David Palmer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: October 19, 1957 in Glens Falls, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 21st round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Glens Falls HS (Glens Falls, NY).

High School: Glens Falls HS (Glens Falls, NY)

Debut: September 9, 1978 (Age 20-325d, 14,112th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 30, 1989 (Age 31-254d)
vs. BAL 2.2 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: David William Palmer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.1

ERA

3.78

212

176

1085.0

748

WHIP

1.355

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 78 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 1 walk-off, 8 tying, 31 go ahead

4 Tms
MON	35
ATL	34
PHI	8
DET	1

Platoon
vs RHB	47
vs LHB	31

Home/Road
Away	45
Home	33

Outs
0	27
1	26
2	25

12 Opps
LAD	12
PHI	11
CIN	11
CHC	9
NYM	7
SDP	7
PIT	6
STL	5
HOU	4
MON	3
ATL	2
BOS	1

60 Batters
Dave Parker	3
George Foster	3
Glenn Davis	3
Mike Schmidt	2
Johnny Bench	2
Shawon Dunston	2
Jody Davis	2
Kal Daniels	2
Tim Wallach	2
Franklin Stubbs	2
Tony Peña	2
Gary Carter	2
George Hendrick	2
Juan Samuel	2
Gary Redus	2
Gary Thomasson	1
Joe Ferguson	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Dan Briggs	1
Benito Santiago	1
Kevin McReynolds	1
Mike Scioscia	1
Bill Doran	1
Carmelo Martínez	1
Buddy Bell	1
Len Matuszek	1
Jeff Hamilton	1
Tony Gwynn	1
Dave Kingman	1
Tim Raines	1
Eric Davis	1
Willie Stargell	1
Andy Van Slyke	1
Ron Cey	1
Greg Brock	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Art Howe	1
Lee Mazzilli	1
John Russell	1
Garry Maddox	1
Leon Durham	1
Jay Johnstone	1
Terry Harper	1
Greg Luzinski	1
Jim Morrison	1
Darrell Porter	1
Mike Greenwell	1
Dave Winfield	1
Rick Monday	1
John Kruk	1
Scot Thompson	1
Jason Thompson	1
Claudell Washington	1
Gary Matthews	1
John Shelby	1
Fernando González	1
Bake McBride	1
Mike Marshall	1
Lenny Dykstra	1
Darryl Strawberry	1

11 Parks
Stade Olymp. (MON)	15
VeteransStad (PHI)	14
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	14
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	7
Dodger Stad (LOS)	7
Shea Stad (NYC)	5
Astrodome (HOU)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	1

Where Hit
7	21
9	14
8	10
78	7
89	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	67
2	6
1	2
5	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	13
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	41
1--	19
12-	5
-2-	5
--3	3
-23	2
1-3	2
123	1

126 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	41
1 on	27
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	37

Inning
1	14
2	13
3	10
4	14
5	6
6	11
7	6
8	2
9	2

1-3	37
4-6	31
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	5
+2	8
+1	13
Tied	30
-1	4
-2	6
-3	3
-4..	6

Ahead	29
Tied	30
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	67
1-0	3
0-1	3
0-0	2
3-1	1
3-2	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	20
C	13
CF	11
RF	11
3B	9
1B	8
2B	4
SS	2

