David Palmer
David William Palmer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 19, 1957 in Glens Falls, NY
High School: Glen Falls (Glen Falls, NY)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 21st round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1978
Final Game: June 30, 1989
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 MON NL 20 P 5 1 9.2 6 0 5 1 0 .833 4.66 1.00 .950 1.96 0.72
1979 MON NL 21 P 36 11 122.2 25 7 17 1 0 .960 1.76 0.67 .952 1.80 0.66
1980 MON NL 22 P 24 19 129.2 37 9 26 2 0 .946 2.43 1.46 .951 1.91 0.69
1982 MON NL 24 P 13 13 73.2 18 7 10 1 1 .944 2.08 1.31 .950 1.97 0.70
1984 MON NL 26 P 20 19 105.1 34 20 13 1 1 .971 2.82 1.65 .953 1.88 0.67
1985 MON NL 27 P 24 23 135.2 39 17 21 1 3 .974 2.52 1.58 .951 1.92 0.68
1986 ATL NL 28 P 35 35 209.2 51 18 33 0 3 1.000 2.19 1.46 .953 1.94 0.66
1987 ATL NL 29 P 28 28 152.1 35 9 25 1 2 .971 2.01 1.21 .954 1.91 0.62
1988 PHI NL 30 P 22 22 129.0 27 14 12 1 2 .963 1.81 1.18 .956 1.96 0.69
1989 DET AL 31 P 5 5 17.1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 1.56 0.60 .975 1.87 0.66
10 Seasons P 212 176 1085.0 276 103 163 10 12 .964 2.21 1.25 .953 1.91 0.67
10 Seasons TOT 212 176 1085.0 276 103 163 10 12 .964 2.21 1.25 .917 1.91 0.67

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 MON NL 20 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MON NL 21 36 11 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 MON NL 22 25 19 25 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 MON NL 24 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MON NL 26 20 19 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MON NL 27 24 23 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 ATL NL 28 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 ATL NL 29 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 PHI NL 30 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 DET AL 31 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 213 171 208 212 212 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1978 MON NL 20 42 79% 40% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MON NL 21 514 80% 30% 19 100% 0 8 1 4 16 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1980 MON NL 22 556 81% 36% 28 89% 0 7 0 6 25 21 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1982 MON NL 24 338 75% 34% 14 79% 0 7 0 5 11 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1984 MON NL 26 470 77% 32% 14 100% 1 21 0 16 12 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
1985 MON NL 27 628 72% 31% 21 100% 1 16 0 14 21 13 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 100%
1986 ATL NL 28 955 71% 35% 39 92% 2 19 3 15 34 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 100%
1987 ATL NL 29 725 75% 32% 25 96% 0 9 0 7 23 20 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 3 100%
1988 PHI NL 30 583 77% 37% 15 100% 0 15 2 9 13 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 100%
1989 DET AL 31 88 74% 45% 2 50% 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 4899 75% 34% 181 94% 4 104 6 78 160 126 12 10 2 5 3 5 13 5 9 3 19 100%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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