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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1978 20 MON NL 0 1 .000 2.79 5 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 9 4 3 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 39 126 1.138 8.4 0.9 1.9 6.5 3.50
1979 21 MON NL 10 2 .833 2.64 36 11 13 2 1 2 122.2 110 41 36 10 30 7 72 2 0 2 502 139 1.141 8.1 0.7 2.2 5.3 2.40
1980 22 MON NL 8 6 .571 2.98 24 19 0 3 1 0 129.2 124 53 43 11 30 1 73 2 2 1 529 120 1.188 8.6 0.8 2.1 5.1 2.43
1982 24 MON NL 6 4 .600 3.18 13 13 0 1 0 0 73.2 60 34 26 3 36 2 46 2 1 6 312 115 1.303 7.3 0.4 4.4 5.6 1.28
1984 26 MON NL 7 3 .700 3.84 20 19 0 1 1 0 105.1 101 45 45 5 44 4 66 0 2 0 444 90 1.377 8.6 0.4 3.8 5.6 1.50
1985 27 MON NL 7 10 .412 3.71 24 23 0 0 0 0 135.2 128 60 56 5 67 5 106 3 0 9 588 92 1.437 8.5 0.3 4.4 7.0 1.58
1986 28 ATL NL 11 10 .524 3.65 35 35 0 2 0 0 209.2 181 98 85 17 102 8 170 5 0 9 889 108 1.350 7.8 0.7 4.4 7.3 1.67
1987 29 ATL NL 8 11 .421 4.90 28 28 0 0 0 0 152.1 169 94 83 17 64 4 111 7 0 5 687 88 1.530 10.0 1.0 3.8 6.6 1.73
1988 30 PHI NL 7 9 .438 4.47 22 22 0 1 1 0 129.0 129 67 64 8 48 5 85 0 0 2 551 80 1.372 9.0 0.6 3.3 5.9 1.77
1989 31 DET AL 0 3 .000 7.79 5 5 0 0 0 0 17.1 25 19 15 1 11 0 12 0 0 0 85 49 2.077 13.0 0.5 5.7 6.2 1.09
10 Seasons 64 59 .520 3.78 212 176 14 10 4 2 1085.0 1036 515 456 78 434 36 748 21 5 34 4626 99 1.355 8.6 0.6 3.6 6.2 1.72
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .520 3.78 37 31 2 2 1 0 190 182 90 80 14 76 6 131 4 1 6 811 99 1.355 8.6 0.6 3.6 6.2 1.72
MON (6 yrs) 38 26 .594 3.26 122 86 14 7 3 2 576.2 532 237 209 35 209 19 370 9 5 18 2414 109 1.285 8.3 0.5 3.3 5.8 1.77
ATL (2 yrs) 19 21 .475 4.18 63 63 0 2 0 0 362.0 350 192 168 34 166 12 281 12 0 14 1576 98 1.425 8.7 0.8 4.1 7.0 1.69
PHI (1 yr) 7 9 .438 4.47 22 22 0 1 1 0 129.0 129 67 64 8 48 5 85 0 0 2 551 80 1.372 9.0 0.6 3.3 5.9 1.77
DET (1 yr) 0 3 .000 7.79 5 5 0 0 0 0 17.1 25 19 15 1 11 0 12 0 0 0 85 49 2.077 13.0 0.5 5.7 6.2 1.09
NL (9 yrs) 64 56 .533 3.72 207 171 14 10 4 2 1067.2 1011 496 441 77 423 36 736 21 5 34 4541 101 1.343 8.5 0.6 3.6 6.2 1.74
AL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 7.79 5 5 0 0 0 0 17.1 25 19 15 1 11 0 12 0 0 0 85 49 2.077 13.0 0.5 5.7 6.2 1.09

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 20 MON NL 5 39 37 4 9 0 0 1 2 0 2 7 .243 .282 .324 .606 .276 12 1 0 0 0 0
1979 21 MON NL 36 502 464 41 110 15 1 10 7 2 30 72 .237 .285 .338 .624 .260 157 7 2 4 2 7
1980 22 MON NL 24 529 487 53 124 18 2 11 12 10 30 73 .255 .299 .368 .667 .279 179 14 2 8 2 1
1982 24 MON NL 13 312 268 34 60 9 3 3 13 7 36 46 .224 .315 .313 .629 .254 84 5 2 1 5 2
1984 26 MON NL 20 444 394 45 101 17 3 5 13 10 44 66 .256 .330 .353 .683 .296 139 8 0 5 1 4
