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Dean Palmer
Dean William Palmer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 1, 1989
  vs. KCR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 9, 2003
Born December 27, 1968 in Tallahassee, FL

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1986. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 20 TEX AL  16   19    0    2   2  0   0    1   0  0   0  12  .105  .100  .211  -15    4   0   1   0   0   0
 1991 22 TEX AL  81  268   38   50   9  2  15   37   0  2  32  98  .187  .281  .403   89  108   1   0   0   3   4
 1992 23 TEX AL 152  541   74  124  25  0  26   72  10  4  62 154  .229  .311  .420  106  227   2   4   2   4   9
 1993 24 TEX AL 148  519   88  127  31  2  33   96  11 10  53 154  .245  .321  .503  122  261   0   5   4   8   5
 1994 25 TEX AL  93  342   50   84  14  2  19   59   3  4  26  89  .246  .302  .465   95  159   0   1   0   2   7
 1995 26 TEX AL  36  119   30   40   6  0   9   24   1  1  21  21  .336  .448  .613  171   73   0   1   1   4   2
 1996 27 TEX AL 154  582   98  163  26  2  38  107   2  0  59 145  .280  .348  .527  114  307   0   6   4   5  15
 1997 28 TOT AL 143  542   70  139  31  1  23   86   2  2  41 134  .256  .310  .445   92  241   1   5   2   3   7
         TEX AL  94  355   47   87  21  0  14   55   1  0  26  84  .245  .296  .423   82  150   1   3   2   1   4
         KCR AL  49  187   23   52  10  1   9   31   1  2  15  50  .278  .335  .487  111   91   0   2   0   2   3
 1998 29 KCR AL 152  572   84  159  27  2  34  119   8  2  48 134  .278  .333  .510  115  292   0  13   3   6  18 SS,AS
 1999 30 DET AL 150  560   92  147  25  2  38  100   3  3  57 153  .263  .339  .518  116  290   0   4   3  10  13 SS
 2000 31 DET AL 145  524   73  134  22  2  29  102   4  2  66 146  .256  .338  .471  107  247   0  10   2   4   9
 2001 32 DET AL  57  216   34   48  11  0  11   40   4  1  27  59  .222  .317  .426  100   92   0   0   0   3   3
 2002 33 DET AL   4   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .077  .000  -76    0   0   0   0   0   1
 2003 34 DET AL  26   86    3   12   2  0   0    6   0  0   9  28  .140  .235  .163   12   14   0   1   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         4902      1229     15      849     31    1332  .251  .324  .472  107        4  51  21  54  95
               1357       734      231    275       48    502                            2315
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        585   88  147  28  2  33  101   6  4  60 159  .251  .324  .472  107  276   0   6   3   6  11
 Career High    154  582   98  163  31  2  38  119  11 10  66 154  .280  .348  .527  122  307   2  13   4  10  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 20 TEX AL   20   18    0   0.0    95| .105  .263| .100  .328| .211  .387| .311  .715| -15  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1991 22 TEX AL  304  225   31   3.7    95| .187  .258| .281  .326| .403  .391| .684  .717|  89  .408  -5.3  -0.5   0%
 1992 23 TEX AL  613  436   73   4.5    92| .229  .256| .311  .324| .420  .380| .731  .704| 106  .510   3.8   0.4  71%
 1993 24 TEX AL  585  412   84   5.4    99| .245  .262| .321  .332| .503  .400| .824  .732| 122  .556  14.8   1.4  52%
 1994 25 TEX AL  371  270   46   4.6   111| .246  .273| .302  .345| .465  .434| .767  .779|  95  .427  -5.0  -0.5  42%
 1995 26 TEX AL  145   83   34  10.9   112| .336  .274| .448  .348| .613  .433|1.061  .781| 171  .795  13.6   1.2  50%
 1996 27 TEX AL  652  440  106   6.5   120| .280  .283| .348  .357| .527  .455| .875  .812| 114  .565   9.4   0.8 100%
 1997 28 TOT AL  592  418   75   4.8   112| .256  .275| .310  .346| .445  .436| .755  .781|  92  .467  -8.6  -0.8  50%
         TEX AL  386  276   45   4.4   113| .245  .277| .296  .347| .423  .438| .719  .786|  82  .424 -11.1  -1.0 100%
         KCR AL  206  142   30   5.6   110| .278  .272| .335  .342| .487  .431| .822  .773| 111  .541   2.5   0.2  33%
 1998 29 KCR AL  639  446   95   5.7   111| .278  .273| .333  .342| .510  .434| .843  .776| 115  .541  11.7   1.1  80%
 1999 30 DET AL  631  433   97   6.0   113| .263  .274| .339  .346| .518  .438| .857  .784| 116  .546  11.5   1.0  50%
 2000 31 DET AL  604  411   87   5.6   111| .256  .270| .338  .342| .471  .434| .809  .777| 107  .511   6.2   0.6  66%
 2001 32 DET AL  246  172   31   4.8   101| .222  .259| .317  .325| .426  .416| .743  .740| 100  .478   0.3   0.0  80%
