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\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

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

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.

2001 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2001 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
2	2	Apr 3	TEX		ANA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
3	3	Apr 4	TEX		ANA	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
4	4	Apr 5	TEX		ANA	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
5	5	Apr 6	TEX		SEA	L,7-9	CG	48	10.0	10	2	1	13	1	1B
6	6	Apr 7	TEX		SEA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
7	8 (1)	Apr 10	TEX	@	ANA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
8	9	Apr 11	TEX	@	ANA	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
9	10	Apr 12	TEX	@	ANA	L,3-13	CG	40	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
10	11	Apr 13	TEX	@	OAK	W,13-1	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
11	13 (1)	Apr 15	TEX	@	OAK	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	4	1B
12	14	Apr 16	TEX	@	SEA	L,7-9	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
13	15	Apr 17	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
14	16	Apr 18	TEX	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
15	18 (1)	Apr 20	TEX		OAK	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
16	20 (1)	Apr 22	TEX		OAK	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
17	21	Apr 24	TEX	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
18	22	Apr 25	TEX	@	TOR	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
19	23	Apr 27	TEX	@	CLE	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
20	24	Apr 28	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	26 (1)	May 1	TEX		DET	L,3-6	CG	43	10.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
22	27	May 2	TEX		DET	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
23	30 (2)	May 6	TEX		CHW	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	13	0	2	15	0	1B
24	31	May 7	TEX		CHW	L,4-7	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
25	32	May 8	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	5	0	0	5	1	1B
26	34 (1)	May 10	TEX	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
27	35	May 11	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	38	9.1	9	0	0	9	0	1B
28	36	May 12	TEX	@	CHW	W,16-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
29	38 (1)	May 15	TEX		CLE	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
30	39	May 16	TEX		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
31	41 (1)	May 18	TEX		TOR	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
32	42	May 19	TEX		TOR	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
33	44 (1)	May 22	TEX	@	TBD	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	5	1B
34	45	May 23	TEX	@	TBD	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
35	47 (1)	May 25	TEX	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
36	48	May 27	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
37	50 (1)	May 29	TEX		KCR	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
38	51	May 30	TEX		KCR	L,2-11	GS	38	7.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	53 (1)	Jun 1	TEX		MIN	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
40	54	Jun 2	TEX		MIN	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
41	56 (1)	Jun 4	TEX	@	SEA	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
42	57	Jun 5	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
43	58	Jun 6	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
44	59	Jun 8	TEX		HOU	L,4-5	CG	45	11.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
45	60	Jun 9	TEX		HOU	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
46	62 (1)	Jun 11	TEX	@	LAD	W,12-7	CG	37	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
47	63	Jun 12	TEX	@	LAD	L,4-8	CG	46	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
48	64	Jun 13	TEX	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
49	65	Jun 15	TEX	@	HOU	W,12-9	CG	43	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
50	66	Jun 16	TEX	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
51	67	Jun 17	TEX	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
52	69 (1)	Jun 20	TEX		ANA	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
53	70	Jun 21	TEX		ANA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
54	71	Jun 22	TEX	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
55	73 (1)	Jun 24	TEX	@	OAK	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
56	74	Jun 25	TEX	@	ANA	L,7-11	CG	47	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
57	75	Jun 26	TEX	@	ANA	W,8-1	CG	40	11.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
58	77 (1)	Jun 28	TEX	@	ANA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
59	78	Jun 29	TEX		OAK	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
60	79	Jun 30	TEX		OAK	L,4-15	CG	53	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	81 (1)	Jul 2	TEX		SEA	L,7-9	CG	46	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
62	82	Jul 3	TEX		SEA	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
63	84 (1)	Jul 5	TEX		SEA	W,14-2	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
64	85	Jul 6	TEX	@	SDP	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
65	86	Jul 7	TEX	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
66	87	Jul 8	TEX	@	SDP	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
67	88	Jul 12	TEX		COL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
68	90 (1)	Jul 14	TEX		COL	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
69	91	Jul 15	TEX		SFG	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
70	94 (2)	Jul 18	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
71	95	Jul 20	TEX	@	TBD	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
72	97 (1)	Jul 22	TEX	@	TBD	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
73	98	Jul 24	TEX		BAL	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
74	100 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	TEX		BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
75	101	Jul 26	TEX		BAL	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
76	102	Jul 27	TEX		TBD	W,13-7	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
77	104 (1)	Jul 29	TEX		TBD	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
78	105	Jul 30	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	42	11.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
79	106	Jul 31	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	107	Aug 1	TEX	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
81	110 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
82	111	Aug 5	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
83	112	Aug 6	TEX	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
84	113	Aug 7	TEX		DET	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
85	114	Aug 8	TEX		DET	L,6-19	CG	54	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
86	115	Aug 9	TEX		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
87	116	Aug 10	TEX		CLE	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
88	117	Aug 11	TEX		CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
89	118	Aug 12	TEX		CLE	L,2-13	GS	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
90	119	Aug 14	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
91	120	Aug 15	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
92	121	Aug 16	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
93	123 (1)	Aug 18	TEX	@	TOR	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
94	125 (1)	Aug 20	TEX		NYY	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
95	126	Aug 21	TEX		NYY	W,13-3	GS	28	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
96	127	Aug 22	TEX		NYY	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	1B
97	129 (1)	Aug 24	TEX		BOS	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
98	130	Aug 25	TEX		BOS	W,8-7	CG	77	18.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
99	131	Aug 26	TEX		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
100	133 (1)	Aug 29	TEX	@	MIN	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
101	134	Aug 30	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
102	135	Aug 31	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	136	Sep 1	TEX	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	51	10.1	10	3	0	13	1	1B
104	137	Sep 2	TEX	@	KCR	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
105	138	Sep 4	TEX		MIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
106	142 (3)	Sep 8	TEX		KCR	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
107	144 (1)	Sep 10	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
108	145	Sep 18	TEX		OAK	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	1B
109	151 (5)	Sep 24	TEX		SEA	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
110	153 (1)	Sep 26	TEX		SEA	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
111	156 (2)	Sep 30	TEX	@	ANA	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
112	157	Oct 2	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
113	160 (2)	Oct 5	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
							113gm		996.1	906	83	8	997	112