OrderPos
4th	23
3rd	12
5th	11
6th	10
7th	8
1st	8
2nd	4
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	36
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-09-26 (1)	Greg Luzinski	PHI		MON	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	--3		2	4	7	12%	84%		Home Run; L. Bowa Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1979-04-08	Willie Stargell	PIT		MON	behind 2-5	b 8	0	1--		2	4	3	17%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Parker Scores
3	3	2	1	1979-05-03	Dan Briggs	SDP		MON	ahead 7-2	b 7	1	1--		2	5	8	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Turner Scores
4	4	3	1	1979-05-11	Gary Thomasson	LAD		MON	ahead 5-0	b 6	0	1--		2	7	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Ferguson Scores
5	5	4	1	1979-05-27 (2)	George Hendrick	STL	@	MON	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	---		1	5	9	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	5	1	1979-07-13 (2)	Dave Winfield	SDP	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-		2	4	9	18%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Richards Scores
7	7	6	2	1979-07-13 (2)	Fernando González	SDP	@	MON	behind 3-4	t 6	2	---		1	7	4	18%	44%		Home Run (LF-CF)
8	8	7	1	1979-08-10 (2)	Lee Mazzilli	NYM		MON	behind 2-6	b 9	2	12-		3	3	8	3%	4%		Home Run; J. Youngblood Scores; J. Stearns Scores
9	9	8	1	1979-09-01	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	MON	behind 1-7	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	2	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	9	1	1979-09-11 (1)	Dave Kingman	CHC	@	MON	behind 1-7	t 7	0	---		1	4	7	1%	3%		Home Run
11	11	10	1	1979-09-28	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	MON	behind 0-2	t 6	2	1--		2	4	5	27%	44%		Home Run; P. Rose Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1980-05-24	George Foster	CIN		MON	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	4	7	15%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
13	13	2	1	1980-06-02	Scot Thompson	CHC	@	MON	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---		1	6	8	9%	83%		Home Run
14	14	3	1	1980-06-07	Bobby Bonds	STL	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	7	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
15	15	4	1	1980-06-24	Mike Schmidt	PHI		MON	behind 2-4	b 5	2	--3		2	3	5	26%	51%		Home Run; B. McBride Scores
16	16	5	1	1980-07-15	George Foster	CIN		MON	tied 4-4	b 5	2	12-		3	4	7	33%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Concepción Scores; K. Griffey Scores
17	17	6	2	1980-07-15	Johnny Bench	CIN		MON	ahead 7-4	b 5	2	1--		2	6	2	8%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Knight Scores
18	18	7	1	1980-08-31 (2)	Ron Cey	LAD		MON	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---		1	5	5	11%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	8	2	1980-08-31 (2)	Rick Monday	LAD		MON	behind 1-2	b 2	0	---		1	6	8	12%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	9	3	1980-08-31 (2)	Joe Ferguson	LAD		MON	tied 2-2	b 2	0	---		1	7	2	12%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Ferguson Scores/unER
21	21	10	1	1980-09-26	Garry Maddox	PHI		MON	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---		1	6	8	12%	63%		Home Run
22	22	11	2	1980-09-26	Bake McBride	PHI		MON	tied 1-1	b 9	0	---		1	2	9	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1982-06-17	Jay Johnstone	CHC		MON	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---		1	2	9	11%	63%		Home Run
24	24	2	1	1982-07-03	Jason Thompson	PIT		MON	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	--3		2	4	3	11%	91%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Ray Scores
25	25	3	1	1982-07-29	George Hendrick	STL	@	MON	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	---		1	4	9	7%	93%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1984-05-01	Sixto Lezcano	PHI		MON	behind 0-3	b 2	1	---		1	5	7	9%	30%		Home Run
27	27	2	1	1984-06-09 (1)	George Foster	NYM	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---		1	5	7	12%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	3	1	1984-07-02	Claudell Washington	ATL		MON	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---		1	3	9	15%	71%		Home Run
29	29	4	1	1984-09-27	Darrell Porter	STL	@	MON	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---		1	6	2	12%	74%		Home Run
30	30	5	2	1984-09-27	Art Howe	STL	@	MON	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---		1	7	5	9%	83%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1985-04-14	Jody Davis	CHC		MON	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---		1	7	2	11%	64%		Home Run
32	32	2	2	1985-04-14	Gary Matthews	CHC		MON	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	1--		2	3	7	16%	91%		Home Run; R. Sandberg Scores
33	33	3	1	1985-05-22	Greg Brock	LAD	@	MON	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	1-3		3	6	3	24%	93%		Home Run; R. Reynolds Scores; P. Guerrero Scores
34	34	4	1	1985-06-17	Tony Peña	PIT	@	MON	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	1--		2	6	2	17%	89%		Home Run; G. Hendrick Scores
35	35	5	1	1985-07-22	Terry Harper	ATL	@	MON	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--		2	5	7	15%	87%		Home Run; B. Horner Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1986-04-11	Glenn Davis	HOU		ATL	tied 1-1	b 7	1	---		1	4	3	24%	78%		Home Run
37	37	2	1	1986-04-18	Mike Marshall	LAD	@	ATL	behind 0-5	t 4	1	---		1	4	9	4%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
38	38	3	1	1986-05-06	Dave Parker	CIN		ATL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---		1	3	9	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	4	1	1986-05-20	Shawon Dunston	CHC	@	ATL	tied 1-1	t 2	2	1--		2	8	6	20%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Davis Scores
40	40	5	1	1986-05-28	Tony Peña	PIT		ATL	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---		1	6	2	14%	67%		Home Run
41	41	6	1	1986-06-24	Franklin Stubbs	LAD		ATL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---		1	3	7	11%	62%		Home Run (LF-CF)