 2002 33 DET AL   13   13    0   0.0    98| .000  .255| .077  .321| .000  .410| .077  .731| -76  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 2003 34 DET AL   98   77    4   1.4   101| .140  .259| .235  .324| .163  .415| .398  .740|  12  .087 -10.6  -1.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     5513 3854  763   5.3   107| .251  .269| .324  .340| .472  .424| .796  .764| 107  .515  36.0   3.1  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1989 20 TEX AL 3B 6 1 3 2 0 .667 .952 0.67 2.33 2.12 2.75 2 17.0 DH 6 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.10 6.00 4.80 0 3.0 1991 22 TEX AL 3B 50 27 74 6 5 .944 .955 2.02 2.33 2.27 2.79 45 400.0 LF 29 42 1 3 1 .935 .977 1.48 1.72 2.12 2.17 24 182.7 DH 5 1992 23 TEX AL 3B 150 124 254 22 24 .945 .950 2.52 2.40 2.67 2.78 143 1272.0 1993 24 TEX AL 3B 148 85 258 29 21 .922 .951 2.32 2.31 2.45 2.69 144 1259.3 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.10 9.00 4.50 0 1.0 1994 25 TEX AL 3B 91 50 179 22 8 .912 .948 2.52 2.34 2.66 2.64 90 775.7 1995 26 TEX AL 3B 36 19 72 5 9 .948 .952 2.53 2.19 2.71 2.61 35 302.7 1996 27 TEX AL 3B 154 105 221 16 17 .953 .956 2.12 2.18 2.22 2.56 153 1321.3 DH 1 1997 28 TOT AL 3B 141 99 244 19 18 .948 .953 2.43 2.32 2.52 2.67 140 1227.0 TEX AL 3B 93 72 162 10 10 .959 .953 2.52 2.32 2.63 2.67 92 799.3 KCR AL 3B 48 27 82 9 8 .924 .953 2.27 2.32 2.29 2.67 48 427.7 DH 1 1998 29 KCR AL 3B 129 69 187 22 16 .921 .948 1.98 2.23 2.09 2.55 127 1102.3 AS DH 22 AS 1999 30 DET AL 3B 141 89 240 19 24 .945 .950 2.33 2.21 2.44 2.58 140 1212.0 DH 9 2000 31 DET AL 3B 115 66 180 23 14 .914 .947 2.14 2.31 2.32 2.67 114 955.0 1B 20 122 5 2 13 .984 .993 6.35 8.17 8.88 9.37 15 128.7 DH 14 2001 32 DET AL DH 57 2002 33 DET AL DH 3 2003 34 DET AL DH 22 1B 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 8.30 11.25 9.56 1 8.0 3B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 2.40 4.50 2.70 1 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 31 DET AL 1B 20 122 5 2 13 .984 .993 6.35 8.17 8.88 9.37 15 128.7 2003 34 DET AL 1B 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 8.30 11.25 9.56 1 8.0 1989 20 TEX AL 3B 6 1 3 2 0 .667 .952 0.67 2.33 2.12 2.75 2 17.0 1991 22 TEX AL 3B 50 27 74 6 5 .944 .955 2.02 2.33 2.27 2.79 45 400.0 1992 23 TEX AL 3B 150 124 254 22 24 .945 .950 2.52 2.40 2.67 2.78 143 1272.0 1993 24 TEX AL 3B 148 85 258 29 21 .922 .951 2.32 2.31 2.45 2.69 144 1259.3 1994 25 TEX AL 3B 91 50 179 22 8 .912 .948 2.52 2.34 2.66 2.64 90 775.7 1995 26 TEX AL 3B 36 19 72 5 9 .948 .952 2.53 2.19 2.71 2.61 35 302.7 1996 27 TEX AL 3B 154 105 221 16 17 .953 .956 2.12 2.18 2.22 2.56 153 1321.3 1997 28 TOT AL 3B 141 99 244 19 18 .948 .953 2.43 2.32 2.52 2.67 140 1227.0 TEX AL 3B 93 72 162 10 10 .959 .953 2.52 2.32 2.63 2.67 92 799.3 KCR AL 3B 48 27 82 9 8 .924 .953 2.27 2.32 2.29 2.67 48 427.7 1998 29 KCR AL 3B 129 69 187 22 16 .921 .948 1.98 2.23 2.09 2.55 127 1102.3 1999 30 DET AL 3B 141 89 240 19 24 .945 .950 2.33 2.21 2.44 2.58 140 1212.0 2000 31 DET AL 3B 115 66 180 23 14 .914 .947 2.14 2.31 2.32 2.67 114 955.0 2003 34 DET AL 3B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 2.40 4.50 2.70 1 8.0 1989 20 TEX AL DH 6 1991 22 TEX AL DH 5 1996 27 TEX AL DH 1 1997 28 KCR AL DH 1 1998 29 KCR AL DH 22 1999 30 DET AL DH 9 2000 31 DET AL DH 14 2001 32 DET AL DH 57 2002 33 DET AL DH 3 2003 34 DET AL DH 22 1991 22 TEX AL LF 29 42 1 3 1 .935 .977 1.48 1.72 2.12 2.17 24 182.7 1989 20 TEX AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 1991 22 TEX AL OF 29 42 1 3 1 .935 .984 1.48 2.03 2.12 2.37 24 182.7 1989 20 TEX AL SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.10 6.00 4.80 0 3.0 1993 24 TEX AL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.10 9.00 4.50 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1162 734 1916 185 156 .935 .951 2.28 2.28 1134 9852.3 DH 140 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 29 42 1 3 1 .935 .977 1.48 1.72 24 182.7 1B* 21 131 6 2 13 .986 .993 6.52 8.18 16 136.7 SS* 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.10 0 4.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1215 910 1924 190 170 .937 .953 2.33 2.38
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1996   ALDS  TEX NYY     L   4  19   3   4  1  0  1   2   0   5  .211  .211  .421   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1998   KCR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1998 *

