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Jim Palmer

James Alvin Palmer (Cakes)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 15, 1945 in New York, NY
High School: Scottsdale HS (Scottsdale, AZ)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1965
Team: Orioles 1965-1984
Agents: Ed Keating, previously: Ron Shapiro? [*]
Final Game: May 12, 1984
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1990 (411/444 ballots).
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 12:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #42. Wilbur Cooper… #43. Dutch Leonard… #44. Tim Keefe… #45. JIM PALMER… #46. Sandy Koufax… #47. Chief Bender… #48. Red Ruffing… 

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
1965 19 BAL AL 5 4 .556 3.72 27 6 7 0 0 1 92.0 75 49 38 6 56 1 75 2 0 4 394 93 1.424 7.3 0.6 5.5 7.3 1.34
1966 20 BAL AL 15 10 .600 3.46 30 30 0 6 0 0 208.1 176 83 80 21 91 1 147 0 0 7 867 98 1.282 7.6 0.9 3.9 6.4 1.62
1967 21 BAL AL 3 1 .750 2.94 9 9 0 2 1 0 49.0 34 18 16 6 20 0 23 0 0 2 194 109 1.102 6.2 1.1 3.7 4.2 1.15
1969 23 BAL AL 16 4 .800 2.34 26 23 1 11 6 0 181.0 131 48 47 11 64 1 123 1 1 7 722 152 1.077 6.5 0.5 3.2 6.1 1.92
1970 24 BAL AL 20 10 .667 2.71 39 39 0 17 5 0 305.0 263 98 92 21 100 4 199 1 3 10 1257 134 1.190 7.8 0.6 3.0 5.9 1.99 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1971 25 BAL AL 20 9 .690 2.68 37 37 0 20 3 0 282.0 231 94 84 19 106 6 184 4 2 8 1165 126 1.195 7.4 0.6 3.4 5.9 1.74 AS,MVP-21
1972 26 BAL AL 21 10 .677 2.07 36 36 0 18 3 0 274.1 219 73 63 21 70 1 184 1 1 4 1094 149 1.053 7.2 0.7 2.3 6.0 2.63 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 27 BAL AL 22 9 .710 2.40 38 37 1 19 6 1 296.1 225 86 79 16 113 5 158 3 0 7 1190 155 1.141 6.8 0.5 3.4 4.8 1.40 CYA-1,MVP-2
1974 28 BAL AL 7 12 .368 3.27 26 26 0 5 2 0 178.2 176 78 65 12 69 4 84 3 0 4 770 105 1.371 8.9 0.6 3.5 4.2 1.22
1975 29 BAL AL 23 11 .676 2.09 39 38 1 25 10 1 323.0 253 87 75 20 80 4 193 2 0 4 1268 169 1.031 7.0 0.6 2.2 5.4 2.41 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1976 30 BAL AL 22 13 .629 2.51 40 40 0 23 6 0 315.0 255 101 88 20 84 5 159 8 0 5 1256 130 1.076 7.3 0.6 2.4 4.5 1.89 CYA-1,MVP-10,GG
1977 31 BAL AL 20 11 .645 2.91 39 39 0 22 3 0 319.0 263 106 103 24 99 1 193 3 0 7 1269 131 1.135 7.4 0.7 2.8 5.4 1.95 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1978 32 BAL AL 21 12 .636 2.46 38 38 0 19 6 0 296.0 246 94 81 19 97 1 138 1 1 5 1197 143 1.159 7.5 0.6 2.9 4.2 1.42 AS,CYA-3,GG
1979 33 BAL AL 10 6 .625 3.30 23 22 1 7 0 0 155.2 144 66 57 12 43 0 67 0 0 1 639 122 1.201 8.3 0.7 2.5 3.9 1.56 GG
1980 34 BAL AL 16 10 .615 3.98 34 33 0 4 0 0 224.0 238 108 99 26 74 0 109 3 0 2 959 100 1.393 9.6 1.0 3.0 4.4 1.47
1981 35 BAL AL 7 8 .467 3.75 22 22 0 5 0 0 127.1 117 60 53 14 46 1 35 2 1 3 532 97 1.280 8.3 1.0 3.3 2.5 0.76
1982 36 BAL AL 15 5 .750 3.13 36 32 1 8 2 1 227.0 195 85 79 22 63 1 103 4 1 2 920 129 1.137 7.7 0.9 2.5 4.1 1.63 CYA-2,MVP-26
1983 37 BAL AL 5 4 .556 4.23 14 11 1 0 0 0 76.2 86 42 36 11 19 0 34 0 1 1 332 94 1.370 10.1 1.3 2.2 4.0 1.79
1984 38 BAL AL 0 3 .000 9.17 5 3 2 0 0 0 17.2 22 19 18 2 17 1 4 0 0 2 89 43 2.208 11.2 1.0 8.7 2.0 0.24
19 Yrs 268 152 .638 2.86 558 521 15 211 53 4 3948.0 3349 1395 1253 303 1311 37 2212 38 11 85 16114 125 1.180 7.6 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.69
162 Game Avg. 17 10 .638 2.86 35 33 1 13 3 0 249 211 88 79 19 83 2 139 2 1 5 1016 125 1.180 7.6 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.69
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

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 Awards