1985 27 MON NL 24 588 511 60 128 11 4 5 27 8 67 106 .250 .340 .317 .657 .306 162 12 3 5 2 5
1986 28 ATL NL 35 889 773 98 181 25 4 17 41 18 102 170 .234 .325 .343 .668 .277 265 15 5 4 5 8
1987 29 ATL NL 28 687 602 94 169 28 5 17 30 4 64 111 .281 .354 .429 .783 .317 258 11 7 9 5 4
1988 30 PHI NL 22 551 494 67 129 21 3 8 25 5 48 85 .261 .324 .364 .688 .298 180 7 0 4 5 5
1989 31 DET AL 5 85 73 19 25 5 0 1 2 0 11 12 .342 .424 .452 .876 .393 33 4 0 0 1 0
10 Seasons 212 4626 4103 515 1036 149 25 78 172 64 434 748 .252 .325 .358 .683 .290 1469 84 21 40 28 36
162 Game Avg. 37 811 719 90 182 26 4 14 30 11 76 131 .252 .325 .358 .683 .290 257 15 4 7 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 20 MON NL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 44 44 2 0 0 1 3.0 0.0 4.0
1979 21 MON NL 36 11 7 0 4 2 0 9 2 .818 0 1 2 1 7 64% 57 79 39 12 2 3 4 5.4 4.9 7.3
1980 22 MON NL 24 19 8 6 5 0 2 11 8 .579 0 1 3 1 12 63% 55 85 16 16 7 2 7 4.2 4.5 6.3
1982 24 MON NL 13 13 6 4 3 2 0 9 4 .692 0 2 1 0 5 38% 53 76 19 7 2 0 5 4.8 4.1 5.7
1984 26 MON NL 20 19 6 3 10 4 0 8 11 .421 3 4 1 1 7 37% 50 77 24 22 8 1 12 3.9 3.7 5.2
1985 27 MON NL 24 23 7 10 6 1 4 12 11 .522 1 1 0 0 15 65% 52 75 15 12 2 0 8 3.2 2.7 5.8
1986 28 ATL NL 35 35 11 10 14 1 4 19 16 .543 3 6 2 0 23 66% 53 75 15 24 8 12 10 3.7 3.6 6.0
1987 29 ATL NL 28 28 8 11 9 4 2 12 16 .429 3 6 0 0 9 32% 46 77 22 19 7 8 8 5.0 5.2 5.4
1988 30 PHI NL 22 22 7 9 6 2 1 10 12 .455 3 2 1 1 10 45% 49 88 22 20 9 2 11 3.5 3.4 5.9 87 6 9 6 0 119
1989 31 DET AL 5 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 4 .200 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37 47 22 7 2 0 3 5.8 3.2 3.5 71 3 1 1 0 111
10 Seasons 212 176 60 57 59 16 13 91 85 .517 13 24 10 4 88 50% 51 88 15 141 47 28 69 4.1 3.9 5.8 84 9 10 7 0 119
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 20 MON NL 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.546 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 2 1 2 1 4.3
1979 21 MON NL 36 25 13 3 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 17 11 65% 8 1.013 10 4 11 6 4 15 10 15 13 4 13 3 5.0
1980 22 MON NL 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 1.138 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 5 3 1 3 1 5.8
1984 26 MON NL 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.169 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 18.0
1985 27 MON NL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.101 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
5 Seasons 109 36 14 4 2 3 2 1 67% 6 3 17 11 65% 1.093 12 7 17 10 5 21 10 26 20 6 20 5 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1978 20 MON NL 39 38% 2.6% 18.0% 5.1% 2.6% 11% 2.67 74% 4 1 25%
1979 21 MON NL 502 48% 2.0% 14.3% 6.0% 5.2% 24% 1.23 76% 69 7 10%
