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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BAL	@	DET	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 15	BAL		MIL	L,1-7	GS	33	7.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
3	9 (3)	Apr 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
4	13 (3)	Apr 27	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (3)	May 1	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	22 (4)	May 5	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
7	27 (4)	May 11 (2)	BAL		MIN	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
8	30 (2)	May 16 (1)	BAL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	35 (4)	May 21	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
10	39 (3)	May 25	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-9	GS	25	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	43 (3)	May 30	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	47 (3)	Jun 4	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	GS	40	10.1	0	2	1	3	0	P
13	50 (2)	Jun 8	BAL		KCR	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
14	54 (3)	Jun 12	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	P
15	58 (3)	Jun 16	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS	30	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	62 (3)	Jun 21	BAL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
17	67 (4)	Jun 25	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	72 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	77 (4)	Jul 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	80 (2)	Jul 8	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-5	GS	34	8.2	1	2	1	4	1	P
21	84 (3)	Jul 12	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-7	GS	32	6.2	1	3	0	4	1	P
22	89 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	93 (3)	Jul 23	BAL		CAL	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	97 (3)	Jul 27 (1)	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-4	GS	33	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	102 (4)	Aug 1 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,6-4	GS	27	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	107 (4)	Aug 5	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
27	112 (4)	Aug 9	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-6	GS	42	8.2	1	0	1	2	0	P
28	116 (3)	Aug 13	BAL		KCR	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	120 (3)	Aug 17	BAL		TEX	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
30	124 (3)	Aug 21	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-2	GS	42	12.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
31	128 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	P
32	133 (4)	Aug 30	BAL		CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	136 (2)	Sep 3	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
34	141 (4)	Sep 7	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
35	146 (4)	Sep 11	BAL	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
36	150 (3)	Sep 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
37	153 (2)	Sep 20	BAL		MIL	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
38	155 (1)	Sep 24	BAL		DET	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	P
39	158 (2)	Sep 28 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
							39gm		323.0	30	52	6	88	7