1965 19 BAL AL 92.0 27 6 49 4.79 3.99 0.40 -0.07 101.0 3.56 -12 -1.3 .8 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .450 .492 $
1966 20 BAL AL 208.1 30 30 83 3.59 3.70 0.11 0.07 99.5 3.63 4 0.5 -0.1 1.9 18 .517 .503 $
1967 21 BAL AL 49.0 9 9 18 3.31 3.75 0.25 0.07 99.5 3.55 2 0.2 -0.0 0.6 5 .527 .502 $
1969 23 BAL AL 181.0 26 23 48 2.39 4.05 0.67 0.07 98.4 3.39 22 2.6 2.2 -0.0 3.8 36 .599 .516 $
1970 24 BAL AL 305.0 39 39 98 2.89 4.14 0.36 0.07 97.6 3.76 32 3.7 -0.1 6.2 61 .596 .523 $ AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1971 25 BAL AL 282.0 37 37 94 3.00 3.76 0.33 0.06 98.4 3.43 14 1.7 -0.1 3.9 40 .545 .510 $ AS,MVP-21
1972 26 BAL AL 274.1 36 36 73 2.39 3.42 0.49 0.05 100.9 3.01 21 2.8 -0.2 4.9 41 .577 .517 $ AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 27 BAL AL 296.1 38 37 86 2.61 4.25 0.70 0.13 98.6 3.63 31 3.6 2.8 -0.2 5.9 65 .595 .522 $ CYA-1,MVP-2
1974 28 BAL AL 178.2 26 26 78 3.93 4.09 0.27 0.12 96.8 3.81 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.2 16 .490 .498 $125,000
1975 29 BAL AL 323.0 39 38 87 2.42 4.30 0.47 0.13 94.3 3.73 47 5.5 2.2 -0.2 8.1 81 .641 .534 $ AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1976 30 BAL AL 315.0 40 40 101 2.89 3.99 0.09 0.12 92.8 3.74 31 3.7 -0.2 6.2 61 .592 .523 $183,333 CYA-1,MVP-10,GG
1977 31 BAL AL 319.0 39 39 106 2.99 4.50 0.23 0.14 93.9 4.14 40 4.5 -0.2 7.0 76 .615 .528 $250,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1978 32 BAL AL 296.0 38 38 94 2.86 4.23 0.22 0.13 91.8 3.80 32 3.7 -0.2 6.0 62 .597 .523 $250,000 AS,CYA-3,GG
1979 33 BAL AL 155.2 23 22 66 3.82 4.72 0.49 0.14 95.8 4.19 6 0.7 .0 -0.1 1.9 24 .529 .504 $250,000 GG
1980 34 BAL AL 224.0 34 33 108 4.34 4.46 0.18 0.14 97.1 4.29 -2 -0.2 .7 -0.1 1.5 22 .493 .499 $250,000
1981 35 BAL AL 127.1 22 22 60 4.24 4.09 -0.04 0.13 99.3 4.24 0 0.0 -0.1 1.0 8 .500 .500 $250,000
1982 36 BAL AL 227.0 36 32 85 3.37 4.53 0.25 0.14 98.2 4.33 25 2.8 1.6 -0.1 4.5 48 .577 .517 $ CYA-2,MVP-26
1983 37 BAL AL 76.2 14 11 42 4.93 4.57 0.04 0.07 94.1 4.34 -5 -0.5 .2 -0.0 0.1 3 .463 .497 $
1984 38 BAL AL 17.2 5 3 19 9.68 4.35 0.42 0.00 103.9 4.09 -11 -0.9 1.2 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .311 .494 $
19 Seasons 3948.0 558 521 1395 3.18 4.14 0.33 0.10 96.7 3.78 274 32.6 1.1 -2.0 63.2 652 .558 .511 $1,558,333
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1966 20 BAL AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 1 34 0.778 4.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1969 23 BAL AL ALCS W MIN 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 2 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 38 1.333 10.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 2.00
1969 23 BAL AL WS L NYM 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 4 4 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 27 1.500 7.5 1.5 6.0 7.5 1.25
1970 24 BAL AL ALCS W MIN 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 1 1 0 3 0 12 0 0 0 36 1.111 7.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
1970 24 BAL AL WS W CIN 1 0 1.000 4.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.2 11 8 8 2 9 0 9 0 0 1 68 1.277 6.3 1.1 5.2 5.2 1.00
1971 25 BAL AL ALCS W OAK 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 3 3 0 8 0 0 1 36 1.111 7.0 3.0 3.0 8.0 2.67
1971 25 BAL AL WS L PIT 1 0 1.000 2.65 2 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 15 5 5 2 9 0 15 0 0 0 75 1.412 7.9 1.1 4.8 7.9 1.67
1973 27 BAL AL ALCS L OAK 1 0 1.000 1.84 3 2 1 1 1 0 14.2 11 3 3 0 8 1 15 0 0 0 62 1.295 6.8 0.0 4.9 9.2 1.88
1974 28 BAL AL ALCS L OAK 0 1 .000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 32 0.556 4.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
