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: 11-6 / in Starts: 10-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1966	WS g2	Oct 6	BAL	@	LAD	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	5	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	0.00	2.22	34	124	76	17	9	8	17	3	6	0	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	.70	0.305	35.79	9.22%	3.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
1969 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
2	1969	ALCS g3	Oct 6	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-2	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	10	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.00	2.29	38					12	10	2	5	10	61			0	0	0	36	2	1	1	1	0	0	.64	0.135	15.21	2.16%	2.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
3	1969	WS g3	Oct 14	BAL	@	NYM	L,0-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	7	6.0	5	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.60	3.38	27					7	7	1	1	4	47			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.180	30.83	-6.30%	-1.23	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
1970 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1970	ALCS g3	Oct 5	BAL		MIN	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	12	0	0	1.00	0.97	36	136	89	23	19	6	8	1	3	7	78			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	.61	0.236	11.02	2.36%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
5	1970	WS g1	Oct 10	BAL	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.2	5	3	3	5	2	1	0	2.04	3.15	37					8	17	3	2	4	59			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.402	71.68	13.31%	1.47	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a1
6	1970	WS g4	Oct 14	BAL		CIN	L,5-6	GS-8		3	7.0	6	5	5	4	7	1	0	3.28	3.45	31					7	8	2	3	5	48			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.159	26.91	-2.22%	-1.06	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
1971 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
7	1971	ALCS g3	Oct 5	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	8	9.0	7	3	3	3	8	3	0	3.00	6.01	36					7	11	0	7	7	66			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.196	27.00	2.84%	0.81	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
8	1971	WS g2	Oct 11	BAL		PIT	W,11-3	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	8.0	7	3	3	8	10	1	0	3.18	5.33	40					8	7	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.234	38.56	6.92%	0.42	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
9	1971	WS g6	Oct 16	BAL		PIT	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.77	4.57	35					11	12	2	3	6	67			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.258	84.22	12.80%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
1973 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1973	ALCS g1	Oct 6	BAL		OAK	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	7	9.0	5	0	0	5	12	0	0	0.00	1.57	36					5	9	0	3	5	84			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.246	22.40	4.26%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
11	1973	ALCS g4	Oct 10	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS-2		3	1.1	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.61	1.89	10					1	1	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.258	37.08	-5.55%	-2.95	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d3
12	1973	ALCS g5	Oct 11	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-3	4-GF(8)		0	4.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.84	2.16	16					7	5	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	.24	0.058	19.95	2.68%	2.03	4b 1-- 2 out d3	8b end d 3
1974 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
13	1974	ALCS g3	Oct 8	BAL		OAK	L,0-1	CG	L(0-1)	6	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	1	1.00	3.80	32					11	11	2	1	4	78			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.80	0.280	33.05	6.95%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
1979 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
14	1979	ALCS g1	Oct 3	BAL		CAL	W,6-3	GS-9		4	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.00	4.18	35	122	83	17	14	12	11	1	2	7	62			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.312	38.11	5.17%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
15	1979	WS g2	Oct 11	BAL		PIT	L,2-3	GS-7		7	7.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.81	3.54	28	96	62	6	12	10	7	1	1	6	54			0	1	0	25	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.21	0.185	64.24	5.68%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
16	1979	WS g6	Oct 16	BAL		PIT	L,0-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	4	8.0	10	4	4	3	5	0	1	3.38	3.36	38	120	77	18	10	10	12	2	0	7	48			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.19	-0.016	91.62	-3.36%	0.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
1983 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1983	WS g3	Oct 14	BAL	@	PHI	W,3-2	5-6	W(1-0)	13	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.26	9	42	20	5	3	3	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.072	45.98	2.47%	0.91	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d1
											124.1	101	36	36	50	90	10	2	2.61		518																			4

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