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David Palmer

David William Palmer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 19, 1957 in Glens Falls, NY
High School: Glens Falls HS (Glens Falls, NY)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 21st round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1978 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Expos/Braves/Phillies/Tigers 1978-1989
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: June 30, 1989 (Age 31)
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Fine Details · Last updated Feb 13, 2013 2:17AM

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #930. Duke Esper… #931. Justin Duchscherer… #932. Doc Scanlan… #933. DAVID PALMER… #934. Orlando Pena… #935. Jack Russell… #936. Jim Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #930. Duke Esper… #931. Justin Duchscherer… #932. Doc Scanlan… #933. DAVID PALMER… #934. Orlando Pena… #935. Jack Russell… #936. Jim Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1976	18	WSN-min	Rk	0	5	.000	7.20	13	3		0	0	0	45.0	58	49	36	6	28	2	44	4	1	1			1.911	11.6	1.2	5.6	8.8	1.57	LTH · PION
1977	19	WSN-min	A	6	8	.429	2.87	25	19		3	0	0	119.0	120	49	38	4	44	1	88	3	0	5			1.378	9.1	0.3	3.3	6.7	2.00	WPB · FLOR
1978	20	WSN-min	AA,A	12	12	.500	2.73	26	26		13	4	0	181.0	151	80	55	6	48	2	136	4	0	5			1.099	7.5	0.3	2.4	6.8	2.83	MEM,WPB · SOUL,FLOR
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	131	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

1981	23	WSN-min	A,AA	0	0		1.64	4	4	0	0	0	0	11.0	9	2	2	0	6	0	7	1	0	0			1.364	7.4	0.0	4.9	5.7	1.17	WPB,MEM · FLOR,SOUL
1982	24	WSN-min	AA	3	2	.600	3.51	9	9	0	1	1	0	51.1	38	21	20	5	33	1	44	2	1	2			1.383	6.7	0.9	5.8	7.7	1.33	MEM · SOUL
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-min	AA	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0			1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	10.8	2.00	GRV · SOUL
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	89	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-CLE-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.05	18	17	1	0	0	0	93.1	84	55	42	3	44	0	61	4	1	5			1.371	8.1	0.3	4.2	5.9	1.39	TOL,CSP · IL,PCL
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	51	2.077	13.0	0.5	5.7	6.2	1.09
1990	32	REN	A+	1	0	1.000	3.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	8	4	4	0	8	0	10	1	0	0			1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	8.4	1.25	REN · CALL
10 Yrs				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	99	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	51	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	51	2.077	13.0	0.5	5.7	6.2	1.09

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1978	20	MON	NL	9.2	5	1	4	3.72	4.15	0.42	-0.14	101.8	3.65	-0	-0.0	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.496	.500
1979	21	MON	NL	122.2	36	11	41	3.01	4.14	0.18	-0.02	98.8	3.89	11	1.2	1.0	-0.1	2.1	24	.534	.508
1980	22	MON	NL	129.2	24	19	53	3.68	4.08	-0.05	0.11	100.0	4.24	8	0.9	1.1	-0.1	1.9	20	.537	.505

1982	24	MON	NL	73.2	13	13	34	4.15	4.13	0.02	0.14	100.5	4.28	0	0.0		-0.0	0.6	8	.502	.500

1984	26	MON	NL	105.1	20	19	45	3.84	4.13	0.25	0.12	96.1	3.84	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.7	10	.493	.499	$162,500
1985	27	MON	NL	135.2	24	23	60	3.98	4.06	0.04	0.13	95.5	3.97	-1	-0.1	.2	-0.1	0.9	13	.495	.499	$375,000
1986	28	ATL	NL	209.2	35	35	98	4.21	4.18	-0.28	0.15	105.0	4.84	14	1.6		-0.1	3.2	35	.544	.510	$390,000
1987	29	ATL	NL	152.1	28	28	94	5.55	4.56	-0.26	0.17	105.8	5.27	-6	-0.6		-0.1	0.6	11	.478	.496	$725,000
1988	30	PHI	NL	129.0	22	22	67	4.67	3.84	-0.34	0.13	103.2	4.45	-4	-0.4		-0.1	0.6	8	.480	.497	$675,000
1989	31	DET	AL	17.1	5	5	19	9.87	4.36	-0.14	0.15	101.8	4.74	-10	-0.9		-0.0	-0.8	-8	.322	.495	$175,000
10 Seasons				1085.0	212	176	515	4.27	4.16	-0.08	0.12	101.2	4.42	10	1.5	.9	-0.6	9.9	122	.507	.501	$2,502,500

