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	24-12 / in Starts: 24-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 106 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	74 (42-23-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 106 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (32-20-10)

Most Driven In
B Robinson	3
B Grich	2
E Hendricks	2
T Crowley	1
M Belanger	0
D Johnson	0

Most Driven In By
P Blair	4
B Powell	2
B Grich	1
M Rettenmund	1
J Oates	1
D Buford	1

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 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	184	3 (2)	Apr 18	BAL		DET	L,3-5	GS-5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			9	1.91	0.075	3.74	0.09%	0.59	P
2	185	7 (3)	Apr 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	1.08	0.029	2.22	0.04%	0.24	P
3	186	11 (3)	Apr 28	BAL		CAL	W,12-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.429	.929	9	.32	-0.029	.48	-0.03%	-0.15	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	187	15 (3)	May 5	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	9	.78	-0.037	1.26	-0.04%	-0.27	P
5	188	19 (3)	May 11	BAL		TEX	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	9	1.17	-0.055	2.17	-0.06%	-0.39	P
6	189	23 (3)	May 15	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.429	.762	9	1.41	0.069	2.64	0.08%	0.04	P
7	190	27 (3)	May 20	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	9	.84	-0.032	1.33	-0.03%	-0.45	P
8	191	30 (2)	May 24	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.333	.596	9	1.37	-0.048	2.39	-0.05%	-0.36	P
9	192	34 (3)	May 28	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.348	.455	.802	9	.85	0.316	2.07	0.46%	2.88	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	193	38 (3)	Jun 2	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.308	.400	.708	9	.63	-0.050	1.23	-0.06%	-1.49	P
11	194	43 (4)	Jun 6	BAL		MIN	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.310	.393	.703	9	.52	-0.014	.89	-0.02%	-0.20	P
12	195	47 (3)	Jun 11	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.344	.616	9	1.03	-0.101	2.10	-0.12%	-0.87	P
13	196	51 (3)	Jun 16	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.243	.306	.549	9	.79	-0.076	1.90	-0.11%	-0.74	P
14	197	55 (3)	Jun 20	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.250	.308	.558	9	1.30	-0.024	3.05	-0.03%	-0.42	P
15	198	59 (3)	Jun 25	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.233	.286	.518	9	1.35	-0.103	5.13	-0.24%	-0.89	P
16	199	63 (3)	Jun 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.250	.326	.576	9	.34	0.021	.92	0.03%	0.20	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	200	67 (3)	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.245	.313	.557	9	.73	0.008	3.01	0.02%	-0.09	P
18	201	71 (3)	Jul 7	BAL		TEX	L,4-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.245	.313	.557	9						P
19	202	76 (4)	Jul 11	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.250	.314	.564	9	2.91	0.086	7.48	0.13%	0.33	P
20	203	81 (4)	Jul 16	BAL		CHW	W,6-1	CG(7)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.255	.315	.569	9	.60	-0.030	1.60	-0.05%	0.12	P
21	204	85 (3)	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.241	.298	.540	9	.63	-0.048	1.77	-0.08%	-0.44	P
22	205	91 (5)	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.246	.300	.546	9	1.93	0.072	5.23	0.12%	0.73	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
23	206	96 (4)	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.234	.286	.520	9	.66	-0.077	1.78	-0.12%	-0.98	P
24	207	101 (4)	Aug 6	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.250	.313	.563	9	.61	0.008	1.85	0.02%	0.36	P
25	208	105 (3)	Aug 10	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.243	.304	.547	9	1.27	-0.061	4.25	-0.12%	-0.39	P
26	209	110 (4)	Aug 14	BAL		OAK	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.239	.300	.539	9	.74	-0.017	2.70	-0.04%	-0.13	P
27	210	114 (3)	Aug 19	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.243	.301	.545	9	.73	0.013	2.62	0.03%	0.37	P
28	211	118 (3)	Aug 23	BAL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.234	.289	.523	9	.59	0.076	2.13	0.16%	0.54	P
29	212	122 (3)	Aug 28	BAL	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.225	.235	.288	.522	9	.92	0.043	3.28	0.09%	1.02	P
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
30	213	126 (3)	Sep 2	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.229	.280	.509	9	.38	-0.018	1.72	-0.05%	-0.15	P
31	214	131 (4)	Sep 6	BAL		DET	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.235	.286	.521	9	1.25	0.018	5.96	0.05%	0.04	P
32	215	136 (4)	Sep 10	BAL		MIL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.227	.276	.503	9	.57	-0.040	2.19	-0.09%	-0.57	P
33	216	140 (3)	Sep 15	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.231	.278	.509	9	.25	0.001	1.16	0.00%	-0.03	P
34	217	144 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-9	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.237	.283	.519	9	2.69	0.031	24.05	0.17%	0.24	P
35	218	147 (2)	Sep 24	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.232	.247	.284	.532	9	.97	0.075	2.11	0.10%	0.67	P
36	219	150 (2)	Sep 29	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.240	.276	.516	9	.92	-0.066	.43	-0.02%	-0.44	P
							24-12		106	98	12	22	3	1	0	8	2	0	36	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	.224	.240	.276	.516		.97	0.015	2.88	0.23%	-1.07

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