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: 11-11 / in Starts: 11-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	482	3	Apr 13	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-1	GS-7		99	7.0	4	1	1	5	3	1	0	1.29	5.74	27	6	10	2	2	3	63			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	0.297	.90	0.13%	2.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
2	483	7	Apr 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-6		7	6.0	7	1	1	3	0	0	1	1.38	5.22	27	2	14	0	2	7	51			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.188	.84	0.07%	1.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
3	484	11	Apr 26	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	GS-7		4	6.1	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	2.79	5.29	28	5	12	3	0	6	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	0.059	.68	0.02%	-0.31	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
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	485	16	May 2(1)	BAL		TOR	W,4-3	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	5	3	3	0	3	1	0	2.86	4.68	33	12	13	1	0	5	68			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.145	.68	0.06%	1.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
5	486	21	May 6	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	GS-5		3	4.0	10	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.78	4.46	21	4	5	1	0	10	36			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.183	.95	-0.07%	-1.15	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a1
6	487	25	May 12	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS-5	L(1-1)	5	4.1	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.44	4.26	19	5	7	1	1	5	37			1	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.240	.99	-0.12%	-1.26	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d1
7	488	30	May 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.2	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	3.25	4.04	29	9	12	1	1	7	54			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	.68	0.220	.62	0.12%	0.63	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out a3
8	489	34	May 21	BAL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	L(2-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	4	5	1	0	3.04	4.08	35	9	9	2	0	8	64			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	3	0	0	.84	0.105	.83	0.06%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
9	490	39	May 25	BAL		NYY	W,10-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	1	1	0	2.74	4.14	33	10	15	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.120	.63	0.09%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
10	491	43	May 30	BAL		DET	L,1-4	GS-2	L(3-3)	4	2.0	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.94	4.20	12	5	1	0	0	2	40			2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.32	-0.129	1.68	-0.10%	-1.09	1t start tie	2t 3 out d2
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
11	492	51	Jun 9(1)	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-4)	9	6.0	4	4	2	4	4	1	0	2.94	4.31	26	8	6	0	3	4	52			0	1	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.324	.98	-0.20%	-2.25	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out d1
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
12	493	56	Aug 12(1)	BAL		KCR	L,0-10	GS-6	L(3-5)	63	6.0	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2.83	4.21	24	9	10	6	0	4	55			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	1	1	.87	-0.088	1.20	-0.07%	-0.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
13	494	61	Aug 16	BAL		CHW	L,7-8	GS-7		3	7.0	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	2.81	4.09	29	9	10	0	1	8	51			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.18	0.045	1.76	0.04%	0.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
14	495	65	Aug 21	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	GS-9	W(4-5)	4	8.1	8	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.75	4.08	33	9	13	0	0	8	60			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.208	1.02	0.16%	1.38	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 1 out a2
15	496	69	Aug 25	BAL	@	SEA	W,6-5	GS-6		3	5.1	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.88	4.12	23	2	10	1	1	5	48			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.001	1.59	0.00%	0.33	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a1
16	497	73	Aug 30	BAL		CAL	L,1-7	GS-2	L(4-6)	4	1.1	2	5	5	2	1	2	1	3.29	4.43	9	1	2	1	0	2	29			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.359	2.05	-0.44%	-4.33	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out d5
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
17	498	77	Sep 3	BAL		OAK	L,0-10	GS-3	L(4-7)	3	2.2	5	5	5	1	1	2	0	3.65	4.65	15	4	4	0	1	5	28			2	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.315	1.79	-0.34%	-3.73	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d5
18	499	81	Sep 7	BAL		CLE	W,9-2	GS-8	W(5-7)	3	7.1	4	2	2	6	1	1	0	3.57	4.78	32	8	13	1	0	4	57			3	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.252	.87	0.22%	1.15	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a6
19	500	86	Sep 12	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-1	L(5-8)	4	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.89	4.77	6	0	1	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.299	2.46	-0.36%	-3.40	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d3
20	501	92	Sep 20	BAL		MIL	W,8-2	CG	W(6-8)	7	9.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.75	4.72	32	8	14	2	0	5	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.49	0.075	.76	0.07%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
21	502	96	Sep 24	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(7-8)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.55	4.57	32	10	16	0	2	4	75			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	1	0	.68	0.266	.40	0.09%	3.01	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
22	503	100	Sep 28	BAL	@	DET	W,7-3	GS-1		3	0.2	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.75	4.61	7	1	1	0	1	3	32			1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.267	1.16	-0.18%	-2.95	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d3
							11-11		W-L:7-8	4.2	127.1	117	60	53	46	35	14	2	3.75	4.61	532	0.69		7%	4%	115	51		---%	10	4	1	474	20	3	1	14	6	4	.93	-0.225	.99	-0.75%	-1.70

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