Rafael Palmeiro

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 24, 1964 in La Habana, Cuba cu

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 8th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Jackson HS (Miami, FL) and the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

High School: Miami Jackson HS (Miami, FL)

School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: September 8, 1986 (Age 21-349d, 15,249th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 30, 2005 (Age 40-340d)
vs. TOR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Rafael Palmeiro

Pronunciation: \pahl-MARE-oh\

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4x All-Star
3x Gold Glove
2x Silver Slugger
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

71.9

10472

3020

569

.288

1663

RBI

1835

OBP

.371

SLG

.515

OPS

.885

OPS+

132

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	BAL		KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
2	2	Apr 3	BAL		KCR	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 4	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
4	4	Apr 5	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
5	5	Apr 6	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
6	6	Apr 7	BAL	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	8	1	0	9	1	1B
7	7	Apr 9	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	46	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
8	8	Apr 11	BAL		TEX	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
9	9	Apr 13	BAL		TEX	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
10	10	Apr 14	BAL		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
11	11	Apr 15	BAL		MIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
12	12	Apr 16	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
13	13	Apr 17	BAL	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
14	14	Apr 20	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
15	15	Apr 21	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
16	16	Apr 22	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
17	17	Apr 23	BAL		CHW	L,9-11	CG	53	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
18	18	Apr 24	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
19	19	Apr 25	BAL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	18	1	0	19	1	1B
20	20	Apr 26	BAL		BOS	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
21	21	Apr 27	BAL		BOS	L,7-13	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
22	22	Apr 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
23	23	Apr 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
25	25	May 2	BAL		OAK	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
26	26	May 3	BAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
27	27	May 4	BAL		OAK	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
28	28	May 5	BAL		ANA	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
29	29	May 6	BAL		ANA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
30	30	May 7	BAL		ANA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
31	32 (1)	May 9	BAL		SEA	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
32	33	May 10	BAL		SEA	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
33	34	May 11	BAL		SEA	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
34	35	May 12	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
35	36	May 13	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
36	37	May 14	BAL	@	ANA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
37	38	May 15	BAL	@	ANA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
38	39	May 16	BAL	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
39	40	May 17	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
40	41	May 18	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
41	42	May 20	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
42	43	May 21	BAL		DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	4	1B
43	44	May 23	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
44	45	May 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
45	46	May 25	BAL	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
46	47	May 26	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	DH 1B
47	48	May 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
48	49	May 28	BAL	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
49	50	May 30	BAL		CLE	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
50	51	May 31	BAL		CLE	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	10	2	1	13	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	52	Jun 3	BAL		NYY	W,7-5	CG	40	10.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
52	53	Jun 4	BAL		NYY	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
53	54	Jun 6	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
54	55	Jun 7	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	41	10.1	12	1	0	13	2	1B
55	56	Jun 8	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
56	58 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
57	59	Jun 10 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
58	60	Jun 11	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
59	61	Jun 12	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
60	62	Jun 13	BAL	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
61	63	Jun 14	BAL	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	49	12.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
62	64	Jun 15	BAL	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
63	65	Jun 16	BAL		MON	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
64	66	Jun 17	BAL		MON	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
65	67	Jun 18	BAL		MON	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
66	69 (1)	Jun 21	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
67	70	Jun 22	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
68	71	Jun 23	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	1B
69	72	Jun 24	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
70	73	Jun 25	BAL	@	MIL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
71	74	Jun 26	BAL		TOR	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
72	75	Jun 27	BAL		TOR	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
73	76	Jun 28	BAL		TOR	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
74	77	Jun 29	BAL		TOR	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
75	78	Jun 30	BAL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	79	Jul 1	BAL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	3	15	2	1B
77	80	Jul 2	BAL		PHI	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
78	81	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
79	82	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
80	83	Jul 4 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
81	84	Jul 5	BAL	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
82	85	Jul 6	BAL	@	DET	L,9-14	CG	41	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	1B
83	86	Jul 11	BAL		MIL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
84	87	Jul 12	BAL		MIL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
85	88	Jul 13	BAL		MIL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
86	89	Jul 14	BAL		TOR	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
87	90	Jul 15	BAL		TOR	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
88	91	Jul 16	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
89	92	Jul 17	BAL		BOS	L,9-12	CG	50	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
90	93	Jul 18	BAL		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
91	94	Jul 19	BAL		CHW	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
92	95	Jul 20	BAL		CHW	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
93	96	Jul 21	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
94	97	Jul 22	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-3	GS	33	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
95	98	Jul 23	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
96	99	Jul 25	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
97	100	Jul 26	BAL	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	48	12.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
98	101	Jul 27	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-0	GS	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
99	102	Jul 28	BAL		TEX	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
100	103	Jul 29	BAL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
101	104	Jul 30	BAL		TEX	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
102	105	Jul 31	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	42	11.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	106	Aug 1	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
104	107	Aug 2	BAL	@	OAK	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
105	108	Aug 3	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
106	109	Aug 5	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
107	110	Aug 6	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
108	111	Aug 8	BAL	@	ANA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
109	113 (1)	Aug 10	BAL	@	ANA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
110	114	Aug 12	BAL		OAK	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
111	115	Aug 13	BAL		OAK	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
112	116	Aug 15 (1)	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
113	117	Aug 15 (2)	BAL		SEA	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
114	118	Aug 16	BAL		ANA	W,10-9	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
115	119	Aug 17	BAL		ANA	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
116	120	Aug 18	BAL		ANA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
117	121	Aug 19 (1)	BAL	@	KCR	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
118	122	Aug 19 (2)	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
119	123	Aug 20	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
120	124	Aug 21	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
121	125	Aug 22	BAL		MIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
122	126	Aug 23	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
123	127	Aug 24	BAL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
124	128	Aug 26	BAL		KCR	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
125	129	Aug 27	BAL		KCR	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
126	130	Aug 28	BAL		KCR	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
127	131	Aug 29	BAL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
128	132	Aug 30	BAL		NYM	L,6-13	CG	50	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
129	133	Aug 31	BAL		NYM	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	134	Sep 1	BAL	@	FLA	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
131	135	Sep 2	BAL	@	FLA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	9	1	0	10	1	1B
132	136	Sep 3	BAL	@	FLA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	5	1	0	6	1	1B
133	138 (1)	Sep 5	BAL	@	NYY	W,13-9	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
134	139	Sep 6	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
135	140	Sep 7	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
136	141	Sep 8	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
137	142	Sep 9	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
138	143	Sep 11	BAL		NYY	L,2-14	GS	32	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
139	144	Sep 12	BAL		NYY	L,5-13	GS	44	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
140	145	Sep 13	BAL		NYY	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
141	146	Sep 14	BAL		NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
142	147	Sep 15 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
143	148	Sep 15 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
144	149	Sep 16 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
145	150	Sep 16 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
146	151	Sep 17	BAL		MIL	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
147	153 (1)	Sep 19	BAL		DET	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
148	154	Sep 20	BAL		DET	W,12-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
149	155	Sep 21	BAL		DET	L,3-11	GS	34	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
150	156	Sep 22	BAL		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
151	157	Sep 23	BAL	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
152	158	Sep 24	BAL	@	TOR	W,9-3	GF	15	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
153	159	Sep 25	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
154	160	Sep 26	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	GS	15	3.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
155	161	Sep 27	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
							155gm		1356.0	1304	112	10	1426	124