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: 12-14 / in Starts: 12-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 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	243	1	Apr 5	BAL		DET	W,3-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	7	2	2	4	4	1	0	2.16	4.62	35	7	13	1	0	7	61			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.249	2.13	0.23%	1.51	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
2	244	5	Apr 11	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-7		5	6.0	8	5	3	6	4	0	0	3.14	4.46	33	8	7	1	0	8	38			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	-0.159	2.22	-0.14%	-1.03	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a1
3	245	9	Apr 17	BAL	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	5	1	0	5	3	0	0	1.93	4.12	36	9	15	1	0	4	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.61	0.159	.95	0.15%	3.19	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a5
4	246	12	Apr 21(1)	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GS-12		3	12.0	7	5	4	2	5	1	0	2.29	3.85	45	16	15	0	2	7	73			0	0	0	41	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.55	0.007	2.77	0.01%	0.32	1t start tie	12t 3 out d1
5	247	16	Apr 26	BAL		OAK	W,6-5	GS-9		4	9.0	11	4	3	3	2	1	0	2.44	4.00	39	12	12	2	3	10	50			0	1	0	36	0	0	1	2	0	1	.89	-0.005	1.45	-0.01%	-0.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
6	248	19	Apr 30	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(2-1)	3	8.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.41	4.01	33	11	7	0	0	7	62			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.005	1.84	0.01%	1.76	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
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
7	249	22	May 4	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(2-2)	3	7.2	8	3	2	3	4	0	0	2.40	3.84	34	11	8	0	1	8	54			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	-0.095	1.37	-0.08%	-0.29	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out d2
8	250	26	May 8	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-7	GS-3	L(2-3)	3	2.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	3.05	4.08	15	3	2	0	0	7	21			2	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.334	1.10	-0.30%	-4.14	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d5
9	251	30	May 14	BAL		MIL	L,3-8	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	4.1	5	7	6	4	1	1	0	3.66	4.33	21	5	6	0	0	5	24			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	.73	-0.292	1.39	-0.34%	-3.63	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d5
10	252	38	May 23	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	L(2-5)	8	8.0	5	2	0	2	6	0	0	3.27	4.06	31	5	13	2	0	5	72			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.076	1.73	0.08%	1.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
11	253	43	May 27	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-9	GS-3	L(2-6)	3	2.2	7	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.74	4.19	16	4	4	1	0	6	24			1	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.288	1.26	-0.25%	-3.91	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d5
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
12	254	52	Jun 7	BAL		TEX	L,3-5	GS-6	L(2-7)	10	5.2	10	5	5	2	1	0	1	4.03	4.16	30	10	6	1	0	10	28			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.440	1.78	-0.35%	-2.55	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d2
13	255	56	Jun 11	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-7	W(3-7)	3	6.1	4	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.84	4.15	27	8	7	1	0	4	59			1	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	.94	0.263	.95	0.16%	2.44	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a4
14	256	60	Jun 16	BAL		CHW	L,1-9	GS-1	L(3-8)	4	0.2	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	4.01	4.21	7	1	1	0	0	3	34			2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.286	1.49	-0.24%	-3.02	1t start tie	1t 1-3 2 out d3
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
15	257	115	Aug 13	BAL		CHW	W,8-2	GS-6	W(4-8)	57	6.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.86	4.05	25	6	8	1	0	6	57			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	1	.35	0.092	.53	0.08%	0.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
16	258	119	Aug 17	BAL		KCR	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	6	0	0	5	2	0	0	3.59	4.06	32	6	13	2	6	5	62			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.421	2.73	0.44%	3.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
17	259	123	Aug 22	BAL		TEX	L,2-6	GS-4	L(4-9)	4	3.2	6	6	6	1	2	1	1	3.98	4.15	19	7	2	0	0	6	26			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.276	1.33	-0.20%	-3.44	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d5
18	260	127	Aug 27	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-10)	4	8.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.86	4.08	33	6	15	2	0	7	59			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	.77	0.056	.74	0.03%	1.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
19	261	131	Aug 31	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-8	W(5-10)	3	7.2	10	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.76	4.01	35	8	12	0	5	9	51			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.22	0.195	.91	0.09%	1.62	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
20	262	135	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-10)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.50	3.85	32	10	12	0	0	3	86			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.43	0.243	1.49	0.50%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
21	263	139	Sep 8	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-7	L(6-11)	3	6.1	8	6	5	0	2	2	0	3.67	3.95	27	10	7	0	0	8	37			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.236	2.89	-0.60%	-2.48	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d2
22	264	144	Sep 12	BAL		NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	L(6-12)	3	7.1	9	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.67	3.82	33	9	6	0	0	9	53			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.042	9.91	-0.16%	-0.80	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d3
23	265	149	Sep 17	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-12)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.46	3.71	31	6	15	1	0	7	76			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.483	5.80	1.83%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
24	266	153	Sep 21	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-7		3	6.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	1	3.38	3.71	27	4	10	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.193	11.06	0.92%	1.34	1b start a 2	7b -2- 0 out a3
25	267	157	Sep 27	BAL		MIL	W,1-0	GS-12		5	12.0	4	0	0	6	5	0	0	3.15	3.67	44	16	13	2	0	4	93			2	0	0	36	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.79	1.023	16.47	5.64%	5.32	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
26	268	161	Oct 1	BAL	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-8		3	7.0	10	6	5	0	5	2	0	3.27	3.72	30	5	10	0	0	10	40			1	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.341	9.74	-2.04%	-1.72	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
							12-14		W-L:7-12	3.8	178.2	176	78	65	69	84	12	3	3.27	3.72	770	0.85		4%	4%	171	53		---%	18	6	1	684	24	3	4	15	3	10	1.10	0.671	3.66	5.47%	5.36

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