Lowell Palmer
Lowell Raymond Palmer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 18, 1947 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Norte Del Rio (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed February 1, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1969
Final Game: September 16, 1974
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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
1969 21 PHI NL 2 8 .200 5.20 26 9 9 1 1 0 90.0 91 54 52 12 47 7 68 6 0 4 407 69 1.533 9.1 1.2 4.7 6.8 1.45
1970 22 PHI NL 1 2 .333 5.47 38 5 10 0 0 0 102.0 98 66 62 15 55 4 85 5 1 14 451 73 1.500 8.6 1.3 4.9 7.5 1.55
1971 23 PHI NL 0 0 6.00 3 1 0 0 0 0 15.0 13 11 10 3 13 0 6 4 0 4 73 59 1.733 7.8 1.8 7.8 3.6 0.46
1972 24 TOT MLB 0 3 .000 3.93 17 2 3 0 0 0 36.2 32 17 16 2 28 1 28 1 0 3 166 87 1.636 7.9 0.5 6.9 6.9 1.00
1972 24 STL NL 0 3 .000 3.89 16 2 3 0 0 0 34.2 30 16 15 2 26 1 25 1 0 3 155 88 1.615 7.8 0.5 6.8 6.5 0.96
1972 24 CLE AL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 11 72 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
1974 26 SDP NL 2 5 .286 5.67 22 8 1 1 0 0 73.0 68 48 46 9 59 6 52 7 0 10 343 63 1.740 8.4 1.1 7.3 6.4 0.88
5 Seasons 5 18 .217 5.29 106 25 23 2 1 0 316.2 302 196 186 41 202 18 239 23 1 35 1440 70 1.592 8.6 1.2 5.7 6.8 1.18
162 Game Avg. 3 9 .217 5.29 55 13 12 1 1 0 164 157 102 97 21 105 9 124 12 1 18 747 70 1.592 8.6 1.2 5.7 6.8 1.18
PHI (3 yrs) 3 10 .231 5.39 67 15 19 1 1 0 207.0 202 131 124 30 115 11 159 15 1 22 931 70 1.531 8.8 1.3 5.0 6.9 1.38
STL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 3.89 16 2 3 0 0 0 34.2 30 16 15 2 26 1 25 1 0 3 155 88 1.615 7.8 0.5 6.8 6.5 0.96
SDP (1 yr) 2 5 .286 5.67 22 8 1 1 0 0 73.0 68 48 46 9 59 6 52 7 0 10 343 63 1.740 8.4 1.1 7.3 6.4 0.88
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 11 72 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
NL (5 yrs) 5 18 .217 5.29 105 25 23 2 1 0 314.2 300 195 185 41 200 18 236 23 1 35 1429 70 1.589 8.6 1.2 5.7 6.8 1.18
AL (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 11 72 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 21 PHI NL 26 407 345 54 91 15 5 12 4 4 47 68 .264 .356 .441 .797 .292 152 6 6 3 6 7
1970 22 PHI NL 38 451 385 66 98 17 4 15 13 1 55 85 .255 .353 .436 .790 .289 168 8 5 4 2 4
1971 23 PHI NL 3 73 55 11 13 3 0 3 0 0 13 6 .236 .411 .455 .866 .213 25 0 4 0 1 0
1972 24 CLE AL 1 11 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .222 .364 .222 .586 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 STL NL 16 155 123 16 30 6 0 2 2 5 26 25 .244 .375 .341 .716 .286 42 1 1 3 2 1
1972 24 TOT MLB 17 166 132 17 32 6 0 2 2 5 28 28 .242 .374 .333 .708 .288 44 1 1 3 2 1
1974 26 SDP NL 22 343 266 48 68 9 2 9 8 2 59 52 .256 .398 .406 .804 .281 108 8 7 6 5 6
5 Seasons 106 1440 1183 196 302 50 11 41 27 12 202 239 .255 .370 .420 .790 .284 497 23 23 16 16 18
162 Game Avg. 55 747 614 102 157 26 6 21 14 6 105 124 .255 .370 .420 .790 .284 258 12 12 8 8 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 21 PHI NL 26 9 1 6 2 0 0 3 6 .333 0 2 1 1 2 22% 44 84 22 13 4 3 3 3.4 2.3 6.2
1970 22 PHI NL 38 5 0 1 4 0 0 4 1 .800 2 0 0 0 2 40% 43 68 31 20 12 2 2 5.4 4.1 4.8
1971 23 PHI NL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 50 50 50 0 0 0 1 3.8 0.0 6.0
1972 24 TOT MLB 17 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 36 2 1 1 0 1.0 0.0 5.0
1972 24 STL NL 16 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 37 36 2 1 1 0 1.0 0.0 5.0
1974 26 SDP NL 22 8 1 3 4 0 0 3 5 .375 1 2 1 0 2 25% 44 67 26 20 11 0 5 4.1 3.4 5.4
5 Seasons 105 25 2 12 11 0 0 11 14 .440 3 5 2 1 7 28% 43 84 22 55 28 6 11 3.9 2.7 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 21 PHI NL 26 17 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 8 0.969 2 4 11 1 1 15 4 13 11 2 12 3 6.1
1970 22 PHI NL 38 33 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 11 31% 3 0.664 5 6 22 2 1 30 21 12 23 4 23 7 7.1