1979 33 BAL AL ALCS W CAL 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 35 1.000 7.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
1979 33 BAL AL WS L PIT 0 1 .000 3.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 18 6 6 0 5 1 8 1 0 1 66 1.533 10.8 0.0 3.0 4.8 1.60
1983 37 BAL AL WS W PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
8 Yrs (12 Series) 8 3 .727 2.61 17 15 1 6 2 0 124.1 101 36 36 10 50 4 90 2 0 6 518 1.214 7.3 0.7 3.6 6.5 1.80
6 ALCS 4 1 .800 1.96 8 7 1 5 1 0 59.2 46 13 13 5 19 2 46 1 0 2 239 1.089 6.9 0.8 2.9 6.9 2.42
6 WS 4 2 .667 3.20 9 8 0 1 1 0 64.2 55 23 23 5 31 2 44 1 0 4 279 1.330 7.7 0.7 4.3 6.1 1.42

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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
1965 19 BAL AL 29 27 26 2 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 10 .192 .222 .308 .530 48 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 20 BAL AL 36 78 73 11 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 33 .096 .132 .151 .282 -18 11 0 0 2 0 0 1
1967 21 BAL AL 9 18 13 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .077 .200 .154 .354 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 /1
1969 23 BAL AL 27 70 64 5 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 30 .203 .235 .250 .485 36 16 1 0 2 1 0 1
1970 24 BAL AL 44 122 113 13 17 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 48 .150 .165 .177 .342 -6 20 0 0 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1971 25 BAL AL 38 116 102 7 20 1 0 0 9 1 0 3 41 .196 .219 .206 .425 22 21 0 0 11 0 0 1 AS,MVP-21
1972 26 BAL AL 36 106 98 12 22 3 1 0 8 0 0 2 36 .224 .240 .276 .516 52 27 0 0 6 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 27 BAL AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-2
1974 28 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 29 BAL AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1976 30 BAL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-10,GG
1977 31 BAL AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1978 32 BAL AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,GG
1979 33 BAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 GG
1980 34 BAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1981 35 BAL AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 36 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-2,MVP-26
1983 37 BAL AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 38 BAL AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
19 Yrs 576 537 489 52 85 9 1 3 41 1 0 16 207 .174 .200 .215 .414 18 105 1 0 31 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 151 138 15 24 3 0 1 12 0 0 5 58 .174 .200 .215 .414 18 30 0 0 9 0 0
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

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 Awards
1965 19 BAL AL 29 27 -2 -1 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1966 20 BAL AL 36 78 -10 -0 1 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 1 $ 1
1967 21 BAL AL 9 18 -2 -0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /1
1969 23 BAL AL 27 70 -6 -1 -0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1
1970 24 BAL AL 44 122 -14 -0 1 0 15 1 0.1 4 5 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.0 5 $ 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1971 25 BAL AL 38 116 -10 -0 0 0 12 3 0.3 4 6 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $ 1 AS,MVP-21
1972 26 BAL AL 36 106 -5 1 1 0 11 7 0.8 4 10 0.8 .524 .505 0.9 -0.0 10 $ 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 27 BAL AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1 CYA-1,MVP-2
