Vicente Palacios
[edit] Biography
Born on July 19, 1963 in Manlio Fabio Altamirano, Veracruz (Mexico), Vicente Palacios (Vicente (Diaz) Palacios) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres over the course of his 8 year career. Palacios broke into the bigs on September 4, 1987 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.75 ERA in 81.2 innings pitched in 1991, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Vicente Palacios's best season was 1991, when he posted a 3.75 ERA and struck out 64 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1987
| PIT
| N
| 6
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 4.30
| 13
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 29.1
| 27
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1988
| PIT
| N
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 6.66
| 15
| 18
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24.1
| 28
| 3
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| 1990
| PIT
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1991
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 7
| 6
| 3
| 3.75
| 64
| 34
| 34
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 81.2
| 69
| 12
| 38
| 2
| 6
| 1
|
| 1992
| PIT
| N
| 20
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 4.25
| 33
| 25
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 53
| 56
| 1
| 27
| 1
| 7
| 0
|
| 1994
| STL
| N
| 31
| 17
| 3
| 8
| 4.44
| 95
| 60
| 58
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 117.2
| 104
| 16
| 43
| 2
| 4
| 3
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| 20
| 5
| 2
| 3
| 5.80
| 34
| 29
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 40.1
| 48
| 7
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 2
|
| 2000
| SD
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.75
| 8
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.2
| 12
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 134
| 44
| 17
| 20
| 4.43
| 270
| 190
| 183
| 2
| 2
| 7
| 372
| 348
| 44
| 158
| 9
| 22
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1987
| PIT
| N
| P
| 6
| 4
| 29.1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| PIT
| N
| P
| 7
| 3
| 24.1
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| PIT
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| PIT
| N
| P
| 36
| 7
| 81.2
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| PIT
| N
| P
| 20
| 8
| 53
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 0
| .923
|
| 1994
| STL
| N
| P
| 31
| 17
| 117.2
| 6
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 0
| .917
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| P
| 20
| 5
| 40.1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2000
| SD
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 10.2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 134
| 44
| 372
| 25
| 45
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 24
| 0
| .959
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1987
| PIT
| N
| 6
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| PIT
| N
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .111
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| PIT
| N
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .200
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .071
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| PIT
| N
| 20
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .071
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| STL
| N
| 31
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| 20
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| SD
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 134
| 88
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .045
| .067
| .045
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 43
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Veracruz (Mexican) to Chicago White Sox (July 20, 1984).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (November 20, 1986).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (December 4, 1986).
- Selected by Milwaukee Brewers from Pittsburgh Pirates in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 8, 1986).
- Returned to Pittsburgh Pirates (April 3, 1987).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (November 18, 1992).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (February 1, 1993).
- Released by San Diego Padres (March 29, 1993).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 23, 1993).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (November 15, 1995).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (January 19, 1999).
- Released by Toronto Blue Jays (March 21, 1999).
- Signed by New York Mets (July 30, 1999).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1999).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (November 4, 1999).
- Released by San Diego Padres (August 3, 2000).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (August 7, 2000).
- Granted free agency (October 18, 2000).
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