Jim Palmer

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1964	18	-3.0	Aberdeen	NORL	A	BAL	11	3	.786	2.51	2.93	19	19		9	4		129.0	75	42	36	4	130	1	107	5	0	23		1.589	5.2	0.3	9.1	7.5	0.82
1964	18	-2.6	Orioles	FLIL	WRk	BAL	4	2	.667	2.89	3.40	10	8		3	0		53.0	29	20	17	3	60	0	48	0	0	9		1.679	4.9	0.5	10.2	8.2	0.80
1965	19	-8.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	5	4	.556	3.72	4.79	27	6	7	0	0	1	92.0	75	49	38	6	56	1	75	2	0	4	394	1.424	7.3	0.6	5.5	7.3	1.34
1966	20	-7.0	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	15	10	.600	3.46	3.59	30	30	0	6	0	0	208.1	176	83	80	21	91	1	147	0	0	7	867	1.282	7.6	0.9	3.9	6.4	1.62
1967	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AAA	BAL	1	1	.500	3.97	3.97	7	7		0	0		34.0	32	15	15	3	15	0	22	0	0	3		1.382	8.5	0.8	4.0	5.8	1.47
1967	21	-4.8	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	0	0		11.57	11.57	2	2		0	0		7.0	12	9	9	2	5	0	6	0	0	1		2.429	15.4	2.6	6.4	7.7	1.20
1967	21	0.3	Miami	FLOR	A	BAL	1	1	.500	2.00	2.00	5	5		0	0		27.0	20	6	6	1	10	0	16	0	0	2		1.111	6.7	0.3	3.3	5.3	1.60
1967	21	-5.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	1	.750	2.94	3.31	9	9	0	2	1	0	49.0	34	18	16	6	20	0	23	0	0	2	194	1.102	6.2	1.1	3.7	4.2	1.15
1968	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A-AAA	BAL	0	2	.000	4.38	5.11	10	10		0	0		37.0	26	21	18	1	36	0	37	0	0	0		1.676	6.3	0.2	8.8	9.0	1.03
1968	22	-3.3	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	0	0		13.50	13.50	2	2		0	0		4.0	4	6	6	1	8	0	6	0	0	0		3.000	9.0	2.3	18.0	13.5	0.75
1968	22	-1.1	Elmira	EL	AA	BAL	0	2	.000	4.32	4.68	6	6		0	0		25.0	18	13	12	0	19	0	26	0	0	0		1.480	6.5	0.0	6.8	9.4	1.37
1968	22	1.1	Miami	FLOR	A	BAL	0	0		0.00	2.25	2	2		0	0		8.0	4	2	0	0	9	0	5	0	0	0		1.625	4.5	0.0	10.1	5.6	0.56
1969	23	-4.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	16	4	.800	2.34	2.39	26	23	1	11	6	0	181.0	131	48	47	11	64	1	123	1	1	7	722	1.077	6.5	0.5	3.2	6.1	1.92
1970	24	-3.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	20	10	.667	2.71	2.89	39	39	0	17	5	0	305.0	263	98	92	21	100	4	199	1	3	10	1257	1.190	7.8	0.6	3.0	5.9	1.99
1971	25	-1.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	20	9	.690	2.68	3.00	37	37	0	20	3	0	282.0	231	94	84	19	106	6	184	4	2	8	1165	1.195	7.4	0.6	3.4	5.9	1.74
1972	26	-1.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	21	10	.677	2.07	2.39	36	36	0	18	3	0	274.1	219	73	63	21	70	1	184	1	1	4	1094	1.053	7.2	0.7	2.3	6.0	2.63
1973	27	-0.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	22	9	.710	2.40	2.61	38	37	1	19	6	1	296.1	225	86	79	16	113	5	158	3	0	7	1190	1.141	6.8	0.5	3.4	4.8	1.40
1974	28	-0.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	7	12	.368	3.27	3.93	26	26	0	5	2	0	178.2	176	78	65	12	69	4	84	3	0	4	770	1.371	8.9	0.6	3.5	4.2	1.22
