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.

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
2	2	Apr 2	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
3	3	Apr 3	TEX	@	OAK	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
4	4	Apr 4	TEX	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
5	5	Apr 5	TEX		ANA	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 6	TEX		ANA	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
7	7	Apr 9	TEX		OAK	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
8	8	Apr 10	TEX		OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
9	9	Apr 11	TEX		OAK	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
10	10	Apr 12	TEX		SEA	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
11	11	Apr 13	TEX		SEA	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
12	12	Apr 14	TEX		SEA	L,7-9	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
13	13	Apr 15	TEX		SEA	L,11-13	CG	56	10.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
14	15 (1)	Apr 17	TEX	@	ANA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
15	16	Apr 19	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
16	17	Apr 20	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	47	10.2	6	2	0	8	1	1B
17	19 (1)	Apr 23	TEX		TOR	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
18	20	Apr 24	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
19	21	Apr 25	TEX		TOR	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
20	22	Apr 26	TEX		CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	4	1B
21	23	Apr 27	TEX		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	10	2	1	13	0	1B
22	24	Apr 28	TEX		CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
23	25	Apr 30	TEX	@	TOR	W,10-3	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	4	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	27 (1)	May 2	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	4	0	11	0	1B
25	28	May 3	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
26	30 (1)	May 5	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
27	31	May 6	TEX		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
28	32	May 7	TEX		CHW	L,6-11	GS	43	8.0	11	0	2	13	0	1B
29	33	May 8	TEX		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
30	35 (1)	May 10	TEX		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
31	36	May 11	TEX		DET	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	66 (29)	Jun 15	TEX	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
33	68 (1)	Jun 18	TEX	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
34	69	Jun 19	TEX	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	43	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
35	70	Jun 20	TEX	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
36	71	Jun 21	TEX	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
37	72	Jun 22	TEX	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
38	73	Jun 23	TEX	@	PIT	W,10-4	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
39	75 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	TEX		ANA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	81 (5)	Jul 2	TEX		TBD	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
41	82	Jul 3	TEX		TBD	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
42	84 (1)	Jul 5	TEX		BAL	W,7-6	GS	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
43	85	Jul 6	TEX		BAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
44	87 (1)	Jul 11	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
45	90 (2)	Jul 14	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
46	91	Jul 15 (1)	TEX	@	KCR	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
47	93 (1)	Jul 16	TEX	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
48	95 (1)	Jul 18	TEX		SEA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	11	4	0	15	2	1B
49	97 (1)	Jul 20	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
50	98	Jul 21	TEX	@	OAK	W,7-3	GF	17	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
51	100 (1)	Jul 24	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
52	101	Jul 25	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
53	102	Jul 26	TEX		OAK	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	5	1B
54	103	Jul 27	TEX		OAK	W,10-6	CG	44	10.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
55	104	Jul 28	TEX		OAK	L,2-12	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
56	105	Jul 29	TEX		NYY	L,2-9	GS	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
57	106	Jul 30	TEX		NYY	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	108 (1)	Aug 1	TEX		BOS	W,19-7	GS	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
59	110 (1)	Aug 3	TEX		BOS	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
60	111	Aug 4	TEX		BOS	L,3-11	GS	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
61	112	Aug 6	TEX	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
62	113	Aug 7	TEX	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	43	11.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
63	114	Aug 8	TEX	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
64	115	Aug 9	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
65	117 (1)	Aug 11	TEX	@	CLE	W,11-5	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	3	1B
66	118	Aug 13	TEX		CHW	L,3-12	CG	51	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
67	119	Aug 14	TEX		CHW	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
68	120	Aug 16	TEX		TOR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
69	121	Aug 17	TEX		TOR	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
70	122	Aug 18	TEX		TOR	W,10-7	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
71	123	Aug 20	TEX	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
72	124	Aug 21	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
73	126 (1)	Aug 23	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
74	127	Aug 24	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
75	128	Aug 25	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
76	131 (2)	Aug 28	TEX		BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
77	132	Aug 29	TEX		BAL	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
78	133	Aug 30	TEX		TBD	L,7-9	CG	49	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	135 (1)	Sep 1	TEX		TBD	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
80	137 (1)	Sep 3	TEX	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
81	138	Sep 4	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-8	GS	42	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
82	139	Sep 5	TEX	@	BAL	W,11-2	GS	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
83	141 (1)	Sep 7	TEX	@	TBD	W,11-2	GS	28	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
84	143 (1)	Sep 9	TEX		SEA	W,12-7	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
85	144	Sep 10	TEX		SEA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
86	145	Sep 11	TEX		SEA	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
87	147 (1)	Sep 13	TEX	@	ANA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
88	149 (1)	Sep 15	TEX	@	ANA	L,4-13	CG	40	8.0	8	3	1	12	0	1B
89	150	Sep 16	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	55	10.2	7	2	0	9	2	1B
90	152 (1)	Sep 18	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	49	9.1	6	1	0	7	0	1B
91	153	Sep 19	TEX	@	SEA	W,12-7	CG	51	10.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
92	154	Sep 20	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
93	156 (1)	Sep 22	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-7	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
94	157	Sep 24	TEX		ANA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
95	158	Sep 25	TEX		ANA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	4	0	11	1	1B
96	160 (1)	Sep 27	TEX		OAK	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
97	161	Sep 28	TEX		OAK	L,8-10	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
							97gm		836.1	739	84	5	828	83