Rafael Palmeiro

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 24, 1964 in La Habana, Cuba cu

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 8th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Jackson HS (Miami, FL) and the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

High School: Miami Jackson HS (Miami, FL)

School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: September 8, 1986 (Age 21-349d, 15,249th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 30, 2005 (Age 40-340d)
vs. TOR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Rafael Palmeiro

Pronunciation: \pahl-MARE-oh\

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4x All-Star
3x Gold Glove
2x Silver Slugger
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

71.9

10472

3020

569

.288

1663

RBI

1835

OBP

.371

SLG

.515

OPS

.885

OPS+

132

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

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	TEX		TOR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
2	2	Apr 10	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
3	3	Apr 11	TEX	@	TOR	W,11-5	GS	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
4	4	Apr 12	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
5	5	Apr 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
6	6	Apr 14	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 15	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
8	8	Apr 17	TEX		MIL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
9	9	Apr 18	TEX		MIL	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
10	10	Apr 19	TEX		MIL	L,0-11	GS	42	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
11	11	Apr 20	TEX		NYY	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
12	12	Apr 21	TEX		NYY	W,9-6	GS	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
13	13	Apr 22	TEX		NYY	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
14	14	Apr 24	TEX		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
15	15	Apr 25	TEX		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
16	16	Apr 26	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
17	17	Apr 27	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
18	19 (1)	Apr 29	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	11	0	1	12	2	1B
19	20	Apr 30	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	56	12.1	13	0	0	13	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
21	23 (1)	May 5	TEX	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
22	24	May 6 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
23	25	May 6 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
24	28 (2)	May 10	TEX		KCR	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
25	29	May 11 susp	TEX		CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
26	31 (1)	May 13	TEX		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
27	32	May 15	TEX		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
28	33	May 16	TEX		DET	L,0-12	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
29	34	May 17	TEX		DET	L,5-7	CG	49	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
30	35	May 18	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-13	CG	47	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
31	36	May 19	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
32	37	May 20	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
33	38	May 21	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
34	39	May 22	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	3	1B
35	40	May 23	TEX	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
36	41	May 24	TEX	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
37	42	May 25	TEX		BAL	L,2-12	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
38	43	May 26	TEX		BAL	L,5-7	CG	49	11.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
39	45 (1)	May 28	TEX		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
40	46	May 29	TEX		BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
41	47	May 30	TEX		BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	48	Jun 1	TEX		CAL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
43	49	Jun 2	TEX		CAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
44	50	Jun 3	TEX		CAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
45	51	Jun 4	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
46	52	Jun 5	TEX		OAK	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
47	53	Jun 6	TEX		OAK	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
48	54	Jun 7	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
49	55	Jun 8	TEX	@	CAL	W,10-6	GS	29	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
50	56	Jun 9	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
51	58 (1)	Jun 11	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
52	59	Jun 12	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
53	60	Jun 13	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	7	0	1	8	0	1B
54	61	Jun 14	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	8	2	0	10	1	1B
55	62	Jun 15	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
56	63	Jun 16	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-5	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
57	64	Jun 17	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-6	GS	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
58	66 (1)	Jun 19	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
59	67	Jun 20	TEX		MIN	W,8-0	GS	27	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
60	68	Jun 22	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
61	70 (1)	Jun 24	TEX		SEA	L,5-11	CG	48	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
62	71	Jun 25	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-9	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
63	72	Jun 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
64	73	Jun 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
65	75 (1)	Jun 29	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
66	76	Jun 30	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	77	Jul 1	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-15	CG	45	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
68	78	Jul 2	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
69	79	Jul 3	TEX		BAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	1B
70	80	Jul 4	TEX		BAL	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
71	81	Jul 5	TEX		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
72	82	Jul 6	TEX		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
73	83	Jul 7	TEX		BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
74	84	Jul 8	TEX		BOS	W,4-3	CG	49	11.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
75	85	Jul 12	TEX	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
76	86	Jul 13	TEX	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
77	87	Jul 14	TEX	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
78	89 (1)	Jul 16	TEX	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
79	90	Jul 17	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
80	91	Jul 18	TEX	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
81	92	Jul 20	TEX		DET	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
82	93	Jul 21	TEX		DET	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
83	94	Jul 22	TEX		DET	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
84	96 (1)	Jul 24	TEX		NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
85	97	Jul 25	TEX		NYY	W,9-7	CG	48	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
86	98	Jul 27	TEX	@	TOR	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
87	100 (1)	Jul 29	TEX	@	TOR	L,8-10	GF	30	6.0	8	0	1	9	3	PH 1B
88	101	Jul 30	TEX	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
89	102	Jul 31	TEX	@	MIL	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	103	Aug 1	TEX	@	MIL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
91	104	Aug 2	TEX		TOR	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
92	105	Aug 3	TEX		TOR	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
93	106	Aug 4	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	4	0	10	0	1B
94	107	Aug 5	TEX		TOR	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
95	108	Aug 6	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
96	109	Aug 7	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
97	110	Aug 8	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
98	111	Aug 9	TEX	@	CLE	W,13-5	GS	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
99	112	Aug 10 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
100	113	Aug 10 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
101	114	Aug 11	TEX	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
102	115	Aug 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
103	116	Aug 14	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
104	117	Aug 15	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
105	118	Aug 17 (1)	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	45	13.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
106	119	Aug 17 (2)	TEX		CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
107	120	Aug 18	TEX		CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
108	121	Aug 19	TEX		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
109	122	Aug 20	TEX		SEA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
110	123	Aug 21	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
111	124	Aug 22	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
112	125	Aug 24	TEX		MIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
113	126	Aug 25	TEX		MIN	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	11	1	1	13	2	1B
114	127	Aug 26	TEX		MIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
115	128	Aug 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
116	129	Aug 28	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
117	131 (1)	Aug 31	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	132	Sep 1	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
119	133	Sep 2	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
120	134	Sep 3	TEX		CLE	W,6-2	GS	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
121	135	Sep 4	TEX		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
122	136	Sep 5	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
123	137	Sep 6	TEX		KCR	W,12-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
124	138	Sep 7	TEX		KCR	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
125	139	Sep 8	TEX		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
126	140	Sep 9	TEX		KCR	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
127	141	Sep 10	TEX	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
128	142	Sep 11	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
129	143	Sep 12	TEX	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
130	144	Sep 14	TEX		MIL	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
131	145	Sep 15	TEX		MIL	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
132	146	Sep 16	TEX		MIL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
133	147	Sep 17	TEX	@	SEA	W,10-4	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
134	148	Sep 18	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
135	150 (1)	Sep 21	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
136	151	Sep 22	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
137	152	Sep 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
138	153	Sep 24	TEX		CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
139	155 (1)	Sep 26	TEX		CAL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
140	156	Sep 27	TEX		OAK	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
141	157	Sep 28	TEX		OAK	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
142	158	Sep 29	TEX		OAK	L,3-7	GS	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
143	159	Sep 30	TEX		OAK	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
144	160	Oct 1	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
145	161	Oct 2	TEX	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	1B
146	162	Oct 3	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
							146gm		1254.2	1215	91	7	1313	123