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: 25-14 / in Starts: 25-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	348	1	Apr 7	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(0-1)	99	10.0	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	1.80	2.84	39	16	7	1	0	9	67			0	2	0	34	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.51	0.149	1.79	0.11%	2.77	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
2	349	4	Apr 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-1)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.95	2.32	28	10	9	0	2	2	88			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	0.755	1.55	0.54%	4.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
3	350	6	Apr 17(1)	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	0.64	2.24	30	8	11	2	0	3	85			1	2	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.423	.80	0.27%	4.61	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
4	351	11	Apr 24(1)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	0.73	2.36	32	9	10	0	2	4	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.558	2.25	0.61%	3.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
5	352	16	Apr 29	BAL		CAL	L,2-3	GS-10		4	10.0	3	2	2	6	5	1	0	0.96	2.89	39	7	19	1	0	2	77			3	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.55	0.355	2.11	0.29%	2.77	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
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
6	353	20	May 4	BAL		OAK	W,9-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	0	1.13	2.90	35	7	13	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.27	0.106	.36	0.08%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
7	354	23	May 8	BAL		SEA	W,6-4	GS-9	W(5-1)	3	8.0	11	4	4	0	3	0	0	1.55	2.79	34	9	12	1	0	10	47			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.063	1.20	0.06%	-0.57	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
8	355	25	May 12	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-7	GS-8	L(5-2)	3	7.2	9	6	6	4	4	1	0	2.13	3.02	31	6	8	1	1	9	37			1	4	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.076	2.01	-0.08%	-0.54	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a1
9	356	29	May 16	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-8	GS-2	L(5-3)	3	1.2	2	4	4	5	0	0	0	2.58	3.22	12	2	3	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.46	-0.290	2.82	-0.34%	-3.77	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d4
10	357	32	May 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS-5		3	4.2	8	5	5	6	3	0	0	3.00	3.34	26	4	5	1	1	8	25			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.422	3.16	-0.53%	-2.99	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d1
11	358	37	May 24	BAL		MIL	W,2-1	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	12	1	0	2.79	3.22	36	8	7	1	0	7	79			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.459	4.39	0.65%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	359	41	May 28	BAL		MIN	W,3-1	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	6	1	0	2.63	3.31	34	10	9	1	0	5	75			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.377	2.37	0.49%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
13	360	45	Jun 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(7-4)	3	8.0	9	4	4	3	6	0	0	2.77	3.24	32	9	5	0	0	9	51			0	3	0	29	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.169	2.85	-0.23%	0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
14	361	50	Jun 5	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(7-5)	3	8.0	5	4	3	4	4	1	1	2.81	3.38	34	8	12	1	0	5	58			0	1	0	28	2	1	0	0	1	1	.83	-0.097	1.86	-0.13%	0.13	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
15	362	54	Jun 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG(8)	L(7-6)	3	8.0	9	7	7	3	8	4	0	3.15	3.71	35	5	10	2	0	9	41			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.226	1.52	-0.36%	-2.42	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d4
16	363	58	Jun 14	BAL		MIL	W,8-5	GS-9		4	9.0	10	4	4	2	8	1	1	3.21	3.69	38	7	10	0	0	10	57			1	2	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.104	3.14	0.13%	0.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
17	364	62	Jun 18	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-2	GS-9	W(8-6)	3	8.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.15	3.75	30	11	8	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.09	0.115	2.31	0.15%	1.67	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
18	365	66	Jun 22	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	L(8-7)	3	9.0	7	7	7	2	3	5	0	3.39	4.14	36	8	16	0	1	7	46			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.576	2.89	-0.91%	-2.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
19	366	71	Jun 26	BAL		TOR	L,0-2	CG	L(8-8)	3	9.0	6	2	1	3	4	0	0	3.25	4.06	36	16	8	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.145	1.51	0.12%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
20	367	76	Jul 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.18	3.96	34	12	5	1	0	7	69			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.86	0.202	1.78	0.25%	3.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