Silver Sluggers
1998-AL--3B
1999-AL--3B
All Multiple Winners

Home Runs
1992 AL-26-9
1993 AL-33-6
1999 AL-38-8

RBI
1998 AL-119-9

Strikeouts
1992 AL-154-1
1993 AL-154-3
1996 AL-145-5
1997 AL-134-7
1998 AL-134-6
1999 AL-153-2
2000 AL-146-5
Car-1332-87

Extra-Base Hits
1993 AL-66-9

Sac. Flies
1998 AL-13-2
2000 AL-10-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1998 AL-18-9

At Bats per Home Run
1993 AL-15.7-6
Car-17.8-63

Youngest Player
1989 AL-20-4

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 16 (1124) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.1 (529) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 24.0 (684) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1986.

July 25, 1997: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Kansas City Royals for Tom Goodwin.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

November 13, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Texas Rangers$100,000
1992Texas Rangers$142,500
1993Texas Rangers$275,000
1994Texas Rangers$475,000
1995Texas Rangers$1,925,000
1996Texas Rangers$2,000,000
1997Texas Rangers$4,800,000
1998Kansas City Royals$5,825,000
1999Detroit Tigers$5,000,000
2000Detroit Tigers$7,000,000
2001Detroit Tigers$7,500,000
2002Detroit Tigers$8,000,000
2003Detroit Tigers$8,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$51,542,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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