1974 28 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $125,000 1
1975 29 BAL AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1976 30 BAL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $183,333 1 CYA-1,MVP-10,GG
1977 31 BAL AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $250,000 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1978 32 BAL AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $250,000 1 AS,CYA-3,GG
1979 33 BAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $250,000 1 GG
1980 34 BAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $250,000 1/D
1981 35 BAL AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $250,000 1
1982 36 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1 CYA-2,MVP-26
1983 37 BAL AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1984 38 BAL AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
19 Seasons 576 537 -49 -2 2 0 59 10 1.1 17 27 1.2 .502 .500 1.3 0.2 26 $1,558,333
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 20 BAL AL WS LAD W 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 23 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 23 BAL AL WS NYM L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 24 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 1 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
1970 24 BAL AL WS CIN W 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
1971 25 BAL AL ALCS OAK W 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 1 0 0 0 0
1971 25 BAL AL WS PIT L 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 1 0 0
1973 27 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 28 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 33 BAL AL ALCS CAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 33 BAL AL WS PIT L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 37 BAL AL ALCS CHW W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 37 BAL AL WS PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs (13 Series) 20 38 35 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .086 .135 .114 .249 4 1 0 1 0 0
7 ALCS 11 14 14 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .214 .357 3 1 0 0 0 0
6 WS 9 24 21 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .048 .130 .048 .178 1 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1965 BAL AL 19 P 27 6 0 92.0 26 6 17 3 1 .885 2.25 0.85 .951 2.04 2.03 6 2 25% 34% 0
1966 BAL AL 20 P 30 30 6 208.1 41 14 26 1 2 .976 1.73 1.33 .952 1.99 1.98 11 12 52% 38% 0
1967 BAL AL 21 P 9 9 2 49.0 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.02 1.22 .957 1.97 1.96 2 2 50% 41% 0
1969 BAL AL 23 P 26 23 11 181.0 19 7 11 1 1 .947 0.90 0.69 .951 1.88 1.88 9 7 44% 36% 0
1970 BAL AL 24 P 39 39 17 305.0 65 21 42 2 4 .969 1.86 1.62 .951 1.86 1.85 20 5 20% 39% 0 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1971 BAL AL 25 P 37 37 20 282.0 73 27 41 5 3 .932 2.17 1.84 .958 1.98 1.97 17 11 39% 39% 1 AS,MVP-21
1972 BAL AL 26 P 36 36 18 274.1 54 14 37 3 4 .944 1.67 1.42 .950 1.86 1.85 14 3 18% 39% 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 BAL AL 27 P 38 37 19 296.1 61 24 35 2 3 .967 1.79 1.55 .951 1.86 1.85 16 10 38% 38% 0 CYA-1,MVP-2
1974 BAL AL 28 P 26 26 5 178.2 49 15 33 1 2 .980 2.42 1.85 .947 1.81 1.80 18 6 25% 38% 1
1975 BAL AL 29 P 39 38 25 323.0 88 30 52 6 7 .932 2.28 2.10 .940 1.87 1.86 29 11 28% 38% 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1976 BAL AL 30 P 40 40 23 315.0 77 27 49 1 2 .987 2.17 1.90 .950 1.87 1.88 33 15 31% 34% 3 CYA-1,MVP-10,GG