1980 22 MON NL 529 52% 2.1% 13.8% 5.7% 5.9% 25% 2.24 77% 83 14 17%
1982 24 MON NL 312 54% 1.0% 14.7% 11.5% 4.8% 25% 2.09 72% 51 5 10%
1984 26 MON NL 444 55% 1.1% 14.9% 9.9% 5.6% 25% 2.13 73% 80 8 10%
1985 27 MON NL 588 52% 0.9% 18.0% 11.4% 3.4% 16% 2.50 68% 122 12 10%
1986 28 ATL NL 889 52% 1.9% 19.1% 11.5% 5.2% 25% 1.93 66% 136 15 11%
1987 29 ATL NL 687 55% 2.5% 16.2% 9.3% 7.3% 30% 1.84 70% 122 11 9%
1988 30 PHI NL 551 52% 1.5% 15.4% 8.7% 5.8% 25% 1.15 1.40 74% 19% 6.7% 35% 95 7 7%
1989 31 DET AL 85 51% 1.2% 14.1% 12.9% 7.1% 24% 1.74 4.00 72% 31% 4.5% 4% 25 4 16%
10 Seasons 4626 52% 1.7% 16.2% 9.4% 5.5% 24% 1.22 1.88 71% 20% 6.3% 32% 787 84 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 30 PHI NL 534 1835 3.44 1154 63% 26% 14% 26% 35% 74% 3% 47% 81% 60% 5% 27 10 18% 98 52 6 33% 18 12 17 1 0
1989 31 DET AL 85 356 4.19 200 56% 30% 13% 26% 31% 70% 0% 39% 81% 47% 8% 7 4 16% 14 4 0 42% 1 3 0 0 0
2 Seasons 619 2191 3.54 1354 62% 26% 14% 26% 34% 74% 2% 46% 81% 58% 5% 34 14 18% 112 56 6 34% 19 15 17 1 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1978 20 MON NL 39 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 11 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1979 21 MON NL 502 110 10 0 9 6 4 6 4 23 10 5 43% 6 2 0 164 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1980 22 MON NL 529 124 11 0 5 8 3 2 9 16 13 2 81% 12 1 1 181 12 10 55% 12 8 0 2 0 0 1 1 6 0
1982 24 MON NL 312 60 3 0 7 1 2 1 2 20 14 2 70% 8 6 0 105 13 7 65% 10 7 3 0 0 0 2 1 16 0
1984 26 MON NL 444 101 5 0 7 3 2 3 2 22 8 4 36% 2 0 1 155 13 10 57% 13 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1985 27 MON NL 588 128 5 0 16 4 1 3 2 35 17 6 49% 4 9 1 229 27 8 77% 25 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 13 0
1986 28 ATL NL 889 181 17 1 19 12 5 5 12 39 21 3 54% 11 9 2 309 41 18 69% 39 15 2 2 0 1 0 0 19 0
1987 29 ATL NL 687 169 17 0 21 8 9 8 9 42 22 9 52% 10 5 0 250 30 4 88% 27 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1988 30 PHI NL 551 129 19 5 8 0 6 4 4 4 4 26 16 2 62% 5 2 0 199 25 5 83% 25 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1989 31 DET AL 85 25 2 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 10 7 1 70% 2 0 0 32 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Seasons 4626 1036 21 5 78 1 96 47 31 33 45 234 129 34 55% 60 34 5 1635 172 64 73% 161 55 11 8 0 1 8 2 87 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1978 20 0 1 .000 2.79 5 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 9 4 3 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 39 126 1.138 8.4 0.9 1.9 6.5 3.50 126
1979 21 10 3 .769 2.65 41 12 14 2 1 2 132.1 119 45 39 11 32 7 79 2 0 2 541 138 1.141 8.1 0.7 2.2 5.4 2.47 138
