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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 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 94 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 97 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 2 194 108 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 7 722 154 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 125 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 150 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 156 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 132 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 1 330 95 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 42 2.208 11.2 1.0 8.7 2.0 0.24
19 Seasons 268 152 .638 2.86 558 521 15 211 53 4 3948.0 3349 1395 1253 303 1311 37 2212 38 11 85 16112 126 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 1015 126 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

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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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
1980 34 BAL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Seasons 222 537 489 52 85 9 1 3 41 1 0 16 207 .174 .200 .215 .414 18 105 1 0 31 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 392 357 38 62 7 1 2 30 1 0 12 151 .174 .200 .215 .414 18 77 1 0 23 1 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1974 28 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 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 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 0
7 Seasons (11 Series) 15 38 35 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .086 .135 .114 .249 4 1 0 1 0 0
5 ALCS 6 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 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 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 TSN Pitcher of the Year
1975 AL Cy Young
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 (238th)

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

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 (35th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1966 AL  .600 (9th)
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)
1978 AL  .636 (10th)
1982 AL  .750 (1st)
Career  .638 (38th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 AL  1.077 (5th)
1970 AL  1.190 (7th)
1972 AL  1.054 (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 (98th)

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  6.833 (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)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  558 (237th)

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  3948.0 (42nd)

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  2212 (50th)

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  1311 (31st)

Hits s c a p y
1970 AL  263 (4th)
1975 AL  253 (10th)
1976 AL  255 (7th)
1977 AL  263 (5th)
Career  3349 (81st)

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  .547 (6th)
1970 AL  .620 (3rd)
1973 AL  .486 (5th)
1975 AL  .557 (6th)
1977 AL  .677 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
Career  152 (149th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Career  1253 (97th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1970 AL  10 (9th)
1971 AL  8 (10th)
Career  85 (137th)

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

Batters Faced s c a p y
1970 AL  1257 (1st)
1971 AL  1165 (8th)
1972 AL  1094 (8th)
1975 AL  1268 (3rd)
1976 AL  1256 (1st)
1977 AL  1269 (2nd)
1978 AL  1197 (2nd)
Career  16112 (45th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 AL  154 (2nd)
1970 AL  134 (2nd)
1971 AL  125 (6th)
1972 AL  150 (3rd)
1973 AL  156 (2nd)
1975 AL  169 (1st)
1976 AL  130 (5th)
1977 AL  132 (7th)
1978 AL  143 (5th)
1982 AL  129 (4th)
Career  126 (58th)

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

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 44 (31), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 212 (33), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 192 (25), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 56 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 16, 1963: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

May 17, 1984: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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