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: 18-12 / in Starts: 18-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	28	2	Apr 13	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	8	6	0	0	1.00	3.89	40	12	10	1	0	4	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.267	1.48	0.40%	3.33	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
2	29	6	Apr 19	BAL		WSA	W,14-8	GS-5		5	4.1	6	6	6	2	5	1	0	4.73	4.13	20	5	4	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.012	1.60	0.02%	-3.18	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out a5
3	30	10	Apr 26	BAL		CAL	W,7-3	GS-6	W(2-0)	6	5.1	3	3	3	3	5	2	0	4.82	5.02	21	5	5	0	0	3	52			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.062	3.05	-0.13%	-0.65	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a1
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	31	14	May 3	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-3	GS-7	L(2-1)	6	7.0	8	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.56	4.89	32	8	10	0	0	7	50			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.011	4.26	-0.03%	0.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
5	32	18	May 8(1)	BAL		CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	3	2	0	4	6	0	0	3.38	4.28	34	10	12	0	0	2	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.71	0.234	3.10	0.62%	1.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	33	23	May 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.2	5	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.98	4.21	27	7	11	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.310	5.74	0.90%	2.07	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out a1
7	34	28	May 18	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(3-2)	4	10.0	7	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.75	3.99	39	10	13	1	0	7	75			0	1	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.149	4.84	0.31%	2.29	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
8	35	34	May 24	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-5	W(4-2)	5	5.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.14	4.23	23	5	7	0	0	5	39			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.13	-0.284	3.14	-0.47%	-1.98	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
9	36	39	May 29	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS-6	L(4-3)	4	6.0	6	6	6	4	7	1	0	3.69	4.24	27	8	2	0	1	6	39			1	1	0	21	2	1	0	0	1	0	.78	-0.425	2.56	-0.84%	-3.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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	37	45	Jun 3	BAL		KCA	W,3-2	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	8	1	0	3.48	4.16	33	10	6	0	0	5	73			1	0	0	28	2	1	1	2	0	0	1.42	0.416	6.26	1.10%	1.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	38	51	Jun 8(1)	BAL		WSA	W,6-5	GS-9		4	9.0	9	5	5	4	8	2	0	3.65	4.25	40	8	11	0	0	9	53			3	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.418	5.88	-1.11%	-1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
12	39	57	Jun 13	BAL		NYY	W,8-0	GS-5	W(6-3)	4	5.0	3	0	0	6	3	0	0	3.44	4.29	22	3	7	0	0	3	58			0	1	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.226	6.61	0.66%	2.14	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
13	40	62	Jun 18	BAL	@	BOS	W,16-6	GS-9	W(7-3)	4	8.1	9	6	6	2	4	0	0	3.71	4.12	36	5	16	1	6	9	43			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	0	.19	0.068	1.01	0.21%	-1.56	1b start a 4	9b 12- 1 out a11
14	41	68	Jun 23	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-9	W(8-3)	4	8.1	10	2	2	1	4	2	0	3.58	4.19	35	13	9	2	0	8	58			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	0.264	7.16	0.83%	0.89	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a3
15	42	73	Jun 28	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-6	L(8-4)	4	6.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.72	4.13	28	6	8	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	1	0	.87	-0.200	4.35	-0.60%	-1.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
16	43	85	Jul 9(1)	BAL		CAL	W,10-2	GS-7	W(9-4)	10	6.1	6	2	1	5	4	0	0	3.59	4.11	28	7	7	0	0	5	54			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.143	4.50	0.31%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
17	44	92	Jul 17(2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	W(10-4)	7	6.2	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.47	3.95	25	5	8	0	0	5	65			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.264	4.92	0.61%	1.63	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
18	45	97	Jul 22	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(11-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.30	3.80	34	13	11	0	0	4	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.396	1.63	0.35%	2.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	46	102	Jul 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	GS-8	W(12-4)	6	7.1	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.12	3.72	30	8	10	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.373	1.52	0.25%	2.56	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a3
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
20	47	106	Aug 3	BAL	@	CLE	L,6-9	GS-4	L(12-5)	4	4.0	7	6	6	3	2	0	0	3.41	3.72	22	6	5	1	3	6	23			1	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.330	.74	-0.15%	-4.27	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
21	48	111	Aug 9	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-7	L(12-6)	5	6.2	10	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.38	3.70	29	11	9	4	1	5	50			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.083	1.05	-0.05%	0.50	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
22	49	116	Aug 13	BAL		WSA	W,5-2	GS-8	W(13-6)	3	7.2	4	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.33	3.63	31	8	9	2	1	3	66			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.116	.46	0.04%	1.03	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
23	50	120	Aug 17	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS-8	W(14-6)	3	7.0	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.30	3.61	29	9	8	1	3	4	59			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.175	.19	0.02%	0.99	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a1
24	51	124	Aug 23	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	L(14-7)	5	8.0	4	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.25	3.62	29	6	10	3	5	4	69			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.082	.11	0.01%	1.43	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
25	52	129	Aug 28	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	GS-5		4	4.2	5	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.27	3.60	21	2	6	1	1	4	47			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.085	.09	0.00%	-0.31	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out tie
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
26	53	133	Sep 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-6	L(14-8)	3	6.0	8	4	4	3	3	2	0	3.36	3.73	27	7	7	1	0	7	40			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.217	.08	-0.01%	-1.40	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
27	54	138	Sep 5(2)	BAL		NYY	W,7-4	GS-4		3	4.0	3	3	3	4	6	1	0	3.43	3.77	18	1	4	1	0	3	46			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.174	.12	-0.01%	-1.29	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
28	55	148	Sep 17	BAL		CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	L(14-9)	11	7.0	3	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.44	3.78	26	11	8	0	0	3	61			2	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	.86	-0.121	.02	0.00%	0.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
29	56	153	Sep 22	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	W(15-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.34	3.66	34	7	13	1	0	5	80			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	.56	0.174	.00	0.00%	2.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
30	57	158	Sep 30(2)	BAL		MIN	L,2-8	GS-6	L(15-10)	7	6.0	6	5	5	4	5	2	0	3.46	3.76	27	8	5	1	1	5	41			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.235	.00	0.00%	-2.43	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
							18-12		W-L:15-10	4.4	208.1	176	83	80	91	147	21	0	3.46	3.76	867	0.89		5%	5%	154	56		---%	11	12	0	763	29	6	1	12	4	7	1.00	1.024	2.66	3.23%	6.19

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