Jim Palmer
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[edit] Biography
Born on October 15, 1945 in New York, New York, Jim Palmer (James Alvin Palmer) played for the Baltimore Orioles for his entire 19 year career. Palmer broke into the bigs on April 17, 1965 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 3.72 ERA in 92 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jim Palmer's best season was 1975, when he posted a 2.09 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 193 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | BAL | A | 27 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3.72 | 75 | 49 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 75 | 6 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 1966 | BAL | A | 30 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 3.46 | 147 | 83 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 208.1 | 176 | 21 | 91 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1967 | BAL | A | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2.94 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 34 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1969 | BAL | A | 26 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2.34 | 123 | 48 | 47 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 181 | 131 | 11 | 64 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 1970 | BAL | A | 39 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 2.71 | 199 | 98 | 92 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 305 | 263 | 21 | 100 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 1971 | BAL | A | 37 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 2.68 | 184 | 94 | 84 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 282 | 231 | 19 | 106 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| 1972 | BAL | A | 36 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 2.07 | 184 | 73 | 63 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 274.1 | 219 | 21 | 70 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 1973 | BAL | A | 38 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 2.40 | 158 | 86 | 79 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 296.1 | 225 | 16 | 113 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 1974 | BAL | A | 26 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 3.27 | 84 | 78 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 178.2 | 176 | 12 | 69 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 1975 | BAL | A | 39 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 2.09 | 193 | 87 | 75 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 323 | 253 | 20 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1976 | BAL | A | 40 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 2.51 | 159 | 101 | 88 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 315 | 255 | 20 | 84 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 1977 | BAL | A | 39 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 2.91 | 193 | 106 | 103 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 319 | 263 | 24 | 99 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 1978 | BAL | A | 38 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 2.46 | 138 | 94 | 81 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 296 | 246 | 19 | 97 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 1979 | BAL | A | 23 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3.30 | 67 | 66 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 155.2 | 144 | 12 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | BAL | A | 34 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3.98 | 109 | 108 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 238 | 26 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1981 | BAL | A | 22 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 3.75 | 35 | 60 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 127.1 | 117 | 14 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1982 | BAL | A | 36 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 3.13 | 103 | 85 | 79 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 195 | 22 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1983 | BAL | A | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4.23 | 34 | 42 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.2 | 86 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | BAL | A | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9.17 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 558 | 521 | 268 | 152 | 2.86 | 2212 | 1395 | 1253 | 211 | 53 | 4 | 3948 | 3349 | 303 | 1311 | 37 | 85 | 38 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | BAL | A | P | 27 | 6 | 92 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .885 |
| 1966 | BAL | A | P | 30 | 30 | 208.1 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 0 | .976 |
| 1967 | BAL | A | P | 9 | 9 | 49 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1969 | BAL | A | P | 26 | 23 | 181 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .947 |
| 1970 | BAL | A | P | 39 | 39 | 305 | 21 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | .969 |
| 1971 | BAL | A | P | 37 | 37 | 282 | 27 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | .932 |
| 1972 | BAL | A | P | 36 | 36 | 274.1 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .944 |
| 1973 | BAL | A | P | 38 | 37 | 296.1 | 24 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | .967 |
| 1974 | BAL | A | P | 26 | 26 | 178.2 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .980 |
| 1975 | BAL | A | P | 39 | 38 | 323 | 30 | 52 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 1 | .932 |
| 1976 | BAL | A | P | 40 | 40 | 315 | 27 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 3 | .987 |
| 1977 | BAL | A | P | 39 | 39 | 319 | 20 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 30 | 1 | .971 |
| 1978 | BAL | A | P | 38 | 38 | 296 | 27 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | .972 |
| 1979 | BAL | A | P | 23 | 22 | 155.2 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1980 | BAL | A | P | 34 | 33 | 224 | 14 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 1 | .962 |
| 1980 | BAL | A | DH | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1981 | BAL | A | P | 22 | 22 | 127.1 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1982 | BAL | A | P | 36 | 32 | 227 | 16 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 4 | .964 |
| 1983 | BAL | A | P | 14 | 11 | 76.2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .929 |
| 1984 | BAL | A | P | 5 | 3 | 17.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | DH | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | P | 558 | 521 | 3948 | 292 | 577 | 34 | 53 | 0 | 27 | 265 | 164 | 15 | .962 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | BAL | A | 29 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .192 | .222 | .308 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | BAL | A | 36 | 73 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | .096 | .132 | .151 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | BAL | A | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .077 | .200 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | BAL | A | 27 | 64 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 6 | .203 | .235 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1970 | BAL | A | 44 | 113 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 9 | .150 | .165 | .177 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | BAL | A | 38 | 102 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 9 | .196 | .219 | .206 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | BAL | A | 36 | 98 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 8 | .224 | .240 | .276 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | BAL | A | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | BAL | A | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | BAL | A | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | BAL | A | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | BAL | A | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | BAL | A | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | BAL | A | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | BAL | A | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | BAL | A | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | BAL | A | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | BAL | A | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | BAL | A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 576 | 489 | 52 | 85 | 3 | 41 | .174 | .200 | .215 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 207 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (August 16, 1963).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (May 17, 1984).
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