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Orlando Palmeiro

Orlando Palmeiro

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: January 19, 1969 in Hoboken, NJ
High School: Southridge (Miami, FL)
School: University of Miami
Drafted by the California Angels in the 33rd round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1995
Teams (by GP): Angels/Astros/Cardinals 1995-2007

Final Game: September 30, 2007
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:13AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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
1995 26 CAL AL 15 21 20 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .350 .381 .350 .731 93 7 0 0 0 0 0 /87
1996 27 CAL AL 50 98 87 6 25 6 1 0 6 0 1 8 13 .287 .361 .379 .740 90 33 1 2 1 0 1 8/97
1997 28 ANA AL 74 156 134 19 29 2 2 0 8 2 2 17 11 .216 .307 .261 .568 50 35 4 1 3 1 1 8/79D
1998 29 ANA AL 75 192 165 28 53 7 2 0 21 5 4 20 11 .321 .395 .388 .782 104 64 2 0 7 0 1 7/89
1999 30 ANA AL 109 371 317 46 88 12 1 1 23 5 5 39 30 .278 .364 .331 .696 81 105 4 6 6 3 1 79D/8
2000 31 ANA AL 108 296 243 38 73 20 2 0 25 4 1 38 20 .300 .395 .399 .794 101 97 4 2 10 3 0 79D/8
2001 32 ANA AL 104 270 230 29 56 10 1 2 23 6 6 25 24 .243 .319 .322 .641 70 74 3 3 7 5 2 97D/8
2002 33 ANA AL 110 300 263 35 79 12 1 0 31 7 2 30 22 .300 .368 .354 .722 94 93 7 0 4 3 1 978/D
2003 34 STL NL 141 364 317 37 86 13 1 3 33 3 3 32 31 .271 .336 .347 .683 82 110 1 2 7 6 3 *978
2004 35 HOU NL 102 156 133 19 32 5 0 3 12 2 1 18 19 .241 .344 .346 .690 79 46 1 3 2 0 1 79/8
2005 36 HOU NL 114 231 204 22 58 17 2 3 20 3 1 15 23 .284 .341 .431 .772 101 88 4 4 5 3 1 79/8
2006 37 HOU NL 103 128 119 12 30 6 1 0 17 0 1 6 17 .252 .294 .319 .613 58 38 2 1 2 0 0 79
2007 38 HOU NL 101 122 103 12 24 3 0 0 6 0 1 16 8 .233 .342 .262 .604 60 27 2 1 2 0 1 97
13 Seasons 1206 2705 2335 306 640 113 14 12 226 37 28 265 230 .274 .351 .350 .701 83 817 35 25 56 24 13
162 Game Avg. 162 363 314 41 86 15 2 2 30 5 4 36 31 .274 .351 .350 .701 83 110 5 3 8 3 2
ANA (8 yrs) 645 1704 1459 204 410 69 10 3 138 29 21 178 132 .281 .361 .348 .710 85 508 25 14 38 15 7
HOU (4 yrs) 420 637 559 65 144 31 3 6 55 5 4 55 67 .258 .332 .356 .688 79 199 9 9 11 3 3
STL (1 yr) 141 364 317 37 86 13 1 3 33 3 3 32 31 .271 .336 .347 .683 82 110 1 2 7 6 3
AL (8 yrs) 645 1704 1459 204 410 69 10 3 138 29 21 178 132 .281 .361 .348 .710 85 508 25 14 38 15 7
NL (5 yrs) 561 1001 876 102 230 44 4 9 88 8 7 87 98 .263 .334 .353 .686 80 309 10 11 18 9 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1995 26 CAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 -0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $109,000 /87
1996 27 CAL AL 98 -2 0 1 0 2 -1 3 3 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $113,500 8/97
1997 28 ANA AL 156 -9 -1 0 0 -3 -1 5 -9 -0.8 -6 -0.6 -0.2 $160,000 8/79D
1998 29 ANA AL 192 2 1 -1 0 -7 -2 7 0 -0.1 7 0.7 -0.8 $189,000 7/89
1999 30 ANA AL 372 -7 2 -1 1 6 -5 13 9 0.9 3 0.3 0.6 $276,000 79D/8
2000 31 ANA AL 296 1 3 0 2 7 -4 10 20 2.0 12 1.2 0.8 $550,000 79D/8
2001 32 ANA AL 270 -12 0 1 1 -0 -5 9 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $900,000 97D/8
2002 33 ANA AL 300 2 0 0 1 2 -3 10 12 1.2 10 1.0 0.2 $1,000,000 978/D
2003 34 STL NL 364 -6 -1 0 3 2 -3 10 5 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $700,000 *978
2004 35 HOU NL 156 -3 0 -1 0 -2 -1 4 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $750,000 79/8
2005 36 HOU NL 231 1 1 1 0 -8 -2 6 -1 0.0 7 0.7 -0.7 $800,000 79/8
2006 37 HOU NL 128 -8 1 -1 0 -2 0 4 -6 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $950,000 79
2007 38 HOU NL 122 -6 -1 -1 0 1 0 3 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $950,000 97
13 Seasons 2706 -47 5 -2 8 -0 -27 85 21 2.3 22 2.2 0.1 $7,447,500
ANA (8 yrs) 1705 -25 5 0 5 8 -21 58 30 3.1 22 2.2 0.9 $3,297,500
HOU (4 yrs) 637 -16 1 -2 0 -11 -3 17 -14 -1.3 -3 -0.3 -1.0 $3,450,000
STL (1 yr) 364 -6 -1 0 3 2 -3 10 5 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $700,000

