Dean Palmer
Dean William Palmer
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 27, 1968 in Tallahassee, FL
High School: Florida (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1989
Final Game: May 9, 2003
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 TEX AL 20 3B 6 2 17.0 6 1 3 2 0 .667 0.1 7.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.12 0.67 .967 2.75 2.33
1989 TEX AL 20 DH 6
1989 TEX AL 20 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.10
1989 TEX AL 20 SS 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -320.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 6.00 2.00 .950 4.80 4.10
1991 TEX AL 22 3B 50 45 400.0 107 27 74 6 5 .944 -4.8 -14.4 -4.8 -3.3 -1.5 0 2.27 2.02 .955 2.79 2.33
1991 TEX AL 22 LF 29 24 182.2 46 42 1 3 1 .935 -7.5 -49.3 -7.5 -4.1 -3.4 0 2.12 1.48 .978 2.17 1.72
1991 TEX AL 22 OF 29 24 182.2 46 42 1 3 1 .935 -7.5 -49.3 -7.5 -4.1 -3.4 0 2.12 1.48 .985 2.37 2.03
1991 TEX AL 22 DH 5
1992 TEX AL 23 3B 150 143 1272.0 400 124 254 22 24 .945 -13.8 -13.0 -12.8 -8.5 -4.3 -1 2.67 2.52 .950 2.78 2.40
1993 TEX AL 24 3B 148 144 1259.1 372 85 258 29 21 .922 -12.8 -12.2 -11.8 -6.6 -5.2 -1 2.45 2.32 .952 2.69 2.31
1993 TEX AL 24 SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.10
1994 TEX AL 25 3B 91 90 775.2 251 50 179 22 8 .912 -12.2 -18.9 -10.2 -3.1 -7.1 -2 2.66 2.52 .950 2.64 2.34
1995 TEX AL 26 3B 36 35 302.2 96 19 72 5 9 .948 1.7 6.7 1.7 1.9 -0.2 0 2.71 2.53 .952 2.61 2.19
1996 TEX AL 27 3B 154 153 1321.1 342 105 221 16 17 .953 -6.0 -5.4 -6.0 -3.2 -2.8 0 2.22 2.12 .956 2.57 2.18
1996 TEX AL 27 DH 1
1997 TOT AL 28 3B 141 140 1227.0 362 99 244 19 18 .948 3.1 3.0 4.1 -2.8 6.9 -1 2.52 2.43 .953 2.67 2.32
1997 TEX AL 28 3B 93 92 799.1 244 72 162 10 10 .959 3.9 5.9 4.9 -0.1 5.0 -1 2.63 2.52 .953 2.67 2.32
1997 KCR AL 28 3B 48 48 427.2 118 27 82 9 8 .924 -0.8 -2.2 -0.8 -2.7 1.9 0 2.29 2.27 .954 2.67 2.32
1997 KCR AL 28 DH 1
1998 KCR AL 29 3B 129 127 1102.1 278 69 187 22 16 .921 -11.4 -12.4 -10.4 -4.5 -5.9 -1 2.09 1.98 .950 2.55 2.23 AS,SS
1998 KCR AL 29 DH 22 AS,SS
1999 DET AL 30 3B 141 140 1212.0 348 89 240 19 24 .945 -14.7 -14.6 -14.7 -4.3 -10.4 0 2.44 2.33 .950 2.58 2.21 SS
1999 DET AL 30 DH 9 SS
2000 DET AL 31 3B 115 114 955.0 269 66 180 23 14 .914 -15.7 -19.7 -14.7 -5.8 -8.9 -1 2.32 2.14 .949 2.67 2.31
2000 DET AL 31 1B 20 15 128.2 129 122 5 2 13 .984 -1.0 -9.3 -1.0 -0.9 -0.1 0 8.88 6.35 .993 9.37 8.17
2000 DET AL 31 DH 14
2001 DET AL 32 DH 57
2002 DET AL 33 DH 3
2003 DET AL 34 DH 22
2003 DET AL 34 1B 1 1 8.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 11.25 10.00 .990 9.56 8.30
2003 DET AL 34 3B 1 1 8.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 4.00 .950 2.70 2.40
12 Seasons 3B 1162 1134 9852.1 2835 734 1916 185 156 .935 -86.2 -10.5 -79.2 -40.2 -39.0 -7 2.42 2.28 .952 2.65 2.28
10 Seasons DH 140
2 Seasons OF 30 24 182.2 47 43 1 3 1 .936 -7.5 -49.3 -7.5 -4.1 -3.4 0 2.17 1.47 .985 2.37 2.03
1 Season LF 29 24 182.2 46 42 1 3 1 .935 -7.5 -49.3 -7.5 -4.1 -3.4 0 2.12 1.48 .978 2.17 1.72
2 Seasons 1B 21 16 136.2 139 131 6 2 13 .986 -0.8 -7.0 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 0 9.02 6.52 .993 9.38 8.18
2 Seasons SS 2 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -270.0 -0.9 -0.1 -0.8 0 6.75 1.50 .967 4.73 4.10
14 Seasons TOT 1215 1174 10175.2 3024 910 1924 190 170 .937 -95.4 -11.3 -88.4 -45.1 -43.3 0 -7 2.51 2.33 .891 2.74 2.38
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1989 TEX AL 20 16 4 16 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
1991 TEX AL 22 81 73 81 75 0 0 0 0 50 0 29 0 0 29 4 5 1