1980 22 18 9 .667 2.82 65 31 14 5 2 2 262.0 243 98 82 22 62 8 152 4 2 3 1070 128 1.164 8.3 0.8 2.1 5.2 2.45 128
1981 23 18 9 .667 2.82 65 31 14 5 2 2 262.0 243 98 82 22 62 8 152 4 2 3 1070 128 1.164 8.3 0.8 2.1 5.2 2.45 128
1982 24 24 13 .649 2.90 78 44 14 6 2 2 335.2 303 132 108 25 98 10 198 6 3 9 1382 125 1.195 8.1 0.7 2.6 5.3 2.02 125
1983 25 24 13 .649 2.90 78 44 14 6 2 2 335.2 303 132 108 25 98 10 198 6 3 9 1382 125 1.195 8.1 0.7 2.6 5.3 2.02 125
1984 26 31 16 .660 3.12 98 63 14 7 3 2 441.0 404 177 153 30 142 14 264 6 5 9 1826 115 1.238 8.2 0.6 2.9 5.4 1.86 115
1985 27 38 26 .594 3.26 122 86 14 7 3 2 576.2 532 237 209 35 209 19 370 9 5 18 2414 109 1.285 8.3 0.5 3.3 5.8 1.77 109
1986 28 49 36 .576 3.36 157 121 14 9 3 2 786.1 713 335 294 52 311 27 540 14 5 27 3303 108 1.302 8.2 0.6 3.6 6.2 1.74 108
1987 29 57 47 .548 3.61 185 149 14 9 3 2 938.2 882 429 377 69 375 31 651 21 5 32 3990 104 1.339 8.5 0.7 3.6 6.2 1.74 104
1988 30 64 56 .533 3.72 207 171 14 10 4 2 1067.2 1011 496 441 77 423 36 736 21 5 34 4541 101 1.343 8.5 0.6 3.6 6.2 1.74 101
1989 31 64 59 .520 3.78 212 176 14 10 4 2 1085.0 1036 515 456 78 434 36 748 21 5 34 4626 99 1.355 8.6 0.6 3.6 6.2 1.72 99

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1978 20 1 0 1.000 3.00 9.0 10 3 3 1 2 6 0 1.333 10.0 2.0 6.0 3.00 1.0 5
1979 21 9 4 .692 2.90 118.0 114 42 38 10 31 69 2 1.229 8.7 2.4 5.3 2.23 0.8 36
1980 22 7 6 .538 3.54 122.0 130 53 48 12 31 69 2 1.320 9.6 2.3 5.1 2.23 0.9 24
1982 24 4 3 .571 3.60 70.0 62 31 28 3 37 44 2 1.414 8.0 4.8 5.7 1.19 0.4 13
1984 26 4 6 .400 4.73 97.0 106 57 51 5 46 61 0 1.567 9.8 4.3 5.7 1.33 0.5 20
1985 27 6 8 .429 4.57 126.0 136 71 64 5 71 98 3 1.643 9.7 5.1 7.0 1.38 0.4 24
1986 28 12 10 .545 3.82 200.0 181 94 85 17 102 162 5 1.415 8.1 4.6 7.3 1.59 0.8 35
1987 29 7 9 .438 4.59 151.0 164 86 77 16 62 110 7 1.497 9.8 3.7 6.6 1.77 1.0 28
1988 30 5 8 .385 5.28 121.0 136 79 71 8 51 80 0 1.545 10.1 3.8 6.0 1.57 0.6 22
1989 31 0 1 .000 9.56 16.0 26 19 17 1 11 11 0 2.313 14.6 6.2 6.2 1.00 0.6 5
10 Seasons 55 55 .500 4.21 1030.0 1065 535 482 78 444 710 21 1.465 9.3 6.2 1.60 0.7 212

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL  7.297 (6th)
Career  6.205 (187th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1986 NL  170 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1986 NL  35 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL  102 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1985 NL  9 (7th)
1986 NL  9 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1986 NL  5 (8th)
1987 NL  7 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1978 NL  born 1957-10-19 (3rd)
1979 NL  born 1957-10-19 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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