42	42	7	2	1986-06-24	Franklin Stubbs	LAD		ATL	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---		1	3	7	15%	56%		Home Run (LF-CF)
43	43	8	3	1986-06-24	Len Matuszek	LAD		ATL	tied 2-2	b 4	2	---		1	6	3	15%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	9	1	1986-07-07	Gary Redus	PHI		ATL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	7	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
45	45	10	2	1986-07-07	Juan Samuel	PHI		ATL	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	---		1	2	4	9%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
46	46	11	3	1986-07-07	Gary Redus	PHI		ATL	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	-2-		2	1	7	13%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Foley Scores
47	47	12	4	1986-07-07	John Russell	PHI		ATL	ahead 4-2	b 4	0	1--		2	7	2	10%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to RF Line); G. Gross Scores
48	48	13	1	1986-07-11	Gary Carter	NYM		ATL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-23		3	4	2	17%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Dykstra Scores; W. Backman Scores
49	49	14	2	1986-07-11	Gary Carter	NYM		ATL	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	123		4	4	2	12%	97%		Home Run (LF Line); S. Fernandez Scores; W. Backman Scores; K. Hernandez Scores
50	50	15	1	1986-08-14	John Kruk	SDP	@	ATL	behind 0-2	t 3	2	1--		2	3	7	20%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Flannery Scores
51	51	16	1	1986-08-31	Shawon Dunston	CHC	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-		3	8	6	19%	79%		Home Run; J. Davis Scores; R. Cey Scores
52	52	17	1	1986-09-06	Jim Morrison	PIT	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	7	5	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1987-04-10	Darryl Strawberry	NYM		ATL	behind 0-3	b 4	2	1-3		3	5	9	31%	51%		Home Run (CF-RF); L. Dykstra Scores/unER; G. Carter Scores/unER; D. Strawberry Scores/unER
54	54	2	2	1987-04-10	Lenny Dykstra	NYM		ATL	tied 3-3	b 7	1	1--		2	1	8	30%	88%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Mazzilli Scores
55	55	3	1	1987-04-14	Eric Davis	CIN	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-23		3	4	8	16%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); K. Daniels Scores; T. Francona Scores
56	56	4	2	1987-04-14	Kal Daniels	CIN	@	ATL	tied 3-3	t 6	0	---		1	1	7	16%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to RF Line)
57	57	5	1	1987-04-22	Bill Doran	HOU		ATL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run
58	58	6	2	1987-04-22	Glenn Davis	HOU		ATL	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---		1	4	3	10%	79%		Home Run
59	59	7	1	1987-04-30	Dave Parker	CIN		ATL	behind 0-2	b 3	0	1--		2	3	9	18%	56%		Home Run; D. Concepción Scores/unER
60	60	8	1	1987-05-04	Tim Wallach	MON	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-		2	4	5	17%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Raines Scores
61	61	9	2	1987-05-04	Tim Wallach	MON	@	ATL	tied 4-4	t 5	0	---		1	4	5	14%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
62	62	10	1	1987-05-13	Juan Samuel	PHI		ATL	behind 0-6	b 3	1	1--		2	3	4	7%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Stone Scores
63	63	11	1	1987-05-22	Leon Durham	CHC		ATL	behind 0-9	b 6	0	1--		2	4	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Mumphrey Scores/unER
64	64	12	1	1987-05-29	Jody Davis	CHC	@	ATL	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	2	9%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	13	1	1987-06-13	Buddy Bell	CIN		ATL	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	1--		2	5	5	14%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Parker Scores
66	66	14	2	1987-06-13	Kal Daniels	CIN		ATL	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	---		1	1	7	5%	92%		Home Run (LF-CF)
67	67	15	1	1987-08-01	John Shelby	LAD	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	8	10%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	16	1	1987-09-09	Benito Santiago	SDP	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---		1	4	2	17%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
69	69	17	1	1987-09-15	Dave Parker	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	1--		2	4	9	18%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Treadway Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1988-05-25	Mike Scioscia	LAD	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	2	26%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Marshall Scores
71	71	2	2	1988-05-25	Jeff Hamilton	LAD	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 7	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	5	10%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Shelby Scores
72	72	3	1	1988-06-11	Andy Van Slyke	PIT		PHI	behind 0-1	b 1	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	8	19%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Bonds Scores
73	73	4	1	1988-06-15	Tim Raines	MON	@	PHI	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	1	1	7	11%	36%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	5	1	1988-07-22	Glenn Davis	HOU		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	12-	5,(2-2) CBBFX	3	4	3	19%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Doran Scores; T. Puhl Scores
75	75	6	1	1988-07-27	Kevin McReynolds	NYM	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	5	7	16%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Magadan Scores; D. Strawberry Scores
76	76	7	1	1988-08-24	Tony Gwynn	SDP		PHI	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	5%	91%		Home Run (CF-RF)
77	77	8	2	1988-08-24	Carmelo Martínez	SDP		PHI	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	7	3%	95%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
78	78	1	1	1989-06-05	Mike Greenwell	BOS	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	7	16%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); W. Boggs Scores