MON (6 yrs)				576.2	122	86	237	3.70	4.11	0.09	0.09	98.1	4.02	16	1.9	.9	-0.3	6.3	75	.515	.502	$537,500
ATL (2 yrs)				362.0	63	63	192	4.77	4.34	-0.27	0.16	105.4	5.02	8	0.9		-0.2	3.8	46	.515	.503	$1,115,000
PHI (1 yr)				129.0	22	22	67	4.67	3.84	-0.34	0.13	103.2	4.45	-4	-0.4		-0.1	0.6	8	.480	.497	$675,000
DET (1 yr)				17.1	5	5	19	9.87	4.36	-0.14	0.15	101.8	4.74	-10	-0.9		-0.0	-0.8	-8	.322	.495	$175,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1976	18	WSN-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			LTH · PION
1977	19	WSN-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			WPB · FLOR
1978	20	WSN-min	AA,A	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			MEM,WPB · SOUL,FLOR
1978	20	MON	NL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1979	21	MON	NL	36	36	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.032	.063	.032	.095	-73	1	1	0	4	0	0	1
1980	22	MON	NL	25	49	45	3	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	15	.200	.234	.244	.478	34	11	0	0	2	0	0	1

1981	23	WSN-min	AA,A	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MEM,WPB · SOUL,FLOR
1982	24	WSN-min	AA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MEM · SOUL
1982	24	MON	NL	13	27	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.042	.042	.042	.083	-77	1	0	0	3	0	0	1

1984	26	MON	NL	20	39	33	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	12	.152	.152	.273	.424	19	9	0	0	6	0	0	1
1985	27	MON	NL	24	41	36	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.111	.111	.139	.250	-29	5	2	0	5	0	0	1
1986	28	ATL	NL	35	77	66	3	12	3	0	1	6	0	0	1	17	.182	.194	.273	.467	25	18	1	0	10	0	0	1
1987	29	ATL-min	AA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		GRV · SOUL
1987	29	ATL	NL	28	57	48	4	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	15	.125	.143	.208	.351	-10	10	1	0	8	0	0	1
1988	30	PHI	NL	22	48	39	6	10	4	0	2	6	0	0	0	4	.256	.256	.513	.769	116	20	1	0	9	0	0	1
1989	31	CLE-DET-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CSP,TOL · PCL,IL
1989	31	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1990	32	REN	A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		REN · CALL
10 Yrs				213	375	323	22	48	12	0	5	23	0	0	5	95	.149	.162	.232	.394	8	75	6	0	47	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	285	246	17	37	9	0	4	17	0	0	4	72	.149	.162	.232	.394	8	57	5	0	36	0	0

MON (6 yrs)				123	193	170	9	20	4	0	1	6	0	0	3	59	.118	.133	.159	.292	-18	27	3	0	20	0	0
ATL (2 yrs)				63	134	114	7	18	4	0	2	11	0	0	2	32	.158	.172	.246	.418	10	28	2	0	18	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				22	48	39	6	10	4	0	2	6	0	0	0	4	.256	.256	.513	.769	116	20	1	0	9	0	0
DET (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				208	375	323	22	48	12	0	5	23	0	0	5	95	.149	.162	.232	.394	8	75	6	0	47	0	0
AL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1978	20	MON	NL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0		/1
1979	21	MON	NL	36	36	-7	-0	-0	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2		1
1980	22	MON	NL	25	49	-4	0	0	0	6	2	0.2	2	3	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	3		1

1982	24	MON	NL	13	27	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.484	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1		1