1977 BAL AL 31 P 39 39 22 319.0 70 20 48 2 5 .971 1.92 1.74 .948 1.95 1.93 15 30 67% 39% 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1978 BAL AL 32 P 38 38 19 296.0 72 27 43 2 5 .972 2.13 1.84 .954 1.90 1.88 18 17 49% 38% 1 AS,CYA-3,GG
1979 BAL AL 33 P 23 22 7 155.2 33 10 23 0 1 1.000 1.91 1.43 .949 1.92 1.89 6 4 40% 36% 0 GG
1980 BAL AL 34 P 34 33 4 224.0 53 14 37 2 6 .962 2.05 1.50 .957 1.85 1.85 20 10 33% 35% 1
1980 BAL AL 34 DH 3 3
1981 BAL AL 35 P 22 22 5 127.1 38 12 26 0 2 1.000 2.69 1.73 .963 1.98 1.98 10 4 29% 38% 1
1982 BAL AL 36 P 36 32 8 227.0 55 16 37 2 3 .964 2.10 1.47 .958 1.80 1.80 10 12 55% 36% 4 CYA-2,MVP-26
1983 BAL AL 37 P 14 11 0 76.2 14 5 8 1 0 .929 1.53 0.93 .958 1.80 1.78 8 2 20% 33% 0
1984 BAL AL 38 P 5 3 0 17.2 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.04 0.80 .958 1.78 1.78 3 1 25% 36% 0
19 Seasons P 558 521 211 3948.0 903 292 577 34 53 .962 1.98 1.56 .952 1.89 1.89 265 164 38% 37% 15
19 Seasons TOT 558 521 211 3948.0 903 292 577 34 53 .962 1.98 1.56 .952 1.89 1.89 265 164 38% 37% 15
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Hall of Fame
1990 BBWAA (92.6%)
Selected to HOF in 1990 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1970 (P)
1971 *
1972 (P)
1975
1977 (P)
1978 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1973 AL Cy Young
1973 AL pitching_title
1973 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1975 AL Cy Young
1975 AL pitching_title
1975 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1976 AL Cy Young
1976 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 AL (25, 1%)
1971 AL (21, 1%)
1972 AL (13, 6%)
1973 AL (2, 51%)
1975 AL (6, 24%)
1976 AL (10, 14%)
1977 AL (19, 2%)
1982 AL (26, 1%)
1.00 Career Shares (246th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 AL (5, 9%)
1972 AL (5, 17%)
1973 AL (1, 73%)
1975 AL (1, 82%)
1976 AL (1, 90%)
1977 AL (2, 34%)
1978 AL (3, 10%)
1982 AL (2, 42%)
3 Cy Youngs
3.57 Career Shares (7th)

Gold Gloves
1976 AL (P)
1977 AL (P)
1978 AL (P)
1979 AL (P)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1970 AL  6.3 (8th)
1972 AL  5.7 (10th)
1975 AL  8.1 (1st)
1976 AL  6.2 (7th)
1977 AL  7.0 (5th)
1978 AL  6.0 (8th)
Career  64.4 (108th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1970 AL  6.2 (2nd)
1971 AL  3.9 (10th)
1972 AL  4.9 (8th)
1973 AL  5.9 (6th)
1975 AL  8.1 (1st)
1976 AL  6.2 (4th)
1977 AL  7.0 (3rd)
1978 AL  6.0 (5th)
1982 AL  4.5 (6th)
Career  63.2 (35th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 AL  2.34 (2nd)
1970 AL  2.71 (2nd)
1971 AL  2.68 (3rd)
1972 AL  2.07 (4th)
1973 AL  2.40 (1st)
1975 AL  2.09 (1st)
1976 AL  2.51 (5th)
1977 AL  2.91 (5th)
1978 AL  2.46 (4th)
1982 AL  3.13 (3rd)
Career  2.86 (121st)

Wins s c a p y
1966 AL  15 (5th)
1970 AL  20 (5th)
1971 AL  20 (6th)
1972 AL  21 (4th)
1973 AL  22 (3rd)
1975 AL  23 (1st)
1976 AL  22 (1st)
1977 AL  20 (1st)
1978 AL  21 (3rd)
1980 AL  16 (10th)
Career  268 (36th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1966 AL  .600 (10th)
1969 AL  .800 (1st)
1970 AL  .667 (3rd)
1971 AL  .690 (5th)
1972 AL  .677 (4th)
1973 AL  .710 (2nd)
1975 AL  .676 (4th)
1976 AL  .629 (10th)
1982 AL  .750 (1st)
Career  .638 (41st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 AL  1.077 (5th)
1970 AL  1.190 (7th)
1972 AL  1.053 (4th)
1973 AL  1.141 (4th)
1975 AL  1.031 (2nd)
1976 AL  1.076 (2nd)
1977 AL  1.135 (6th)
1978 AL  1.159 (8th)
1982 AL  1.137 (1st)
Career  1.180 (102nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  6.514 (2nd)
1970 AL  7.761 (7th)
1971 AL  7.372 (8th)
1973 AL  6.834 (3rd)
1975 AL  7.050 (3rd)
1976 AL  7.286 (4th)
1977 AL  7.420 (3rd)
1978 AL  7.480 (4th)
1982 AL  7.731 (4th)
