Jim Palmer
James Alvin Palmer (Cakes)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: October 15, 1945 in New York, NY
High School: Scottsdale (Scottsdale, AZ)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1965
Final Game: May 12, 1984
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1990 (411/444 ballots).
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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
1965 BAL AL 19 P 27 6 92.0 26 6 17 3 1 .885 2.25 0.85 .954 2.04 0.75
1966 BAL AL 20 P 30 30 208.1 41 14 26 1 2 .976 1.73 1.33 .951 1.99 0.75
1967 BAL AL 21 P 9 9 49.0 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.02 1.22 .955 1.97 0.74
1969 BAL AL 23 P 26 23 181.0 19 7 11 1 1 .947 0.90 0.69 .953 1.88 0.69
1970 BAL AL 24 P 39 39 305.0 65 21 42 2 4 .969 1.86 1.62 .951 1.86 0.67 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1971 BAL AL 25 P 37 37 282.0 73 27 41 5 3 .932 2.17 1.84 .959 1.98 0.77 AS,MVP-21
1972 BAL AL 26 P 36 36 274.1 54 14 37 3 4 .944 1.67 1.42 .950 1.86 0.75 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 BAL AL 27 P 38 37 296.1 61 24 35 2 3 .967 1.79 1.55 .951 1.86 0.86 CYA-1,MVP-2
1974 BAL AL 28 P 26 26 178.2 49 15 33 1 2 .980 2.42 1.85 .945 1.81 0.83
1975 BAL AL 29 P 39 38 323.0 88 30 52 6 7 .932 2.28 2.10 .941 1.87 0.85 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1976 BAL AL 30 P 40 40 315.0 77 27 49 1 2 .987 2.17 1.90 .948 1.87 0.85 CYA-1,MVP-10,GG
1977 BAL AL 31 P 39 39 319.0 70 20 48 2 5 .971 1.92 1.74 .947 1.95 0.84 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1978 BAL AL 32 P 38 38 296.0 72 27 43 2 5 .972 2.13 1.84 .953 1.90 0.85 AS,CYA-3,GG
1979 BAL AL 33 P 23 22 155.2 33 10 23 0 1 1.000 1.91 1.43 .945 1.92 0.81 GG
1980 BAL AL 34 P 34 33 224.0 53 14 37 2 6 .962 2.05 1.50 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 BAL AL 35 P 22 22 127.1 38 12 26 0 2 1.000 2.69 1.73 .961 1.98 0.81
1982 BAL AL 36 P 36 32 227.0 55 16 37 2 3 .964 2.10 1.47 .958 1.80 0.73 CYA-2,MVP-26
1983 BAL AL 37 P 14 11 76.2 14 5 8 1 0 .929 1.53 0.93 .957 1.80 0.73
1984 BAL AL 38 P 5 3 17.2 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.04 0.80 .950 1.78 0.70
19 Seasons P 558 521 3948.0 903 292 577 34 53 .962 1.98 1.56 .951 1.89 0.79
19 Seasons TOT 558 521 3948.0 903 292 577 34 53 .962 1.98 1.56 .913 1.89 0.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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
1965 BAL AL 19 29 6 29 29 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1966 BAL AL 20 36 30 36 36 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1967 BAL AL 21 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BAL AL 23 27 23 27 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 BAL AL 24 44 39 44 44 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1971 BAL AL 25 38 37 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 BAL AL 26 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 BAL AL 27 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 BAL AL 28 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BAL AL 29 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BAL AL 30 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BAL AL 31 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BAL AL 32 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 BAL AL 33 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BAL AL 34 37 3 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
1981 BAL AL 35 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 BAL AL 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 BAL AL 37 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 BAL AL 38 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 576 183 222 573 558 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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%
1965 BAL AL 19 411 67% 24% 20 90% 0 5 1 3 18 13 4 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1966 BAL AL 20 899 74% 23% 28 93% 0 14 3 10 23 18 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 6 100%
1967 BAL AL 21 201 79% 23% 8 100% 0 3 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1969 BAL AL 23 748 75% 21% 10 90% 1 10 1 7 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
1970 BAL AL 24 1296 77% 22% 55 89% 0 21 5 12 42 34 4 2 0 2 0 1 4 3 4 0 7 100%
1971 BAL AL 25 1205 76% 22% 51 94% 1 26 8 16 43 34 2 5 1 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 6 100%
1972 BAL AL 26 1122 77% 22% 43 91% 0 14 1 11 39 32 3 3 0 2 1 1 4 3 3 1 8 88%
1973 BAL AL 27 1228 78% 26% 42 90% 0 24 5 13 35 25 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 100%
1974 BAL AL 28 798 80% 23% 37 89% 2 13 1 9 33 26 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 8 88%
1975 BAL AL 29 1315 79% 25% 64 91% 1 30 9 19 52 42 4 6 0 3 3 2 7 3 6 1 16 88%
1976 BAL AL 30 1316 81% 24% 48 98% 1 26 3 21 47 36 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 7 100%
1977 BAL AL 31 1320 78% 26% 49 98% 1 20 2 16 48 36 6 2 0 1 1 1 5 3 3 2 7 86%
1978 BAL AL 32 1234 81% 26% 48 90% 0 27 0 23 43 31 6 2 0 2 0 2 5 5 5 0 7 86%
1979 BAL AL 33 651 83% 24% 27 96% 0 10 2 6 23 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 100%
1980 BAL AL 34 993 81% 23% 42 95% 0 14 4 8 38 27 6 2 0 1 1 1 6 4 5 1 8 88%
1981 BAL AL 35 551 85% 23% 27 96% 0 12 1 10 26 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1982 BAL AL 36 948 82% 21% 38 97% 1 17 4 10 35 28 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 3 100%
1983 BAL AL 37 343 85% 25% 9 89% 1 5 0 4 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1984 BAL AL 38 96 78% 20% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
19 Seasons 16675 79% 24% 649 93% 9 292 50 201 571 445 52 34 1 18 15 14 51 30 41 10 100 92%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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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