1984	26	MON	NL	20	39	-4	-0	0	0	4	0	0.0	1	2	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$162,500	1
1985	27	MON	NL	24	41	-7	-0	0	0	5	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.489	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$375,000	1
1986	28	ATL	NL	35	77	-7	-0	-0	0	10	2	0.2	2	5	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	5	$390,000	1
1987	29	ATL	NL	28	57	-9	-1	0	0	8	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$725,000	1
1988	30	PHI	NL	22	48	0	0	0	0	6	6	0.7	2	8	0.7	.533	.505	0.7	0.0	8	$675,000	1
1989	31	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$175,000	/1
10 Seasons				213	375	-43	-1	1	0	45	1	0.2	11	13	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	13	$2,502,500

MON (6 yrs)				123	193	-28	-1	0	0	22	-6	-0.6	6	-0	-0.6	.495	.499	-0.6	0.1	-0	$537,500
ATL (2 yrs)				63	134	-16	-1	0	0	18	1	0.1	4	5	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	5	$1,115,000
PHI (1 yr)				22	48	0	0	0	0	6	6	0.7	2	8	0.7	.533	.505	0.7	0.0	8	$675,000
DET (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$175,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1978	MON	NL	20	P	5	1	0	9.2	6	0	5	1	0	.833	4.66	1.00	.952	1.96	1.90	2	0	0%	32%	0
1979	MON	NL	21	P	36	11	2	122.2	25	7	17	1	0	.960	1.76	0.67	.951	1.80	1.80	7	2	22%	34%	0
1980	MON	NL	22	P	24	19	3	129.2	37	9	26	2	0	.946	2.43	1.46	.952	1.91	1.91	12	10	45%	31%	1
1982	MON	NL	24	P	13	13	1	73.2	18	7	10	1	1	.944	2.08	1.31	.952	1.97	1.97	13	7	35%	32%	0
1984	MON	NL	26	P	20	19	1	105.1	34	20	13	1	1	.971	2.82	1.65	.954	1.88	1.87	13	10	43%	31%	0
1985	MON	NL	27	P	24	23	0	135.2	39	17	21	1	3	.974	2.52	1.58	.953	1.92	1.92	27	8	23%	30%	0
1986	ATL	NL	28	P	35	35	2	209.2	51	18	33	0	3	1.000	2.19	1.46	.955	1.94	1.94	41	18	31%	32%	0
1987	ATL	NL	29	P	28	28	0	152.1	35	9	25	1	2	.971	2.01	1.21	.955	1.91	1.90	30	4	12%	29%	0
1988	PHI	NL	30	P	22	22	1	129.0	27	14	12	1	2	.963	1.81	1.18	.955	1.96	1.96	25	5	17%	29%	0
1989	DET	AL	31	P	5	5	0	17.1	4	2	1	1	0	.750	1.56	0.60	.960	1.87	1.84	2	0	0%	32%	0
	10 Seasons			P	212	176	10	1085.0	276	103	163	10	12	.964	2.21	1.25	.954	1.91	1.90	172	64	27%	31%	1
	10 Seasons			TOT	212	176	10	1085.0	276	103	163	10	12	.964	2.21	1.25	.954	1.91	1.90	172	64	27%	31%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (212th)	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)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1986 NL 10 (10th)	Putouts as P s c a p y 1984 NL 20 (4th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1986 NL 1.000 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1978 NL born 1957-08-19 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1883), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1131), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (796th), 10.0 career WAR/10.3 7yr-peak WAR/10.1 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

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Transactions

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 21st round of the 1976 amateur draft.
November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.
February 13, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
December 19, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.
December 18, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 13, 1988: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
February 25, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
July 13, 1989: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
July 27, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 26, 1989: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
1984	26	Montreal Expos	$162,500	1986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database
1985	27	Montreal Expos	$375,000	1986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database	Arbitration win; $375,000 offer
1986	28	Atlanta Braves	$390,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	29	Atlanta Braves	$725,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	30	Philadelphia Phillies	$675,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	31	Detroit Tigers	$175,000	Larry Grasso corrections

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,502,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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