1975	29	0.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	23	11	.676	2.09	2.42	39	38	1	25	10	1	323.0	253	87	75	20	80	4	193	2	0	4	1268	1.031	7.0	0.6	2.2	5.4	2.41
1976	30	2.4	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	22	13	.629	2.51	2.89	40	40	0	23	6	0	315.0	255	101	88	20	84	5	159	8	0	5	1256	1.076	7.3	0.6	2.4	4.5	1.89
1977	31	3.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	20	11	.645	2.91	2.99	39	39	0	22	3	0	319.0	263	106	103	24	99	1	193	3	0	7	1269	1.135	7.4	0.7	2.8	5.4	1.95
1978	32	4.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	21	12	.636	2.46	2.86	38	38	0	19	6	0	296.0	246	94	81	19	97	1	138	1	1	5	1197	1.159	7.5	0.6	2.9	4.2	1.42
1979	33	5.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	10	6	.625	3.30	3.82	23	22	1	7	0	0	155.2	144	66	57	12	43	0	67	0	0	1	639	1.201	8.3	0.7	2.5	3.9	1.56
1980	34	6.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	16	10	.615	3.98	4.34	34	33	0	4	0	0	224.0	238	108	99	26	74	0	109	3	0	2	959	1.393	9.6	1.0	3.0	4.4	1.47
1981	35	7.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	7	8	.467	3.75	4.24	22	22	0	5	0	0	127.1	117	60	53	14	46	1	35	2	1	3	532	1.280	8.3	1.0	3.3	2.5	0.76
1982	36	7.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	15	5	.750	3.13	3.37	36	32	1	8	2	1	227.0	195	85	79	22	63	1	103	4	1	2	920	1.137	7.7	0.9	2.5	4.1	1.63
1983	37	15.0	Hagerstown	CARL	A	BAL	2	0	1.000	3.46	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	13	6	5	3	2	0	11	0	0	0		1.154	9.0	2.1	1.4	7.6	5.50
1983	37	8.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	5	4	.556	4.23	4.93	14	11	1	0	0	0	76.2	86	42	36	11	19	0	34	0	1	1	332	1.370	10.1	1.3	2.2	4.0	1.79
1984	38	9.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	3	.000	9.17	9.68	5	3	2	0	0	0	17.2	22	19	18	2	17	1	4	0	0	2	89	2.208	11.2	1.0	8.7	2.0	0.24
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (19 seasons)					Majors		268	152	.638	2.86	3.18	558	521	15	211	53	4	3948.0	3349	1395	1253	303	1311	37	2212	38	11	85	16114	1.180	7.6	0.7	3.0	5.0	1.69
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		14	6	.700	3.13	3.55	38	38	0	9	4	0	213.0	146	84	74	11	183	1	177	5	0	26		1.545	6.2	0.5	7.7	7.5	0.97
Other (1 season)					Other		4	2	.667	2.89	3.40	10	8		3	0		53.0	29	20	17	3	60	0	48	0	0	9		1.679	4.9	0.5	10.2	8.2	0.80
All Levels (21 Seasons)							286	160	.641	2.87	3.20	606	567	15	223	57	4	4214.0	3524	1499	1344	317	1554	38	2437	43	11	120	16114	1.205	7.5	0.7	3.3	5.2	1.57

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		12.27	12.27	4	4		0	0		11.0	16	15	15	3	13	0	12	0	0	1		2.636	13.1	2.5	10.6	9.8	0.92
AA (1 season)					Minors		0	2	.000	4.32	4.68	6	6		0	0		25.0	18	13	12	0	19	0	26	0	0	0		1.480	6.5	0.0	6.8	9.4	1.37
A (4 seasons)					Minors		14	4	.778	2.39	2.85	28	28	0	9	4	0	177.0	112	56	47	8	151	1	139	5	0	25		1.486	5.7	0.4	7.7	7.1	0.92