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
2002 33 ANA AL ALCS MIN W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 33 ANA AL WS SFG W 4 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
2004 35 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0
2004 35 HOU NL NLCS STL L 7 7 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 .500 .929 3 0 1 0 0 0
2005 36 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 4 11 7 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .143 .364 .143 .506 1 0 1 0 1 1
2005 36 HOU NL NLCS STL W 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 36 HOU NL WS CHW L 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (7 Series) 28 37 28 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 3 .214 .361 .286 .647 8 0 2 1 1 1
2 NLDS 9 16 11 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .182 .333 .182 .515 2 0 1 1 1 1
1 ALCS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 11 11 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .455 .444 .899 4 0 1 0 0 0
2 WS 6 8 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .167 .375 .333 .708 2 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 CAL AL 26 OF 7 2 2 27.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 2.33 1.00 .983 2.33 2.31
1995 CAL AL 26 CF 4 2 2 22.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -16 2.45 1.50 .987 2.74 2.70
1995 CAL AL 26 LF 3 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 1.80 0.33 .980 2.16 2.20
1996 CAL AL 27 OF 31 12 11 154.2 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 2 19 1.92 1.06 .983 2.38 2.36
1996 CAL AL 27 CF 17 8 7 94.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 1 15 2.01 1.24 .990 2.77 2.76
1996 CAL AL 27 RF 8 2 2 33.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 1.34 0.63 .980 2.17 2.16
1996 CAL AL 27 LF 7 2 2 27.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 53 2.33 1.00 .979 2.17 2.17
1997 ANA AL 28 OF 52 24 20 273.1 81 78 1 2 0 .975 -3 -12 2.60 1.52 .982 2.32 2.30
1997 ANA AL 28 CF 45 20 17 237.1 66 64 1 1 0 .985 -2 -13 2.46 1.44 .988 2.71 2.68
1997 ANA AL 28 LF 4 1 1 13.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -18 4.15 1.50 .978 2.08 2.05
1997 ANA AL 28 RF 4 3 2 23.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0 -5 2.74 1.75 .978 2.19 2.15
1997 ANA AL 28 DH 2 2
1998 ANA AL 29 OF 54 34 27 347.0 92 92 0 0 0 1.000 -7 -23 2.39 1.70 .985 2.31 2.29
1998 ANA AL 29 LF 46 31 26 303.1 79 79 0 0 0 1.000 -6 -24 2.34 1.72 .985 2.10 2.08
1998 ANA AL 29 CF 6 2 0 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -28 2.42 1.17 .987 2.70 2.67
1998 ANA AL 29 RF 4 1 1 17.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.04 1.00 .982 2.14 2.10
1999 ANA AL 30 OF 92 67 62 649.2 161 154 6 1 0 .994 6 11 2.22 1.74 .984 2.30 2.27
1999 ANA AL 30 LF 60 45 43 430.2 105 100 4 1 0 .990 6 16 2.17 1.73 .985 2.08 2.05
1999 ANA AL 30 RF 35 21 18 211.0 54 52 2 0 0 1.000 0 2 2.30 1.54 .982 2.11 2.08
1999 ANA AL 30 DH 10 10
1999 ANA AL 30 CF 1 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 2.25 2.00 .985 2.70 2.70
2000 ANA AL 31 OF 72 47 34 459.2 125 117 6 2 0 .984 7 19 2.41 1.71 .985 2.36 2.33
2000 ANA AL 31 LF 40 24 17 235.2 71 67 3 1 0 .986 6 31 2.67 1.75 .985 2.16 2.14
2000 ANA AL 31 RF 31 23 17 220.0 54 50 3 1 0 .981 2 9 2.17 1.71 .983 2.17 2.14
2000 ANA AL 31 DH 13 13
2000 ANA AL 31 CF 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -90 2.25 0.50 .990 2.70 2.70
2001 ANA AL 32 OF 59 36 32 363.1 90 87 2 1 1 .989 -0 -1 2.20 1.51 .984 2.30 2.28
2001 ANA AL 32 RF 28 21 19 197.1 44 44 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -12 2.01 1.57 .982 2.09 2.07
2001 ANA AL 32 LF 26 13 11 140.0 39 36 2 1 1 .974 2 17 2.44 1.46 .981 2.14 2.12
2001 ANA AL 32 DH 25 25
2001 ANA AL 32 CF 7 2 2 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -14 2.42 1.00 .989 2.67 2.66
2002 ANA AL 33 OF 86 62 44 582.2 150 146 3 1 1 .993 2 5 2.30 1.73 .985 2.35 2.32
2002 ANA AL 33 RF 47 35 22 312.0 74 72 2 0 1 1.000 2 9 2.13 1.57 .982 2.12 2.09
2002 ANA AL 33 LF 33 22 18 208.2 51 50 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -13 2.20 1.55 .983 2.15 2.13
2002 ANA AL 33 CF 11 5 4 62.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 2 41 3.34 2.09 .989 2.77 2.74
