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Lowell Palmer

Lowell Raymond Palmer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 18, 1947 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Norte De Rio HS (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
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Padres/Cardinals/Indians 1969-1974

Final Game: September 16, 1974
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Standard Pitching

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
1966	18	PHI-min	A	9	4	.692	2.78	19	16					123.0	86	45	38	9	64								1.220	6.3	0.7	4.7			SPB,TID · WCRS,CARL
1967	19	PHI-min	A	6	4	.600	2.30	13	13					98.0	57	30	25	5	51		106						1.102	5.2	0.5	4.7	9.7	2.08	TID · CARL
1968	20	PHI-min	AAA	13	8	.619	3.44	31	30		13	2		204.0	140	87	78	8	114	8	191	8	0	20			1.245	6.2	0.4	5.0	8.4	1.68	SDG · PCL
1969	21	PHI-min	AAA	8	1	.889	2.77	14	13		6	1	0	91.0	69	38	28	5	45	2	97	3	1	4			1.253	6.8	0.5	4.5	9.6	2.16	EUG · PCL
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	74	1.500	8.6	1.3	4.9	7.5	1.55
1971	23	PHI-min	AAA	6	5	.545	5.54	16	11		4	1	2	78.0	74	54	48	15	52	1	77	3	0	7			1.615	8.5	1.7	6.0	8.9	1.48	EUG · PCL
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	61	1.733	7.8	1.8	7.8	3.6	0.46
1972	24	CHW-STL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	4.02	10	7		1	0	0	56.0	40	26	25	7	28	1	62	2	1	1			1.214	6.4	1.1	4.5	10.0	2.21	TUC,TUL · PCL,AA
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	89	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	89	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	89	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	13.5	1.50

1973	25	CLE-min	AAA	12	11	.522	4.59	32	31					196.0	182	111	100	17	111								1.495	8.4	0.8	5.1			OKC · AA
1974	26	NYY-min	AAA	5	1	.833	3.06	8	8		4	0	0	53.0	42	22	18	6	28	0	57	1	0	1			1.321	7.1	1.0	4.8	9.7	2.04	SYR · IL
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
1975	27	MIL-min	AAA	1	4	.200	5.91	34	3		1	0	2	102.0	88	75	67	14	109	3	85	8	0	18			1.931	7.8	1.2	9.6	7.5	0.78	SAC · PCL
1977	29	PIT-NYM-min	AAA	2	6	.250	5.30	37	8		0	0	1	90.0	82	55	53	16	75	2	80	4	1	7			1.744	8.2	1.6	7.5	8.0	1.07	CLB,TID · IL
5 Yrs				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	71	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	89	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	89	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	89	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	13.5	1.50

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
1969	21	PHI	NL	90.0	26	9	54	5.40	3.95	-0.42	-0.03	100.8	4.38	-11	-1.2	.6	0.0	-0.3	-1	.454	.493	$
1970	22	PHI	NL	102.0	38	5	66	5.82	4.62	-0.40	-0.13	100.0	4.90	-12	-1.2	.7	-0.0	-0.4	-0	.468	.493	$
1971	23	PHI	NL	15.0	3	1	11	6.60	4.33	0.05	-0.09	97.9	4.11	-4	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.3	-3	.357	.497	$
1972	24	STL	NL	34.2	16	2	16	4.15	3.90	-0.16	-0.10	101.3	4.00	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.493	.499	$13,000
1972	24	CLE	AL	2.0	1	0	1	4.50	3.31	0.30	-0.14	110.0	3.15	-0	-0.0	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.465	.500	$

1974	26	SDP	NL	73.0	22	8	48	5.92	4.15	-0.52	-0.06	99.4	4.58	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-4	.446	.493	$
5 Seasons				316.2	106	25	196	5.57	4.22	-0.38	-0.08	100.2	4.53	-40	-4.2	.7	-0.0	-1.6	-6	.461	.496	$13,000

PHI (3 yrs)				207.0	67	15	131	5.70	4.31	-0.38	-0.08	100.2	4.62	-27	-2.8	.7	0.0	-1.0	-4	.458	.494	$
STL (1 yr)				34.2	16	2	16	4.15	3.90	-0.16	-0.10	101.3	4.00	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.493	.499	$13,000
SDP (1 yr)				73.0	22	8	48	5.92	4.15	-0.52	-0.06	99.4	4.58	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-4	.446	.493	$
CLE (1 yr)				2.0	1	0	1	4.50	3.31	0.30	-0.14	110.0	3.15	-0	-0.0	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.465	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	5
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	1
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	0
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	3
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	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	3