Career  7.635 (45th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL  2.229 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1970 AL  305.0 (1st)
1971 AL  282.0 (8th)
1972 AL  274.3 (8th)
1973 AL  296.3 (9th)
1975 AL  323.0 (2nd)
1976 AL  315.0 (1st)
1977 AL  319.0 (1st)
1978 AL  296.0 (1st)
Career  3,948.0 (43rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1970 AL  199 (4th)
1971 AL  184 (9th)
1972 AL  184 (9th)
1973 AL  158 (10th)
1975 AL  193 (4th)
1976 AL  159 (7th)
1977 AL  193 (4th)
Career  2,212 (52nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1970 AL  39 (6th)
1975 AL  38 (4th)
1976 AL  40 (1st)
1977 AL  39 (1st)
1978 AL  38 (3rd)
Career  521 (38th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1969 AL  11 (9th)
1970 AL  17 (3rd)
1971 AL  20 (5th)
1972 AL  18 (5th)
1973 AL  19 (7th)
1975 AL  25 (2nd)
1976 AL  23 (2nd)
1977 AL  22 (1st)
1978 AL  19 (3rd)
Career  211 (121st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1969 AL  6 (2nd)
1970 AL  5 (1st)
1973 AL  6 (3rd)
1975 AL  10 (1st)
1976 AL  6 (2nd)
1977 AL  3 (8th)
1978 AL  6 (2nd)
Career  53 (16th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 AL  21 (9th)
1976 AL  20 (5th)
1980 AL  26 (7th)
1981 AL  14 (6th)
Career  303 (45th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1966 AL  91 (5th)
1970 AL  100 (5th)
1971 AL  106 (5th)
1973 AL  113 (5th)
1976 AL  84 (9th)
1977 AL  99 (2nd)
1978 AL  97 (4th)
Career  1,311 (31st)

Hits s c a p y
1970 AL  263 (4th)
1975 AL  253 (10th)
1976 AL  255 (7th)
1977 AL  263 (5th)
Career  3,349 (82nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1972 AL  2.629 (8th)
1975 AL  2.413 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  0.547 (6th)
1970 AL  0.620 (3rd)
1973 AL  0.486 (5th)
1975 AL  0.557 (6th)
1977 AL  0.677 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
Career  152 (151st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Career  1,253 (99th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1970 AL  10 (9th)
1971 AL  8 (10th)
Career  85 (160th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 AL  8 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1970 AL  1,257 (1st)
1971 AL  1,165 (8th)
1972 AL  1,094 (8th)
1975 AL  1,268 (3rd)
1976 AL  1,256 (1st)
1977 AL  1,269 (2nd)
1978 AL  1,197 (2nd)
Career  16,114 (51st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 AL  152 (2nd)
1970 AL  134 (2nd)
1971 AL  126 (5th)
1972 AL  149 (3rd)
1973 AL  155 (2nd)
1975 AL  169 (1st)
1976 AL  130 (5th)
1977 AL  131 (7th)
1978 AL  143 (5th)
1982 AL  129 (4th)
Career  125 (67th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  27 (4th)
1970 AL  35 (1st)
1971 AL  22 (5th)
1972 AL  30 (2nd)
1973 AL  46 (2nd)
1975 AL  55 (1st)
1976 AL  28 (4th)
1977 AL  38 (2nd)
1978 AL  36 (4th)
1982 AL  24 (3rd)
Career  340 (20th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1969 AL  3.1 (3rd)
1970 AL  3.8 (1st)
1971 AL  2.5 (5th)
1972 AL  3.6 (2nd)
1973 AL  5.1 (2nd)
1975 AL  6.1 (1st)
1976 AL  3.1 (4th)
1977 AL  4.0 (2nd)
1978 AL  3.9 (4th)
1982 AL  2.5 (3rd)
Career  37.7 (16th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 AL  34.85 (3rd)
1970 AL  43.88 (1st)
1971 AL  26.37 (5th)
1972 AL  35.75 (2nd)
1973 AL  58.07 (1st)
1975 AL  61.94 (1st)
1976 AL  32.21 (4th)
1977 AL  51.66 (1st)
1978 AL  38.90 (3rd)
1982 AL  33.65 (2nd)
Career  427.70 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.4 (6th)
1970 AL  4.1 (3rd)
1971 AL  3.3 (10th)
1972 AL  3.7 (7th)
1973 AL  5.9 (3rd)
1975 AL  6.7 (2nd)
1976 AL  4.7 (3rd)
1977 AL  5.2 (1st)
1978 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1982 AL  3.8 (4th)
Career  45.6 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.2 (6th)