1992 TEX AL 23 152 143 152 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1993 TEX AL 24 148 144 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TEX AL 25 93 90 93 91 0 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 TEX AL 26 36 35 36 36 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996 TEX AL 27 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1997 TEX AL 28 94 92 94 93 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 KCR AL 28 49 48 49 48 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 KCR AL 29 152 149 152 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 0
1999 DET AL 30 150 149 150 141 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
2000 DET AL 31 145 142 145 129 0 0 20 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0
2001 DET AL 32 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 0
2002 DET AL 33 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
2003 DET AL 34 26 24 26 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 2 0
14 Seasons 1357 1307 1357 1202 0 0 21 0 1161 2 29 0 0 29 133 31 3
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1989 TEX AL 20 86 58% 74% 21% 6 67% 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1991 TEX AL 22 1831 54% 75% 33% 112 83% 0 27 20 2 5 74 59 14 0 3 6 0 1 5 4 5 4 0 4 1 1 0 1 100%
1992 TEX AL 23 5750 54% 75% 30% 392 85% 1 124 90 11 24 252 197 42 1 11 22 0 16 6 17 24 14 0 16 6 3 3 14 79%
1993 TEX AL 24 5664 61% 76% 32% 374 83% 3 84 55 7 23 260 199 48 4 12 29 1 12 16 20 21 16 1 17 3 1 0 22 50%
1994 TEX AL 25 3619 58% 77% 34% 262 82% 3 50 36 4 10 179 147 30 0 2 22 0 11 11 17 8 6 0 6 2 1 1 7 57%
1995 TEX AL 26 1407 56% 76% 34% 94 85% 0 19 11 1 7 72 57 12 0 1 5 0 2 3 2 9 6 1 9 0 0 0 6 67%
1996 TEX AL 27 5956 52% 76% 30% 354 86% 0 105 83 9 13 220 179 37 0 6 16 0 8 8 13 17 11 2 15 2 1 1 16 69%
1997 TEX AL 28 3595 55% 77% 32% 248 87% 2 73 53 10 10 164 138 22 1 5 10 0 6 4 9 10 3 2 8 1 0 1 8 38%
1997 KCR AL 28 1924 58% 76% 31% 117 84% 1 26 15 5 7 85 66 14 1 2 9 1 5 3 7 8 4 2 8 0 0 0 6 50%
1998 KCR AL 29 5046 57% 75% 30% 316 75% 3 71 54 4 14 187 144 32 2 5 22 0 15 7 18 16 10 1 13 1 1 0 13 46%
1999 DET AL 30 5500 53% 75% 31% 385 78% 0 89 66 8 15 239 180 52 1 6 19 0 18 1 16 24 19 3 22 2 1 1 25 36%
2000 DET AL 31 4262 53% 76% 32% 255 90% 6 64 50 5 9 181 142 29 5 5 23 0 13 10 21 14 9 0 11 0 0 0 4 75%
2003 DET AL 34 39 77% 69% 28% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
12 Seasons 44679 55% 76% 31% 2920 83% 19 733 534 66 137 1920 1514 333 15 58 185 2 108 75 145 156 102 12 129 18 9 7 124 53%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 TEX AL 22 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 5 4 1 23 14 60.9% 8 1 4.3% 0 856 56% 73% 39% 84 50%
1 Season 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 5 4 1 23 14 60.9% 8 1 4.3% 0 856 56% 73% 39% 84 50%
MLB Averages 60.7% 2.5% 56% 75% 39% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2000 DET AL 31 582 46% 71% 27% 26 88% 1 122 5 117 0 13 5 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 1 3 67%
2003 DET AL 34 36 56% 78% 28% 1 100% 0 9 0 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 618 47% 72% 27% 27 89% 1 131 5 126 0 13 6 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 1 3 67%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1989 TEX AL 20 17 65% 82% 41% 1 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TEX AL 24 5 80% 100% 40% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 22 68% 86% 41% 2 50% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 89%

* 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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