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: 24-12 / in Starts: 24-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	169	3	Apr 18	BAL		DET	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	7	4	4	1	1	1	0	7.20	5.20	21	5	7	0	1	7	37			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.326	1.88	-0.38%	-2.01	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
2	170	7	Apr 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-5	L(0-2)	3	4.2	8	4	4	2	2	2	0	7.45	6.74	24	7	5	0	0	8	32			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.194	1.68	-0.24%	-2.27	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
3	171	11	Apr 28	BAL		CAL	W,12-2	CG	W(1-2)	5	9.0	9	2	0	3	5	0	0	3.86	4.60	40	7	16	1	5	9	67			1	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	.38	0.177	.55	0.16%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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
4	172	15	May 5	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-2)	6	8.0	3	2	2	0	8	1	0	3.38	3.82	27	8	8	0	0	3	76			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.028	1.63	0.03%	1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
5	173	19	May 11	BAL		TEX	L,1-3	GS-8	L(2-3)	5	8.0	4	2	2	3	9	0	0	3.12	3.24	31	8	7	1	0	4	72			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.029	1.68	0.03%	1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
6	174	23	May 15	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	4	2	2	1	8	2	0	2.89	3.36	32	11	8	1	0	4	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.450	2.25	0.50%	1.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
7	175	27	May 20	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-0	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	7.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.49	3.15	24	9	6	0	0	2	76			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.310	1.38	0.30%	2.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
8	176	30	May 24	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS-6		3	6.0	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	2.22	3.03	25	7	8	0	0	4	64			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.115	2.35	0.12%	1.46	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	177	34	May 28	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.06	2.96	34	12	11	2	0	4	76			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.169	1.68	0.25%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
10	178	38	Jun 2	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.93	2.77	35	5	14	1	0	9	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	1	0	.65	0.298	1.27	0.35%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
11	179	43	Jun 6	BAL		MIN	L,4-5	GS-9		3	8.1	10	4	4	2	11	1	0	2.17	2.70	37	5	9	0	0	10	56			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.101	2.13	-0.10%	-0.51	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a1
12	180	47	Jun 11	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.05	2.70	32	11	11	2	0	4	75			1	0	1	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.23	0.315	2.50	0.38%	2.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
13	181	51	Jun 16	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	GS-9	W(8-3)	4	8.2	8	0	0	3	6	0	0	1.88	2.65	35	7	11	2	0	8	71			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.437	3.20	0.63%	2.94	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a3
14	182	55	Jun 20	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	0	1.81	2.54	34	7	11	0	0	6	77			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.179	2.38	0.25%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
15	183	59	Jun 25	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(10-3)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	5	1	0	1.74	2.55	34	4	18	0	0	7	74			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.533	4.77	1.21%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	184	63	Jun 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-2	L(10-4)	3	1.1	5	3	3	1	0	1	0	1.95	2.68	9	2	1	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.325	2.78	-0.53%	-2.67	1b start a 1	2b 1-- 1 out d2
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
17	185	67	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	9	3	3	1	4	2	0	2.02	2.83	35	11	10	1	1	9	60			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.48	-0.047	1.98	-0.12%	0.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
18	186	71	Jul 7	BAL		TEX	L,4-5	GS-2		3	1.2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2.00	2.87	13	3	3	0	0	5	35			1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.15	-0.269	3.17	-0.45%	-2.64	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d3
19	187	76	Jul 11	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(12-4)	3	10.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.92	2.77	38	10	14	0	0	7	79			0	0	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.538	3.81	0.83%	2.98	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
20	188	81	Jul 16	BAL		CHW	W,6-1	CG(7)	W(13-4)	4	7.0	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	1.83	2.72	25	6	9	0	0	3	72			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.235	2.38	0.38%	1.79	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
21	189	85	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-5	GS-8		3	7.2	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	1.91	2.71	31	8	11	0	0	7	54			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	-0.237	4.39	-0.40%	-0.21	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out tie
22	190	91	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	GS-9		8	9.0	6	3	3	3	7	2	0	1.97	2.82	36	11	9	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.273	2.07	-0.44%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
23	191	96	Aug 2(1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-0	SHO	W(14-4)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.87	2.77	33	6	16	1	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.324	2.04	0.52%	3.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
24	192	101	Aug 6	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	W(15-4)	3	9.0	6	2	2	6	6	1	0	1.88	2.86	38	8	12	1	0	6	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.082	2.82	0.15%	1.69	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
25	193	105	Aug 10	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(15-5)	3	8.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	1.84	2.86	30	6	11	0	0	5	68			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	0.132	3.73	0.27%	2.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
26	194	110	Aug 14	BAL		OAK	L,2-5	GS-5	L(15-6)	3	5.0	7	4	4	1	6	2	0	1.98	2.94	23	4	5	0	0	7	42			3	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.207	2.68	-0.46%	-2.01	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
27	195	114	Aug 19	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	11	1	0	1.94	2.93	38	5	11	1	1	7	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	0.497	5.50	1.07%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	196	118	Aug 23	BAL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	W(17-6)	3	9.0	5	1	0	2	9	0	0	1.86	2.85	35	9	10	0	0	5	82			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.62	0.216	2.22	0.46%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
29	197	122	Aug 28	BAL	@	MIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(18-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.78	2.80	33	12	8	1	0	5	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.586	4.26	1.25%	3.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
30	198	126	Sep 2	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(18-7)	4	7.0	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	1.81	2.81	25	7	10	1	0	4	65			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.071	1.85	-0.19%	0.54	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
31	199	131	Sep 6	BAL		DET	L,3-4	GS-7	L(18-8)	3	7.0	8	4	4	1	6	0	1	1.90	2.78	31	2	13	0	0	8	50			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.207	2.87	-0.59%	-1.22	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
32	200	136	Sep 10	BAL		MIL	W,2-0	SHO	W(19-8)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.83	2.75	33	7	15	2	0	7	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.515	5.04	1.19%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	201	140	Sep 15	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS-8	W(20-8)	4	7.1	6	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.82	2.79	28	9	10	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.205	4.44	0.57%	1.59	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 1 out a2
34	202	144	Sep 20(1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-9	GS-4	L(20-9)	4	3.1	7	6	5	3	5	0	0	1.97	2.78	21	4	2	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	16	3	0	1	0	1	1	1.45	-0.336	12.99	-1.81%	-3.67	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d3
35	203	147	Sep 24	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(21-9)	3	8.1	7	3	3	3	1	0	0	2.01	2.79	34	10	13	0	0	7	55			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.130	3.03	0.17%	0.31	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a2
36	204	150	Sep 29	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	CG(10)	L(21-10)	4	10.0	10	4	4	0	6	2	0	2.07	2.83	40	7	17	1	0	10	62			1	0	0	40	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.62	-0.167	.76	-0.05%	-0.02	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
							24-12		W-L:21-10	3.7	274.1	219	73	63	70	184	21	1	2.07	2.83	1094	0.72		3%	1%	219	64		---%	14	3	1	1009	25	2	1	16	4	11	1.03	3.740	2.86	5.31%	35.75

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