1970 AL  3.6 (2nd)
1971 AL  2.4 (7th)
1972 AL  2.8 (3rd)
1973 AL  5.0 (1st)
1975 AL  6.0 (1st)
1976 AL  3.8 (4th)
1977 AL  4.5 (1st)
1978 AL  4.3 (3rd)
1982 AL  3.4 (2nd)
Career  38.6 (13th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1970 AL  4.9 (1st)
1971 AL  3.0 (5th)
1972 AL  4.4 (2nd)
1973 AL  6.7 (1st)
1975 AL  7.3 (1st)
1976 AL  3.8 (4th)
1977 AL  5.8 (1st)
1978 AL  4.5 (3rd)
1982 AL  3.6 (1st)
Career  49.3 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1971 AL  11 (10th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1971 AL  27 (1st)
1973 AL  24 (2nd)
1975 AL  30 (1st)
1976 AL  27 (1st)
1978 AL  27 (3rd)
Career  292 (19th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1975 AL  52 (5th)
1976 AL  49 (4th)
1977 AL  48 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1971 AL  5 (3rd)
1975 AL  6 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1975 AL  2.10 (2nd)
1976 AL  1.90 (4th)
1978 AL  1.84 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1966 AL  born 1945-10-15 (10th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 44 (33), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 209 (33), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 192 (25), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 56 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (40th), 64.4 career WAR/45.2 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bob Gibson (901) *
  2. Bob Feller (889) *
  3. Juan Marichal (874) *
  4. Lefty Grove (863) *
  5. Mike Mussina (855)
  6. Jack Morris (853)
  7. Carl Hubbell (851) *
  8. Amos Rusie (849) *
  9. John Clarkson (849) *
  10. Vic Willis (844) *
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  1. Ad Gumbert (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Byron Houck (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roger Clemens (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Roger Clemens (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gary Nolan (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lefty Gomez (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roger Clemens (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lefty Gomez (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lefty Gomez (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Seaver (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Greg Maddux (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tom Seaver (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tom Seaver (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Tom Seaver (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Tom Seaver (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Tom Seaver (923) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Tom Seaver (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Tom Seaver (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197428Baltimore Orioles$125,0004/6/74 TSN
197630Baltimore Orioles$183,3333/19/77 TSN3/$550K; 4/23/77 TSN salary survey - $180,000
197731Baltimore Orioles$250,0004/23/77 TSN5/$1.25MM; renegotiated 3-year deal from 1976
197832Baltimore Orioles$250,0004/23/77 TSN5/$1.25MM; renegotiated 3-year deal from 1976
197933Baltimore Orioles$250,0004/23/77 TSN5/$1.25MM; renegotiated 3-year deal from 1976
198034Baltimore Orioles$250,0004/23/77 TSN5/$1.25MM; 1981 TSN Guide says $260,000
198135Baltimore Orioles$250,0004/23/77 TSN5/$1.25MM; renegotiated 3-year deal from 1976
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,558,333
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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