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	2
5 Yrs				106	1440	1183	196	302	50	11	41	27	12	202	239	.255	.370	.420	.790	.284	497	23	23	16	16	18	11
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	6
MLB Averages																.252	.321	.370	.691	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1969	21	PHI	NL	-14.1	-1.4	420	-2.1	6.1	-8.2	.94	-1.4	-0.8	-14.7	-1.5	0.94	-15.5	2	2	13
1970	22	PHI	NL	-15.0	-1.5	480	-0.9	5.1	-6.0	.65	-0.9	-0.4	-7.7	-0.8	0.65	-9.6	5	6	22
1971	23	PHI	NL	-3.7	-0.4	80	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	.34	-0.3	-0.3	-4.8	-0.5	0.34	-5.9	0	0	2
1972	24	TOT	MLB	-1.3	-0.1	178	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	.69	-0.2	-0.6	-0.7	-0.1	0.68	-4.0	1	2	12
1972	24	STL	NL	-1.3	-0.1	167	-0.5	1.5	-2.0	.70	-0.2	-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	0.69	-3.4	1	2	11
1972	24	CLE	AL	-0.0	0.0	11	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.51	-0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.51	-0.6	0	0	1

1974	26	SDP	NL	-15.3	-1.5	361	-0.7	6.5	-7.2	1.19	-1.9	1.3	-13.5	-1.4	1.19	-18.1	5	1	8
5 Yrs				-49.4	-4.9	1519	-4.5	19.6	-24.0	.85	-4.8	-0.5	-41.5	-4.2	0.85	-53.0	13	11	57

Starting Pitching*

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
1969	21	PHI	NL	26	9	1	6	2	0	0	3	6	.333	0	2	1	1	2	22%	44.3	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%	43.2	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%	50.0	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%	36.5	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%	43.6	67	26	20	11	0	5	4.1	3.4	5.4
5 Yrs				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													.500						56%	53	109	-3					4.1	4.0	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1969	21	PHI	NL	26	17	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	8	.937	2	2	13	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	.652	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	.337	0	0	2	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%		.685	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	.697	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	.509	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	1.188	5	1	8	1	4	9	6	8	8	5	8	3	6.4
5 Yrs				106	81	23	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	62	25	40%		.848	13	11	57	4	8	69	35	46	52	13	53	15	6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	21	PHI	NL	407	54%	3.0%	16.7%	11.6%	7.9%	35%	0.64	67%	73	6	8%
1970	22	PHI	NL	451	65%	3.3%	18.9%	12.2%	8.0%	37%	0.72	64%	86	8	9%
1971	23	PHI	NL	73	63%	4.1%	8.2%	17.8%	8.2%	46%	0.77	64%	11	0	0%
1972	24	TOT	MLB	166	48%	1.2%	16.9%	16.9%	4.8%	25%	0.63	63%	41	1	2%
1972	24	STL	NL	155	47%	1.3%	16.1%	16.8%	5.2%	27%	0.64	63%	34	1	3%
1972	24	CLE	AL	11	55%	0.0%	27.3%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	0.50	55%	7	0	0%

1974	26	SDP	NL	343	52%	2.6%	15.2%	17.2%	5.8%	29%	0.78	61%	81	8	10%
5 Yrs				1440	57%	2.9%	16.6%	14.0%	7.1%	34%	0.71	64%	292	23	8%
MLB Averages					46%	2.0%	14.4%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.10	73%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	2	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	0	0	18	0
5 Yrs				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																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	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	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	207.0	202	131	124	30	115	11	159	15	1	22	931	71	1.531	8.8	1.3	5.0	6.9	1.38	71
1972	24	3	13	.188	5.17	84	17	22	1	1	243.2	234	148	140	32	143	12	187	16	1	25	1097	73	1.547	8.6	1.2	5.3	6.9	1.31	73
1973	25	3	13	.188	5.17	84	17	22	1	1	243.2	234	148	140	32	143	12	187	16	1	25	1097	73	1.547	8.6	1.2	5.3	6.9	1.31	73
1974	26	5	18	.217	5.29	106	25	23	2	1	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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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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	5.97	86.0	95	63	57	13	49	65	6	1.674	9.9	5.1	6.8	1.33	1.4	26
1970	22	3	7	.300	5.69	98.0	98	69	62	15	55	81	5	1.561	9.0	5.1	7.4	1.47	1.4	38
1971	23	0	1	.000	7.07	14.0	14	12	11	3	14	5	4	2.000	9.0	9.0	3.2	0.36	1.9	3
1972	24	1	2	.333	4.89	35.0	36	21	19	2	32	26	1	1.943	9.3	8.2	6.7	0.81	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 Yrs		9	21	.300	5.95	301.0	314	221	199	42	212	225	23	1.748	9.4		6.7	1.06	1.3	106

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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)

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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