Jim Palmer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: October 15, 1945 in New York, NY us

High School: Scottsdale HS (Scottsdale, AZ)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Towson University (Towson, MD)

Debut: April 17, 1965 (Age 19-184d, 12,341st in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 12, 1984 (Age 38-210d)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1990. (Voted by BBWAA on 411/444 ballots)
View Jim Palmer's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: Ed Keating • Previously: Ron Shapiro?

Full Name: James Alvin Palmer

Nicknames: Cakes

Twitter: @Jim22Palmer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

68.5

268

152

ERA

2.86

558

521

3948.0

2212

WHIP

1.180

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-17 / in Starts: 4-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 10

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	3	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,9-12	3-4		99	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	4.52	8	3	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.79	0.017	3.64	0.02%	-0.09	3b 12- 0 out a3	4b 3 out a1
2	2	5	Apr 19	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-7	8-8		1	0.2	1	3	3	3	0	1	0	10.13	12.27	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	-0.066	.39	-0.07%	-0.98	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 2 out d2
3	3	7	Apr 22	BAL	@	WSA	W,18-4	6-GF	S(1)	2	4.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.05	5.37	13	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.023	.12	0.02%	1.72	6b --- 0 out a5	9b end a14
4	4	10	Apr 27	BAL		WSA	L,2-5	6-7		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.12	4.25	6	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.062	.72	0.06%	0.90	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	17	May 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.79	3.65	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.08	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
6	6	22	May 9(2)	BAL		DET	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	4	4	0	6	2	0	3.78	4.02	28	6	9	1	0	7	53			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.246	1.97	-0.32%	-0.87	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	7	29	May 16	BAL		NYY	W,7-5	3-6	W(1-0)	6	3.2	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.54	4.24	15	7	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.001	2.01	0.00%	0.82	3t 1-- 1 out d3	6t 3 out d1
8	8	33	May 20	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-5	3-GF(8)		3	6.0	4	1	0	3	6	0	0	2.73	3.73	26	6	7	1	0	4		0	0	3	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	1	.31	0.009	.62	0.01%	1.66	3b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
9	9	38	May 24	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-1	GS-6	W(2-0)	3	6.0	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	2.51	3.82	25	10	6	2	0	4	57			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.47	0.157	3.12	0.20%	1.58	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
10	10	46	May 31(2)	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	GS-5		6	4.2	4	4	3	4	2	0	0	2.92	3.87	21	9	2	0	0	4	40			0	1	0	17	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.14	-0.288	2.69	-0.41%	-2.17	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	50	Jun 6	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-3	GS-5	L(2-1)	5	5.0	2	2	1	5	2	0	0	2.79	3.97	23	5	8	0	0	2	54			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	-0.058	2.40	-0.08%	0.13	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
12	12	55	Jun 12	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-6		5	5.1	5	4	4	3	5	1	0	3.23	4.06	22	6	3	0	0	5	44			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.312	2.22	-0.35%	-1.86	1b start a 3	6b -2- 1 out tie
13	13	60	Jun 18	BAL		WSA	L,0-2	GS-8	L(2-2)	5	8.0	4	1	1	5	6	0	1	2.93	3.94	34	6	12	0	0	4	71			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.261	2.67	0.46%	2.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	14	70	Jun 27(2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-4	4-6		8	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.78	3.85	11	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.026	.65	0.06%	1.22	4b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	75	Jul 2	BAL		CLE	L,0-8	4-GF		4	6.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	1	2.80	3.90	25	7	7	1	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.05	-0.008	.17	-0.02%	0.68	4t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 8
16	16	96	Jul 26	BAL		MIN	L,2-8	8-8		23	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.76	3.85	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.17	0.01%	0.45	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	17	101	Aug 1	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-6	5-8	W(3-2)	5	4.0	3	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.99	3.79	18	5	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.273	8.07	-0.76%	-1.16	5b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out d2
18	18	102	Aug 2	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	8-GF	L(3-3)	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.09	3.90	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.357	4.98	-1.21%	0.15	8b 1-3 1 out d3	9b end d 1
19	19	104	Aug 4(1)	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	3-4		1	1.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.15	3.86	7	0	2	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.042	2.93	-0.08%	-0.38	3b 1-- 2 out d2	4b 3 out d3
20	20	106	Aug 6	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-9	4-6		1	3.0	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.51	3.80	15	1	4	2	0	7		0	0	1	1	0	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.048	.88	-0.10%	-2.70	4b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d7
21	21	110	Aug 10(1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-15	5-GF(8)		3	3.1	5	6	0	4	0	0	0	3.36	3.89	18	5	4	1	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	1	.12	-0.107	.24	-0.13%	-6.19	5b 12- 2 out d3	8b end d11
22	22	122	Aug 24	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		13	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.43	3.89	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.004	.04	0.00%	-0.59	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	23	134	Sep 5	BAL		CLE	W,9-5	5-7	W(4-3)	11	2.1	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.56	3.83	13	2	1	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.123	1.13	-0.03%	-0.38	5t 123 2 out a1	7t 3 out tie
24	24	136	Sep 6(2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-2	2-6	W(5-3)	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.35	3.59	18	7	0	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.232	.80	0.13%	2.54	2b 1-- 0 out d2	6b 3 out a3
25	25	142	Sep 10(2)	BAL		KCA	L,5-10	2-3	L(5-4)	3	2.0	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	3.38	3.63	11	6	0	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.167	2.22	-0.14%	-1.14	2t 12- 0 out tie	3t 3 out d2
26	26	145	Sep 14(2)	BAL		DET	L,1-7	5-6		3	1.1	0	4	4	4	1	0	0	3.73	3.73	7	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.013	.26	0.00%	0.22	5t 123 1 out d2	6t 123 2 out d3
27	27	158	Sep 30	BAL		MIN	L,6-7	5-7		15	2.2	3	2	1	2	6	0	0	3.72	3.63	12	0	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.63	5t 1-- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d6
							10-17		W-L:5-4,Sv:1	3.5	92.0	75	49	38	56	75	6	2	3.72	3.63	395	1.27		5%	0%	75	53	18	28%	6	2	0	327	13	2	1	12	4	4	.85	-1.301	1.85	-2.71%	-4.02

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