1971 23 PHI NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0.380 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 13.5
1972 24 TOT MLB 17 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 0.746 1 2 12 0 2 13 3 12 8 2 8 2 5.3
1972 24 STL NL 16 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 0.749 1 2 11 0 2 12 3 11 7 2 7 2 5.3
1972 24 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.699 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1974 26 SDP NL 22 14 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 54% 3 1.168 5 1 8 1 4 9 6 8 8 5 8 3 6.4
5 Seasons 106 81 23 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 62 25 40% 0.865 13 14 54 4 8 69 35 46 52 13 53 15 6.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 21 PHI NL 407 46% 3.0% 16.7% 11.6% 7.9% 35% 0.64 67% 73 6 8%
1970 22 PHI NL 451 35% 3.3% 18.9% 12.2% 8.0% 37% 0.72 64% 86 8 9%
1971 23 PHI NL 73 37% 4.1% 8.2% 17.8% 8.2% 46% 0.77 64% 11 0 0%
1972 24 TOT MLB 166 52% 1.2% 16.9% 16.9% 4.8% 25% 0.63 63% 41 1 2%
1972 24 STL NL 155 53% 1.3% 16.1% 16.8% 5.2% 27% 0.64 63% 34 1 3%
1972 24 CLE AL 11 45% 0.0% 27.3% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 0.50 55% 7 0 0%
1974 26 SDP NL 343 48% 2.6% 15.2% 17.2% 5.8% 29% 0.78 61% 81 8 10%
5 Seasons 1440 43% 2.9% 16.6% 14.0% 7.1% 34% 0.71 64% 292 23 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1969 21 PHI NL 407 91 12 0 5 8 4 8 4 20 11 3 55% 5 4 0 166 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1970 22 PHI NL 451 98 15 0 20 10 5 6 9 39 15 11 38% 1 14 2 153 13 1 93% 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 0
1971 23 PHI NL 73 13 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 50% 0 4 2 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1972 24 TOT MLB 166 32 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 10 5 4 50% 3 3 1 75 2 5 29% 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1972 24 STL NL 155 30 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 9 4 4 44% 3 3 1 66 2 5 29% 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1972 24 CLE AL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 26 SDP NL 343 68 9 0 20 5 4 7 2 30 15 2 50% 2 10 0 144 8 2 80% 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 18 0
5 Seasons 1440 302 41 0 51 25 16 24 17 101 47 20 47% 11 35 5 572 27 12 69% 23 11 2 1 2 0 2 0 71 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1969 21 2 8 .200 5.20 26 9 9 1 1 0 90.0 91 54 52 12 47 7 68 6 0 4 407 69 1.533 9.1 1.2 4.7 6.8 1.45 69
1970 22 3 10 .231 5.34 64 14 19 1 1 0 192.0 189 120 114 27 102 11 153 11 1 18 858 71 1.516 8.9 1.3 4.8 7.2 1.50 71
1971 23 3 10 .231 5.39 67 15 19 1 1 0 207.0 202 131 124 30 115 11 159 15 1 22 931 70 1.531 8.8 1.3 5.0 6.9 1.38 70
1972 24 3 13 .188 5.17 84 17 22 1 1 0 243.2 234 148 140 32 143 12 187 16 1 25 1097 72 1.547 8.6 1.2 5.3 6.9 1.31 72
1973 25 3 13 .188 5.17 84 17 22 1 1 0 243.2 234 148 140 32 143 12 187 16 1 25 1097 72 1.547 8.6 1.2 5.3 6.9 1.31 72
1974 26 5 18 .217 5.29 106 25 23 2 1 0 316.2 302 196 186 41 202 18 239 23 1 35 1440 70 1.592 8.6 1.2 5.7 6.8 1.18 70

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1969 21 3 6 .333 6.04 85.0 96 63 57 13 50 64 6 1.718 10.2 5.3 6.8 1.28 1.4 26
1970 22 3 7 .300 5.60 98.0 98 68 61 15 55 82 5 1.561 9.0 5.1 7.5 1.49 1.4 38
1971 23 0 1 .000 7.07 14.0 14 12 11 3 14 6 4 2.000 9.0 9.0 3.9 0.43 1.9 3
1972 24 1 2 .333 4.89 35.0 36 21 19 2 32 27 1 1.943 9.3 8.2 6.9 0.84 0.5 17
1974 26 2 5 .286 6.62 68.0 71 56 50 9 62 48 7 1.956 9.4 8.2 6.4 0.77 1.2 22
5 Seasons 9 21 .300 5.94 300.0 315 220 198 42 213 227 23 1.760 9.5 6.8 1.07 1.3 106

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1970 NL  14 (4th)
1974 NL  10 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 NL  7 (3rd)

                           

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