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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-15 / in Starts: 18-12
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	41 (21-14-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	45 (23-14-7)

Most Driven In
P Blair	1
B Johnson	1
W Held	1
D Johnson	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B Powell	3
F Robinson	2
R Snyder	1
L Aparicio	1
B Robinson	1
Self	1
A Etchebarren	1

1966 Batting Game Log

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1966 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	30	2 (1)	Apr 13	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	9	.30	0.133	.75	0.20%	1.74	P
2	31	6 (3)	Apr 19	BAL		WSA	W,14-8	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	9	.89	-0.026	2.33	-0.04%	-0.53	P
3	32	10 (3)	Apr 26	BAL		CAL	W,7-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	1.000	1.429	9	.26	0.016	.92	0.03%	0.12	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	33	14 (3)	May 3	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.750	1.083	9	.78	-0.038	3.08	-0.09%	-0.29	P
5	34	18 (3)	May 8 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.636	1.021	9	.34	-0.020	1.47	-0.05%	0.71	P
6	35	23 (4)	May 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.467	.761	9	1.14	-0.116	5.51	-0.34%	-1.26	P
7	36	28 (4)	May 18	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.389	.639	9	1.52	-0.105	5.27	-0.22%	-0.67	P
8	37	34 (5)	May 24	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.400	.673	9	.74	0.036	2.06	0.06%	0.23	P
9	38	39 (4)	May 29	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.364	.614	9	1.86	-0.101	6.10	-0.20%	-0.74	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	39	45 (5)	Jun 3	BAL		KCA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.320	.542	9	.80	-0.064	3.53	-0.17%	-0.49	P
11	40	51 (5)	Jun 8 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.286	.486	9	.63	-0.056	2.77	-0.15%	-1.00	P
12	41	57 (5)	Jun 13	BAL		NYY	W,8-0	GS-5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.226	.286	.512	9	.99	0.041	4.82	0.12%	0.37	P
13	42	62 (4)	Jun 18	BAL	@	BOS	W,16-6	GS-9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.200	.250	.450	9	.13	-0.016	.66	-0.05%	-1.38	P
14	43	68 (5)	Jun 23	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.184	.229	.413	9	.56	-0.043	2.94	-0.14%	-0.57	P
15	44	71 (2)	Jun 26	BAL	@	CAL	W,12-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.184	.229	.413	9						PR
16	45	73 (1)	Jun 28	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.175	.216	.391	9	.95	-0.048	4.76	-0.15%	-0.33	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	46	83 (9)	Jul 6 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,8-9	5-6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.108	.175	.216	.391	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
18	47	85 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	BAL		CAL	W,10-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.167	.205	.372	9	.87	-0.044	3.15	-0.10%	-0.41	P
19	48	92 (6)	Jul 17 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.156	.190	.346	9	.95	-0.075	3.63	-0.17%	-0.86	P
20	49	97 (4)	Jul 22	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.146	.178	.324	9	.49	-0.036	.73	-0.03%	-0.61	P
21	50	102 (4)	Jul 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.137	.167	.304	9	.66	-0.049	.74	-0.03%	-0.59	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	51	106 (3)	Aug 3	BAL	@	CLE	L,6-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.082	.135	.163	.298	9	.70	-0.017	.54	-0.01%	-0.14	P
23	52	111 (4)	Aug 9	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.078	.130	.157	.286	9	.79	-0.037	.80	-0.02%	-0.33	P
24	53	116 (4)	Aug 13	BAL		WSA	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.140	.167	.307	9	1.10	0.128	.65	0.05%	0.87	P
25	54	120 (3)	Aug 17	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.086	.131	.155	.286	9	.54	-0.011	.08	0.00%	-0.23	P
26	55	124 (3)	Aug 23	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.127	.150	.277	9	1.17	-0.056	.17	-0.01%	-0.34	P
27	56	129 (4)	Aug 28	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.138	.161	.300	9	1.27	0.030	.10	0.00%	0.20	P
28	57	131 (1)	Aug 30	BAL		DET	L,4-5	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.097	.138	.161	.300	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	58	133 (1)	Sep 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.109	.149	.172	.321	9	.70	0.032	.06	0.00%	0.28	P
30	59	134	Sep 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,8-9	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.149	.172	.321	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
31	60	136 (1)	Sep 4	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-5	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.149	.172	.321	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
32	61	138 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,7-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.147	.169	.316	9	1.28	-0.028	.13	0.00%	-0.44	P
33	62	140 (1)	Sep 7	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.108	.147	.169	.316	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
34	63	148 (7)	Sep 17	BAL		CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.104	.143	.164	.307	9	1.21	-0.057	.02	0.00%	-0.47	P
35	64	153 (4)	Sep 22	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.099	.135	.155	.290	9	1.20	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-1.38	P
36	65	158 (4)	Sep 30 (2)	BAL		MIN	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.096	.132	.151	.282	9	.66	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
							21-15		78	73	11	7	1	0	1	5	3	0	33	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.096	.132	.151	.282		.79	-0.777	1.90	-1.49%	-8.89

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