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: 15-8 / in Starts: 15-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	425	1	Apr 6	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.00	3.18	34	14	9	1	4	3	69			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	2	0	.97	0.292	1.22	0.22%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	426	5	Apr 11	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GS-9		4	9.0	10	5	3	1	1	1	0	3.00	3.73	38	12	14	4	2	10	51			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	2	.67	-0.232	1.00	-0.21%	-0.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
3	427	9	Apr 15	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(1-1)	3	8.0	10	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.46	4.23	35	7	13	2	6	9	44			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.012	.81	0.01%	0.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
4	428	12	Apr 19	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	8	3	2	2	0	0	0	3.09	4.02	37	14	13	0	4	8	59			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	1	2	1.16	0.217	1.14	0.13%	1.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
5	429	17	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.1	6	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.05	3.58	24	5	8	1	2	6	58			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	.74	0.116	.91	0.09%	1.26	1b start a 1	7b --- 1 out a5
6	430	22	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	W,13-1	GS-1		4	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.21	3.57	4	1	1	0	0	2	44			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.087	2.26	-0.08%	-0.83	1b start tie	1b -2- 2 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	431	26	May 5	BAL		CAL	W,9-1	GS-8	W(4-1)	5	8.0	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	2.70	3.39	30	5	15	1	0	4	74			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.247	1.50	0.29%	3.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
8	432	30	May 9	BAL		OAK	L,2-4	GS-9	L(4-2)	3	8.0	5	4	4	4	4	1	0	2.95	3.59	32	6	13	0	0	5	56			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.97	-0.238	1.98	-0.29%	-0.42	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out d1
9	433	34	May 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-8		5	8.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.86	3.55	31	11	11	1	4	6	61			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.268	3.62	0.48%	2.45	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
10	434	38	May 19	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS-8	W(5-2)	3	7.1	8	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.95	3.40	30	10	7	0	0	8	53			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.059	2.81	0.08%	0.50	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a1
11	435	47	May 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-1	GS-7	W(6-2)	9	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.80	3.34	27	6	11	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	.78	0.189	1.90	0.28%	2.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
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	436	51	Jun 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(6-3)	4	8.0	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.95	3.41	34	9	10	0	2	9	50			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.112	1.68	-0.17%	0.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
13	437	69	Jun 23(2)	BAL		DET	W,6-5	GS-6		19	5.1	9	5	5	4	6	0	0	3.27	3.37	28	4	5	0	0	9	32			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.350	3.25	-0.56%	-2.36	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d1
14	438	73	Jun 27	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.07	3.40	32	10	11	2	0	4	78			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.542	2.39	0.77%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	439	78	Jul 1	BAL		TOR	W,10-7	GS-5		3	4.1	8	5	3	2	0	1	0	3.20	3.55	24	7	7	2	0	8	29			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.262	2.48	-0.37%	-2.65	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out tie
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
16	440	115	Aug 13	BAL		CHW	L,0-7	8-GF		42	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.22	3.64	7	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.02	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
17	441	119	Aug 17	BAL		KCR	L,1-7	GS-4	L(7-4)	3	3.2	3	4	1	3	2	0	0	3.20	3.66	18	2	8	1	0	3	44			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	1	1	.98	-0.216	2.55	-0.34%	-2.47	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d4
18	442	128	Aug 27(2)	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-1	GS-9	W(8-4)	9	8.2	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.04	3.51	30	9	10	0	5	6	73			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.376	.93	0.38%	3.67	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a4
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
19	443	133	Sep 1	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	L(8-5)	4	9.0	10	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.04	3.49	37	10	13	0	0	10	59			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.054	.64	0.02%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
20	444	138	Sep 7	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS-5		5	5.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.99	3.54	20	3	8	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.167	.12	0.01%	1.78	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
21	445	143	Sep 12	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(8-6)	4	8.0	8	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.01	3.60	34	8	12	1	2	8	54			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.164	.00	0.00%	1.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
22	446	147	Sep 16	BAL		BOS	W,13-3	GS-7	W(9-6)	3	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.05	3.54	28	6	11	0	0	7	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.060	.00	0.00%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
23	447	157	Sep 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,14-6	GS-6	W(10-6)	11	5.1	7	6	6	3	3	2	0	3.30	3.70	25	7	5	1	1	7	30			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.30	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-2.40	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a7
							15-8		W-L:10-6	4.3	155.2	144	66	57	43	67	12	0	3.30	3.70	639	0.76		5%	8%	143	54	0	---%	6	4	0	586	19	2	0	12	5	8	.87	0.926	1.44	0.74%	14.39

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