2002 ANA AL 33 DH 1 1
2003 STL NL 34 OF 112 65 32 622.2 171 165 6 0 1 1.000 2 -1 5 -1 2.47 1.53 .984 2.17 2.15
2003 STL NL 34 RF 62 36 15 317.2 93 91 2 0 1 1.000 10 4 37 15 2.63 1.50 .982 2.09 2.07
2003 STL NL 34 LF 42 19 13 209.1 53 50 3 0 0 1.000 -6 -2 -32 -11 2.28 1.26 .979 1.91 1.89
2003 STL NL 34 CF 17 10 4 95.2 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -3 -21 -38 2.35 1.47 .988 2.50 2.48
2004 HOU NL 35 OF 37 17 9 169.0 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 -2 2 -13 14 1.97 1.00 .982 2.16 2.14
2004 HOU NL 35 LF 20 5 5 73.1 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 3 3 43 49 2.09 0.85 .980 1.85 1.84
2004 HOU NL 35 RF 13 9 1 68.2 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -3 0 -58 0 1.57 0.92 .980 2.10 2.07
2004 HOU NL 35 CF 4 3 3 27.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -53 -44 2.67 2.00 .988 2.53 2.50
2005 HOU NL 36 OF 71 35 24 366.2 71 68 2 1 2 .986 -8 0 -27 0 1.72 0.99 .984 2.19 2.16
2005 HOU NL 36 LF 47 16 12 187.1 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -1 -12 -6 1.30 0.57 .984 1.94 1.92
2005 HOU NL 36 RF 26 15 10 149.1 38 35 2 1 2 .974 -6 2 -48 16 2.23 1.42 .980 2.10 2.08
2005 HOU NL 36 CF 5 4 2 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -8 -40 1.80 1.20 .987 2.52 2.48
2006 HOU NL 37 OF 23 6 4 87.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -21 0 1.54 0.65 .984 2.22 2.20
2006 HOU NL 37 LF 12 4 2 42.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -51 0 1.69 0.67 .982 1.96 1.95
2006 HOU NL 37 RF 11 2 2 45.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 8 0 1.40 0.64 .980 2.10 2.09
2007 HOU NL 38 OF 25 5 4 77.0 22 20 2 0 0 1.000 1 0 9 0 2.57 0.88 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 HOU NL 38 RF 16 2 1 37.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 -19 -65 1.95 0.50 .981 2.19 2.17
2007 HOU NL 38 LF 11 3 3 40.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 1 2 36 60 3.15 1.27 .984 2.00 1.99
13 Seasons OF 721 412 305 4180.1 1055 1019 28 8 5 .992 -0 1 -0 0 2.25 1.45 .984 2.28 2.25
13 Seasons LF 351 185 153 1916.0 478 461 14 3 1 .994 1 2 1 4 2.23 1.35 .983 2.06 2.03
12 Seasons RF 285 170 110 1632.1 401 386 12 3 4 .993 3 4 2 7 2.19 1.40 .982 2.12 2.09
11 Seasons CF 119 57 42 632.0 173 169 2 2 0 .988 -4 -5 -7 -39 2.44 1.44 .988 2.68 2.65
13 Seasons TOT 721 412 305 4180.1 1055 1019 28 8 5 .992 -0 2 -0 1 2.25 1.45 .984 2.28 2.25
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1999 AL  .994 (5th)
2003 NL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .992 (14th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1780), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

  • June 1, 1988: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 43rd round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign.
  • June 3, 1991: Drafted by the California Angels in the 33rd round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1991.
  • October 30, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
  • February 2, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 19, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
  • November 5, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 7, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
  • November 9, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 12, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
  • October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199526California Angels$109,0007/7/95 USA Today
199627California Angels$113,5001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199728Anaheim Angels$160,0001997 AP survey
199829Anaheim Angels$189,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
199930Anaheim Angels$276,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200031Anaheim Angels$550,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200132Anaheim Angels$900,0004/6/01 USA Today
200233Anaheim Angels$1,000,0004/3/02 AP
200334St. Louis Cardinals$700,0004/3/03 AP
200435Houston Astros$750,0004/7/04 AP
200536Houston Astros$800,000
200637Houston Astros$950,000
200738Houston Astros$950,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,447,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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