	.16	0.00%	1.17	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
36	167	151	Sep 22	BAL	@	NYY	W,10-1	CG	W(19-9)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.77	3.26	34	11	11	2	0	6	71			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	.61	0.138	.00	0.00%	2.66	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
37	168	155	Sep 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(20-9)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.68	3.19	32	7	11	1	0	3	88			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.90	0.417	.00	0.00%	4.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
							22-15		W-L:20-9	3.7	282.0	231	94	84	106	184	19	4	2.68	3.19	1165	0.77		3%	9%	224	60		---%	17	11	1	1044	37	4	6	14	5	12	1.04	3.260	1.79	2.05%	26.14

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