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: 23-15 / in Starts: 23-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	387	7	Apr 15	BAL		MIL	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0.00	1.36	29	10	9	2	0	2	89			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.264	.48	0.18%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
2	388	12	Apr 21	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	8.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	0.53	2.53	28	8	12	2	0	4	72			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.344	1.03	0.19%	2.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
3	389	16	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	L(2-1)	3	9.0	11	4	2	1	5	1	0	1.04	2.78	39	12	10	0	0	11	57			1	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.113	.65	-0.05%	-0.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
4	390	18	Apr 29	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	3	6.2	8	2	2	3	2	0	0	1.38	2.89	30	7	10	1	0	8	49			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.033	.66	0.01%	0.58	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a3
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	391	22	May 3	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	GS-6		3	6.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	1	1.40	2.69	24	6	5	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.170	1.12	0.08%	1.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
6	392	25	May 7	BAL		MIN	L,9-15	GS-2	L(3-2)	3	1.2	3	6	4	5	2	0	0	2.23	2.96	13	2	2	0	0	2	26			2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	.81	-0.407	.55	-0.17%	-5.45	1t start tie	2t --3 2 out d6
7	393	28	May 12	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-9	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	6.0	11	5	5	3	1	0	0	2.91	3.06	29	8	7	0	1	10	28			1	1	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.218	.80	-0.08%	-1.00	1b start a 1	7b 123 0 out tie
8	394	32	May 16	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-8	GS-6	L(3-4)	3	5.2	6	6	6	3	3	2	0	3.63	3.57	26	5	9	0	2	6	33			1	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.250	.51	-0.08%	-3.22	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d5
9	395	35	May 20	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS-8	W(4-4)	3	7.1	4	1	0	4	1	0	0	3.19	3.61	29	9	11	0	3	4	65			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	0.297	.65	0.08%	2.24	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
10	396	40	May 24(2)	BAL		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.77	3.45	34	9	14	3	0	5	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.683	.72	0.22%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	397	45	May 28(2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-4)	3	9.0	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.44	3.28	35	11	12	1	0	7	74			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.448	.44	0.12%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
12	398	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	2.19	3.34	32	8	15	0	0	2	80			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.51	0.786	.93	0.29%	4.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	399	53	Jun 5	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS-7		3	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.12	3.21	27	7	8	0	2	6	65			1	1	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.337	1.33	0.17%	2.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
14	400	56	Jun 10	BAL	@	OAK	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.93	3.07	30	5	18	0	1	3	85			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.701	1.72	0.53%	3.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	401	60	Jun 14	BAL		CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	6	2	1	3	6	0	0	1.86	3.01	37	9	13	2	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.263	.92	0.22%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	402	64	Jun 18	BAL		OAK	W,2-1	GS-8	W(10-4)	3	8.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.81	3.06	30	8	14	1	0	4	72			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.406	1.57	0.30%	2.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
17	403	68	Jun 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(10-5)	4	8.0	10	5	5	4	3	1	0	2.05	3.18	36	9	11	0	0	9	41			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	2	1	0	.64	-0.168	1.66	-0.26%	-0.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
18	404	72	Jun 27(1)	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(10-6)	3	8.0	11	6	6	5	6	1	0	2.33	3.26	39	11	6	1	1	11	37			1	0	0	33	4	1	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.288	.63	-0.13%	-2.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
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	405	77	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	GS-9		3	9.0	8	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.31	3.25	39	13	11	2	0	7	63			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.154	1.54	0.08%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