21	368	80	Jul 5(1)	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.07	3.89	33	18	5	0	0	7	70			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.67	0.562	4.11	0.83%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	369	84	Jul 9	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GS-8		3	7.1	8	5	5	2	0	2	0	3.19	4.02	30	8	12	1	0	8	40			0	2	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.294	3.84	-0.58%	-1.44	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d2
23	370	88	Jul 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS-8	W(11-8)	3	7.1	6	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.12	3.95	30	7	8	0	0	6	65			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.95	0.293	2.39	0.44%	2.56	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
24	371	94	Jul 23	BAL		TEX	L,0-1	GS-11		9	11.0	7	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.94	3.80	39	11	12	0	0	7	92			1	0	0	38	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.73	0.935	5.14	1.67%	5.24	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
25	372	99	Jul 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-8	W(12-8)	3	7.2	5	3	3	6	6	0	1	2.97	3.80	33	6	9	0	0	5	57			1	0	1	24	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.18	0.018	5.28	0.05%	0.57	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out a3
26	373	103	Jul 31	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-6	GS-3	L(12-9)	3	2.0	6	4	4	0	2	0	0	3.11	3.77	11	1	3	0	0	5	30			0	1	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.280	3.18	-0.55%	-2.92	1b start a 1	3b --3 0 out d2
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
27	374	108	Aug 7	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(12-10)	6	6.2	10	6	6	2	3	1	0	3.27	3.80	30	9	6	0	0	10	31			0	1	0	26	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.425	3.37	-0.71%	-2.70	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d3
28	375	113	Aug 12	BAL		OAK	W,6-1	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	2	1	0	3	5	0	0	3.13	3.75	32	6	16	1	1	2	83			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.284	2.30	0.54%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	376	117	Aug 16	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	GS-7		3	6.2	10	5	5	3	3	0	0	3.24	3.74	32	10	6	0	0	10	34			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	1	1	0	.82	-0.251	2.08	-0.38%	-2.15	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d4
30	377	121	Aug 22	BAL	@	KCR	L,7-8	GS-8		5	7.2	6	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.32	3.76	30	9	14	0	3	5	47			1	0	0	28	3	1	0	0	1	0	.76	0.124	2.23	0.22%	-0.20	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
31	378	125	Aug 26	BAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	L(13-11)	3	9.0	7	3	3	4	6	1	0	3.31	3.78	35	13	5	2	0	7	63			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.085	2.48	0.13%	1.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
32	379	129	Aug 30	BAL		CAL	W,8-2	CG	W(14-11)	3	9.0	7	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.27	3.74	37	10	10	0	3	7	67			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	0.107	2.15	0.13%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
33	380	133	Sep 4	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS-8		4	7.2	11	4	4	2	6	0	0	3.31	3.69	35	6	10	1	1	11	45			0	1	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.359	1.89	-0.35%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b -23 2 out tie
34	381	139	Sep 8	BAL	@	DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(15-11)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.20	3.65	30	12	10	0	2	4	81			0	2	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.589	1.58	0.59%	4.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
35	382	143	Sep 12	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-3	GS-8	W(16-11)	3	8.0	7	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.11	3.60	33	8	8	1	1	7	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.318	2.29	0.49%	4.05	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a5
36	383	147	Sep 16	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(17-11)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.04	3.58	35	15	6	1	0	6	73			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.92	0.301	4.39	0.86%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
37	384	151	Sep 20	BAL		TOR	W,5-2	CG	W(18-11)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.01	3.53	35	13	10	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.264	2.20	0.30%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
38	385	155	Sep 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(19-11)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.95	3.51	36	12	13	1	4	6	70			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	0.395	5.02	0.74%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
39	386	158	Sep 28	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(20-11)	3	11.0	10	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.91	3.47	42	15	14	0	0	6	72			2	3	0	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.618	.17	0.04%	3.24	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
							25-14		W-L:20-11	3.6	319.0	263	106	103	99	193	24	3	2.91	3.47	1269	0.99		3%	3%	249	61		---%	15	30	1	1148	42	9	1	22	9	8	1.15	5.239	2.51	5.64%	51.58

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