20	406	82	Jul 6	BAL		TOR	L,0-2	CG	L(10-7)	4	9.0	7	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.23	3.21	35	14	12	6	0	4	68			0	2	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.119	.72	0.05%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	407	89	Jul 15(2)	BAL		TEX	L,1-11	GS-5	L(10-8)	8	4.1	8	6	5	2	2	1	0	2.45	3.29	22	6	5	0	1	7	25			0	1	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	0	.80	-0.232	.48	-0.08%	-3.12	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d4
22	408	93	Jul 19	BAL	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	W(11-8)	3	9.0	7	3	3	4	2	1	0	2.48	3.38	37	13	11	1	2	7	59			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.60	0.076	.20	0.02%	1.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
23	409	96	Jul 23	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-5	GS-8	W(12-8)	3	7.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.59	3.37	29	14	6	0	1	6	46			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.005	.45	0.00%	-1.63	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a3
24	410	101	Jul 28	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	GS-9	W(13-8)	4	8.1	6	4	3	3	5	0	0	2.62	3.33	34	11	12	2	1	3	59			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.12	-0.344	1.22	-0.22%	-1.14	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 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	411	105	Aug 2	BAL		MIL	L,3-5	CG	L(13-9)	4	9.0	10	5	4	3	10	2	0	2.69	3.37	38	7	8	0	0	10	56			2	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	1	0	.62	-0.217	.91	-0.19%	-1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
26	412	109	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(13-10)	3	8.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	2.71	3.37	30	9	11	1	0	6	56			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.64	-0.076	.69	-0.05%	0.65	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
27	413	113	Aug 10	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	GS-9	W(14-10)	3	8.2	5	2	0	5	2	0	0	2.60	3.39	34	12	10	2	0	5	67			1	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	0.258	.46	0.06%	1.78	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
28	414	117	Aug 14	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	CG	L(14-11)	3	9.0	11	4	3	1	3	1	0	2.62	3.41	37	14	8	1	0	11	53			0	0	1	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.130	.33	-0.03%	-0.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
29	415	121	Aug 19	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(14-12)	4	8.0	9	4	4	4	4	1	0	2.68	3.45	35	10	8	1	2	9	48			2	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.203	.11	-0.01%	-0.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
30	416	125	Aug 23	BAL	@	OAK	W,11-0	SHO	W(15-12)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.58	3.42	33	11	11	1	0	3	83			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.081	.02	0.01%	3.99	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a11
31	417	129	Aug 28	BAL		OAK	W,7-3	CG	W(16-12)	4	9.0	13	3	3	0	6	1	0	2.60	3.39	38	9	12	0	1	11	55			0	1	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.047	.18	0.00%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 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
32	418	133	Sep 1(1)	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	GS-8	W(17-12)	3	7.0	7	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.52	3.39	30	8	11	1	0	6	62			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.171	.03	0.00%	1.64	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out a3
33	419	139	Sep 5	BAL		BOS	W,4-1	GS-8	W(18-12)	3	8.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.48	3.34	30	7	13	1	0	5	71			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.325	.37	0.06%	2.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
34	420	143	Sep 11	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-6		5	5.0	5	3	3	1	2	3	0	2.54	3.47	21	7	6	0	1	5	46			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.111	.33	-0.03%	-0.36	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out d2
35	421	147	Sep 15	BAL		TOR	W,8-3	CG	W(19-12)	3	9.0	5	3	3	6	5	1	0	2.55	3.52	37	12	9	1	3	5	64			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	-0.072	.02	0.00%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
36	422	151	Sep 19	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-8		3	7.1	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.52	3.50	29	5	14	0	1	6	62			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.427	.22	0.04%	3.08	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a1
37	423	154	Sep 23(2)	BAL		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(20-12)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.47	3.51	33	10	14	0	0	3	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.208	.00	0.00%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
38	424	158	Sep 28	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GS-9	W(21-12)	4	8.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.46	3.48	29	5	14	1	0	4	68			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.227	.00	0.00%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
							23-15		W-L:21-12	3.5	296.0	246	94	81	97	138	19	1	2.46	3.48	1197	0.87		5%	3%	228	60		---%	18	17	1	1085	33	6	1	21	4	10	.99	3.991	.65	1.33%	38.90

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